On 11 October 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a report providing an update to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on its analytical work of the 2023 banking turmoil. Specifically, the report provides an update on the analytical work on liquidity risk dynamics that were observed during the turmoil
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Basel Committee consults on Principles for the sound management of third-party risk
On 9 July 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a consultative document on Principles for the sound management of third-party risk.
The Principles contained in the consultative document are intended to supersede those in the 2005 Joint Forum paper Outsourcing in financial services specifically for the banking sector. There are 12 high-level principles…
Basel Committee: Governors and Heads of Supervision reiterate commitment to Basel III implementation and provide update on cryptoasset standard
On 13 May 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) issued a press release confirming that the Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee, met on 13 May 2024. It states that the GHOS welcomes the progress made in…
Basel Committee Consultative Document: G-SIBs – revised assessment framework
On 7 March 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a Consultative Document setting out proposed amendments to its assessment methodology for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).
The proposed changes are intended to address “window-dressing” behaviour by some banks in the context of the G-SIB framework where regulatory…
Basel Committee agrees to revisions to Basel Core Principles, consults on addressing window-dressing in the G-SIB framework and reaffirms expectation about Basel III implementation
On 29 February 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) announced it had approved revisions to the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. The final standard, which follows an earlier consultation, will be published following the International Conference of Banking Supervisors on 24-25 April 2024.
The Basel Committee has…
2023 list of global systemically important banks
On 27 November 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published the 2023 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). FSB member authorities apply the following to G-SIBs: high capital buffer, total loss-absorbing capacity, group wide resolution planning and regular resolvability assessments and higher supervisory expectations including for risk management functions. The…
Basel Committee publishes more details on global systemically important banks
On 27 November 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published material related to the identification of the 2023 global systemically important banks (G-SIB), including updated denominators used to calculate banks’ scores, the thresholds used to allocate the banks to buckets and the values of the 13 high-level indicators of all banks in…
Basel Committee supervisory newsletter on the adoption of POR and PSMOR
On 27 November 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a supervisory newsletter on the adoption of the Principles for Operational Resilience (POR) and the revised Principles for the Sound Management of Operational Risk (PSMOR). The newsletter reports on the Basel Committee’s evaluation of the POR…
2023 list of global systemically important banks
On 27 November 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published the 2023 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). FSB member authorities apply the following to G-SIBs: high capital buffer, total loss-absorbing capacity, group wide resolution planning and regular resolvability assessments and higher supervisory expectations including for risk management functions. The…
Basel Committee publishes more details on global systemically important banks
On 27 November 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published material related to the identification of the 2023 global systemically important banks (G-SIB), including updated denominators used to calculate banks’ scores, the thresholds used to allocate the banks to buckets and the values of the 13 high-level indicators of all banks in…