On 3 December 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published its latest report covering the implementation of the Basel standards by member jurisdictions. The report is part of the Basel Committee’s Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme and focuses on the implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) and
On 28 October 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued a technical amendment to the Basel Framework which relates to the circumstance where a bank uses a guarantee or credit derivative to hedge the counterparty credit risk of a derivative exposure subject to the standardised approach to counterparty credit risk or the internal models
On 10 June 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued proposals for a technical amendment to the Basel Framework concerning the standardised approach for operational risk.
The Basel Committee has also finalised a set of frequently asked questions regarding the standardised approach for credit risk. The deadline for comments on the proposed amendments is
On 21 May 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) issued a statement following its meeting on 20 and 21 May 2025.
The Basel Committee continues to prioritise the full and consistent implementation of Basel III. It will also publish by the end of this year a final version of its
What’s on the regulatory horizon for financial services firms?
In the latest instalment of our Regulation Around the World series we focus on horizon scanning with members of our global financial services team exploring some of the key upcoming regulatory trends.
Our global updater focussing on horizon scanning is accompanied by further analysis in our
On 9 November 2021, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced that it had finalised a technical amendment to the Basel Framework which relates to the process used by the Committee to review the Global Systemically Important Bank assessment methodology. The Committee has replaced the prior three year review cycle with a process of ongoing
On 26 November 2020, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a technical amendment ‘Capital treatment of securitisations of non-performing loans’. The technical amendment closes a gap in the Basel framework by setting out prudent and risk sensitive capital requirements for non-performing loan securitisations.
The Basel Committee has agreed to add the following elements
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has recently issued a ruling regarding the regulatory treatment of Limited Recourse Capital Notes (LRCNs) which are currently being adopted as new financial instruments by Canadian banks. An LRCN is a subordinated note issued by a federally regulated financial institution (FRFI) that is secured by preferred
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently addressed a letter to deposit taking institutions (DTIs), including domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) and small and medium-sized banks (SMSBs), regarding the use of Pillar II capital buffers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The key takeaways are below:
In our earlier post, we discussed the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions’ (OSFI) newly proposed measures intended to support federally regulated financial institutions and improve the stability of the Canadian economy and financial system in the face of challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. OSFI has recently published additional announcements for sector-specific