The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published the results of its latest Basel III monitoring exercise. Data for the monitoring exercise was provided for a total of 228 banks, comprising 100 Group 1 Banks ( defined as internationally active banks that have Tier 1 capital of more than €3 billion) and 128 Group 2 banks (i.e. representative of all other banks).

On a fully phased-in basis, data as of 31 December 2015 show that all large internationally active banks meet the Basel III risk-based capital minimum Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirements as well as the target level of 7.0% (plus the surcharges on global systemically important banks as applicable). There is also no capital shortfall for Group 2 banks included in the sameple for the CET 1 minimum of 4.5%

View Basel III monitoring report, 13 September 2016

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