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
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Basel Committee issues technical amendment regarding hedging of counterparty credit risk
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…
Basel Committee proposes various technical amendments and FAQs
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…
Basel Committee continues to prioritise Basel III implementation
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…
Fed Proposes to Amend Stress Capital Buffer Requirement
The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) proposed “[to] amend the calculation of the Board’s stress capital buffer requirement.”
The full update can be found here on our US Regulatory Intelligence platform.
EBA final standards and guidelines on interest rate risk arising from non-trading book activities
On 20 October 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a new set of guidelines and two final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying technical aspects of the revised framework capturing interest rate risks for banking book (IRRBB) positions.
The new guidelines and draft RTS complete the onboarding into EU…
Regulation Around the World focusing on horizon scanning – out now
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…
G-SIB assessment methodology review process – technical amendment finalisation
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…
Capital treatment of securitisations of non-performing loans
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…
US federal banking agencies issue permanent final rules on municipal obligations approved for LCR purposes
US banking agencies published a permanent final rule regarding banking organizations being able to use municipal obligations to satisfy their bank’s LCR requirements.…