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A third amended and strengthened international bank capital adequacy framework, designed to improve upon Basel II.
''Bank supervision''.
 
A third amended and strengthened international bank capital adequacy framework issued in 2010 and updated in 2011, designed to improve upon Basel II.


Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements were issued in January 2014.  
Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements were issued in January 2014.  
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Among other reforms, Basel III aims to reduce moral hazard and the related 'too big to fail' problem.
Among other reforms, Basel III aims to reduce moral hazard and the related 'too big to fail' problem.
Basel III was implemented in the European Union under its Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV).





Revision as of 10:41, 29 October 2016

Bank supervision.

A third amended and strengthened international bank capital adequacy framework issued in 2010 and updated in 2011, designed to improve upon Basel II.

Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements were issued in January 2014.


Among other reforms, Basel III aims to reduce moral hazard and the related 'too big to fail' problem.

Basel III was implemented in the European Union under its Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV).


Basel III is sometimes written Basel 3.


See also


Other links

Basel III in progress but much to be done: An update, John Grout, ACT January 2013

Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements January 2014