Basel III

Bank supervision

A third amended and strengthened international bank capital adequacy framework issued in 2010 and updated in 2011, designed to improve on 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 has been implemented in the European Union on a phased basis under its Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV).

The phase-in period runs to 2019.

Important changes introduced by Basel III include:

• Significant increases in requirements for the quality and amounts of capital;
• Capital buffers; and
• The Leverage Ratio.

Basel III is sometimes written Basel 3.

See also

• Bank supervision
• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
• Basel II
• Basel 2.5
• Basel IV
• Capital adequacy
• Capital buffer
• CRD IV
• Dodd-Frank
• Financial Stability Board
• Fully loaded Basel III
• Liquidity Coverage Ratio
• Leverage Ratio
• Macroprudential
• Microprudential
• Moral hazard
• Net stable funding ratio
• CertICM
• Sell-side firm
• The future of pooling
• Too Big To Fail
• Volcker Rule

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