Basel III
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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
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- Basel II
- Basel 2.5
- Basel IV
- Capital adequacy
- 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
