Basel approach not sufficient to address climate-related risks

How novel are the Principles? The Principles are the first formal guidance on climate-related financial risks from the...

Strategic Capital Optimization in an Era of Regulatory Fragmentation: Navigating a Multi-Jurisdictional Environment

The global financial system has entered an era of profound regulatory fragmentation that fundamentally challenges the traditional assumptions...

Fossil fuel lending is a financial stability issue

N.b.: This is an extract of an article by Greg Ford that was first published on 10 August...

Unprepared, the financial system will triple people’s bills for climate change

The first bill: the physical impacts of fossil finance Despite the Paris Agreement, world governments and the financial...

Fixing Basel III doesn’t make it Basel IV #PlayItFair

Big banks (Too-Big-to-Fail) are allowed to use their own models to determine their regulatory capital = the minimum amount...

Why Venture Capital Might Be the Wrong Fit

Venture capital is often seen as the gold standard for growing companies, but it is far from suitable...

The One-for-One Rule: A way for COP26 ambitions to manifest in financial regulation

With the transition to net zero, fossil fuel assets of banks and insurers will rapidly diminish in value...

Climate risk: strong Pillar II prudential measures are needed but not enough

N.B.: This text features extracts from the Finance Watch report “A silver bullet against green swans” Leading regulators,...

“Bank lobby has been successful at fighting reform”

Christian Chavagneux: You identify “leverage” as the key challenge of banking reform. Why? Robert Jenkins : We are...

Banks do best for society when they have more capital, not less

On 24 January, EU policymakers demonstrated that when it comes to financial stability, memory is short. Members of...

Capital requirements: a “silver bullet” against the looming climate-induced financial crises

The tremendous macro-economic consequences of the looming climate crisis are forcing financial supervisors to acknowledge that regulatory action...

The last stretch: reaping the benefits of the sustainable finance framework

In 2018, as part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented an EU action plan on sustainable...

Reforming the mega banks – two ways to deal with a tsunami

According to the financial lobby, the banking sector has suffered a tsunami of reform. It has faced new...

#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform

The true cost of the 2008 crisis As authorities only just prevented a 2023 repeat of the 2008...

Four fixes to make shadow banking a little bit safer

In its ongoing bid to regulate shadow banking, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has turned to the intriguing...

So-called “Basel IV” would help restore trust in the health of the European banking sector

There is compelling evidence that the use of internal models for determining regulatory capital has led to rampant...

BCBS at last leveling the playing field #Playitfair

Big banks (Too-Big-to-Fail) are allowed to use their own models to determine their regulatory capital = the minimum amount...

Теневое финансирование: скрытая экономика бизнеса, который банки отвергли

Когда традиционные кредитные линии закрываются, предприниматели оказываются перед выбором: свернуть операции или найти капитал в обход банковской системы....

8 lobby myths about higher capital requirements for fossil banking

Banks are crucial to our economy – they manage peoples’ deposits and savings, with them also allocating money...

4 reasons why banks and insurers can’t withstand the climate crisis without extra loss-absorption capacity

Financial supervisors are increasingly concerned about the links between climate change and financial stability. They are right –...

Capital Requirements and Compliance

Understand capital requirements and their role in ensuring financial stability and resilience. Explore regulatory frameworks, stress testing methodologies, and compliance strategies that banks and financial institutions use to meet standards. Stay informed about updates to capital adequacy rules.