THE BASEL CONSENSUS IS CRACKING / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Basel Consensus Is Cracking Behind the facade of unity, global banking supervisors are split between fear of over-regulation and concern...

GLOBAL BANKING RULES ARE FAILING EMERGING MARKETS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Global Banking Rules Are Failing Emerging Markets While the Basel III framework has helped prevent a repeat of the 2008 global financial cri...

BASEL 3.1 AND GOLD / MACLEOD FINANCE

Basel 3.1 and gold There is confusion over the treatment of gold in Basel 3 bank regulations, with rumours that when Basel 3.1 is adopted in...

TOP U.S. REGULATOR WARNS OF POTENTIAL CRISIS IF FINAL BANK GUARDRAILS FALL AWAY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Top US regulator warns of potential crisis if final bank guardrails fall away Finance industry steps up effort to further undermine Basel II...

RECENT BANKING TURMOIL EXPOSED FLAWS IN LIQUIDITY RULES, SAY REGULATORS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Recent banking turmoil exposed flaws in liquidity rules, say regulators Basel committee draws lessons from collapse of Silicon Valley Bank a...

BASEL III: THE U.S. HAS STARTED A RACE TO THE BOTTOM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Basel III: The US has started a race to the bottom Banks have played silly endgames on capital. They win silly prizes as a result Daniel Dav...

WHY IT MIGHT BE TIME TO BUY BANKS / THE ECONOMIST

Buttonwood Why it might be time to buy banks Just not in America Who would want to own shares in a bank?  Rising interest rates should have ...

REGULATORS MUST RESIST BANKS´ MAGICAL THINKING / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Regulators must resist banks’ magical thinking The latest wheeze from lenders is to use ‘credit linked notes’ for capital relief Sheila Bair...

THE EXTINCTION OF GOLD DERIVATIVES / GOLDMONEY

The extinction of gold derivatives By Alasdair Macleod This month is the fiftieth anniversary of the Nixon shock, when the Bretton Woods agr...