Basel II News

Robert Jenkins: Basel II proved to be inadequate, so are the new rules really 'too severe'?
Do you think the pending changes in bank regulation are sufficient, insufficient or excessive? Banks take risks. When more risks go right than go wrong, the result is a profit. At other times a bank's equity capital absorbs the losses. If there is not enough capital there is one less bank – or one more call to the taxpayer.
Banks must maintain 7 pct core capital - RBI
REUTERS - Indian banks have to maintain Tier I capital, or core capital, of at least 7 percent of their risk weighted assets on an ongoing basis, the Reserve Bank of India said in its final guidelines on Basel III capital regulations on Wednesday. Under the existing capital adequacy guidelines based on the Basel II framework, banks are required to maintain Tier I capital of at least 6 percent of ...
29 Largest Banks May Need $566 Billion More For Basel III: Fitch
The world's 29 largest banks will need an extra $566 billion to comply with Basel III capital rules by the end of 2018, which could dampen their ability to increase dividends and buy back shares, according to Fitch Ratings.
Benchmark set for bank core capital
The RBI is still working on the operational aspects of implementation of the counter-cyclical capital buffer. Guidance on this will be issued in due course.
Rules for Bank Capital Still Broken After Four Years
It has been four years since the global financial crisis first struck, and the system that helped cause the deepest economic slump since the 1930s is still broken.
ICICI Bank Announces Performance Review – Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2012
The Board of Directors of ICICI Bank Limited at its meeting held at Mumbai today, approved the audited accounts of the Bank for the year ended March 31, 2012 .
MGIC Investment Corporation Reports First Quarter 2012 Results
MILWAUKEE, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG - News) today reported a net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 of $19.6 million, compared with a net loss of $33.7 million ...
Stadshypotek's interim report January - March 2012
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE January to March 2012 compared with January to March 2011 For the period January to March 2012, operating profit increased by SEK 530 million to SEK 1,944 million (1,414). Net interest ...
Komercni Banka - 1st Quarter Results
Komercni banka, a.s. http://www.kb.cz/enPrague 1, Na Prikope 33, building identification number 969, Post Code 114 07Identification No.: 45 31 70 54incorporated in the Commercial Register maintained with ...
Earnings Statement KBC Group, 1Q 2012
Regulated information* - 10 Mai 2012 (07.00 a.m. CEST) Summary: Good result in the first quarter combined with significant de-risking of the company. KBC ended the first three months of 2012 with a net ...