Basel III

Following the crisis, the financial system was extensively reformed to strengthen microprudential regulation, focused on individual entities, and macroprudential regulation, to prevent the accumulation of imbalances in the whole system that may affect the real economy.

Basel III End Game. CRD V: progress and outstanding issues. EU’s financial architecture: roadmap and challenges. Sustainable Finance: Here to Stay. ECB’s supervisory priorities. Prospects in digital regulation.

The prolongation of the discussions on the finalisation of Basel III has triggered a debate on the adequacy of the current approach to international banking regulatory standards. There is a certain feeling that they are increasingly complex, needlessly detailed and unevenly implemented.

In the IMF's recent annual meetings the question of international banking regulation standards has once again come up, following the prolongation of discussions on the finalisation of Basel III. There is a certain feeling that the international standards are increasingly complex, needlessly wordy and unevenly implemented, while uncertainty regarding their impact is growing

This month we focus on: China’s G20 presidency, from Basel III to Basel IV, sovereign risk regulation, challenges in resolution, shadow banking , micro- and macro-prudential supervision, ethics, culture & governance, digital regulation, regulatory impact analysis and european regulatory priorities for 2016.

This presentation gives an overview of the global regulatory reform developed in recent years and the institutional framework that accompanies it.

This month we focus on: Basel updates progress in Basel III implementation, Europe's Bank Structural Reform, endorsing macroprudential policies, Capital Markets Union, the first six months of European banking supervision, the new resolution tools and liquidity provision and a Digital Single Market strategy for Europe.

This month we focus on: Basel reviews the standardised approach for credit risk, FSB's financial reform agenda, Mexico’s RCAP Review, the Single Resolution Board’s kick-off, the IMF Financial Stability Report and ECB annual report on supervisory activities.