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APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Australian Wayne Byres has been appointed as the new secretary general of global banking standard-setting body, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Byres has been at the helm of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as executive ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... APRA issued the consultation document outlining its proposed implementation of the reforms in response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's package of measures released in December 2010. If the reforms are implemented APRA would amend its ...

New rules on bank liquidity clarified

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... of liquid assets that the banking industry must hold from 2015. In the wake of the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) produced a global framework that set limits on liquidity risk for banks. As a result ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Eurozone economy would be starting from a stronger base. Basel the third. Yes, this provided a pleasant surprise. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision agreed to tighten capital requirements as expected... but not in the timeframe expected. The ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... agreements include incentives for banks to trade exotic derivates on open markets. Nout Wellink, chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and President of the Netherlands Bank, said that "the combination of a much stronger definition of ...

D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... with three of the biggest finance organisations in the world. The Joint Forum, which supports and works with the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association ...

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... that the Prudential Standard APS 210 Liquidity (APS 210) will be changed to reflect new rules proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to last year's liquidity crisis. APRA noted that the crisis exposed the limitations of existing ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... struck...we are now finalising this work," he said. On capital management, Laker said the international forum, Basel Committee is exploring how to promote strong capital buffers above the minimum requirements that could be used in a downturn to insulate ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He is expected to return to APRA in another senior role in 2009. Originally from Adelaide ...

Basel II for Australia in 2008

... institutions, Basel II, will be fully implemented in Australia by January 1, 2008. The framework was developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and outlines various methods for deposit-taking institutions to calculate the minimum regulatory ...