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...The comments have fuelled hope that the Fed is considering watering down the capital requirements under Basel III....
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...The so-called Basel III endgame proposal, being drawn up by the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators, aims to make the system safer by increasing the amount of capital that lenders have to hold on...
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...US banks were set to be hit hardest, but a fierce lobbying effort against the Basel III or Endgame measures has led to less onerous requirements....
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...Basel III endgame package to be scrapped....
...The Fed says the proposed changes to the treatment of loans will increase large banks’ capital by less than half as much as changes to the treatment of their trading book that the final Basel III rules will...
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...At issue are proposals outlined in July by the Federal Reserve as part of the final implementation of international banking standards, the so-called Basel III endgame reforms....
...Although profits are expected to be lower for many this year, shares in some of them may get a boost if Basel III capital requirements turn out to be not as bad as feared....
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