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Banking Union
03 March 2011

CEPS commentary: The forest of Basel III has too many trees


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Senior Research Fellow, Karel Lannoo, surveys the radical shift in bank capital requirements confirmed by the new Basel III Accord, with its focus on more and better quality capital, especially for the large banks.


He finds, however, that the new framework is becoming very complex, and asks the big question that emerg­es: how does one determine when a bank is effectively Basel III-compliant, as some will soon start to claim.



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