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25 October 2011

フィナンシャル・タイムズ紙:貿易金融について改革案を変更するバーゼル委員会


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Global banking regulators have agreed to tweak the way the new “Basel III” capital requirements are calculated for trade finance to help low income countries, but have rejected industry calls for a full rewrite.


Trade groups and big trade finance providers such as HSBC and Standard Chartered have warned for months that the Basel III reform package could stifle international commerce by sharply increasing the cost of letters of credit, import financing and other trade loans.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, after pressure from the World Trade Organisation, agreed to make two changes to the way banks measure the riskiness of loans to importers and exporters. Both have the effect of reducing capital charges for trade finance, particularly to low income countries.

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