Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
Risk USA: Regulators called on to restrict loan modelling choices
Less modelling freedom makes sense, says loan data expert – and the alternatives would be far worse
Risk USA: "We needed to run a simpler bank," says UBS risk manager
Capital pressures that drove UBS out of fixed income could force other banks to follow suit, says market risk head – and names Société Générale and BNP Paribas as examples
Risk-based approach "remains the foundation" of bank capital, says Basel Committee's Byres
Risk-based capital creates right incentives for banks, according to head of Basel Committee secretariat - but critics claim supervisors are making models less risk-sensitive
Basel 2.5 behind JP Morgan’s CIO trading loss
Rehedging mechanism within the comprehensive risk measure allowed JP Morgan to reduce risk-weighted assets while increasing market risk, claim industry experts
JP Morgan and the CRM: How Basel 2.5 beached the London Whale
It’s the untold story of JP Morgan’s credit trading losses – how traders were able to reduce risk-weighted assets while loading up on risk, and the part played by Basel 2.5. Michael Watt reports
Responding to the eurozone crisis
The cutting crew
Risk 25: Banks prepare for a low-RWA future
Weight loss: preparing for a low-RWA future
Swedish banks braced for home loan capital hike
A weighty issue
Profile: Credit Suisse's de Boissard on capital efficiency, Basel III and bank strategy
The adjustment bureau
JP Morgan loss was bungled attempt to cut Basel III RWAs, says Dimon
Loss-making unit's RWAs would have tripled under Basel III, JP Morgan chief executive says - but attempting to cut capital burden made its hedges more complex
US and EU banks face different Basel III floors
Regulators propose overhaul of US capital framework in long-awaited response to Basel III and Basel 2.5 - but there are differences to the European version of the rules
Basel III takes a bite out of aircraft and shipping finance
On the scrapheap
Different preferences create divided implementation of Basel III
A matter of taste
Regulatory differences could be behind RWA inconsistency, report suggests
Initial findings of a review led by the European Banking Federation suggests differences in regulatory regimes could be behind a divergence in RWA numbers
Bank capital
In depth: bank capital introduction
SIG to keep an open mind on RWA probe, says Himino
The Basel Committee’s standards implementation group has begun an investigation into RWA consistency, but chair Ryozo Himino says there might be good reasons for discrepancies
Basel 2.5 caused €200 billion jump in RWAs
European banks saw their RWAs leap at the turn of the year, as new trading book rules collided with the EBA's call to achieve a 9% capital minimum
RWA probe could cut modelling flexibility, says new Basel chief
A stricter approach to the modelling of bank capital is "high likely", as a result of concerns that risk-weighted asset numbers are too divergent
Del Missier: "status quo won't work" for long-dated trades
Dealers will have to change the way they approach long-dated derivatives business, says Barclays Capital’s Jerry del Missier
Credit derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Credit portfolio manager of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012