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Newsletter December 2013: Basel promises action on risk weightings

Simon Turmaine | December 11, 2013

ABU DHABI – Stefan Ingves, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), has promised “supervisory action” to address sharp variations in the calculations of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) between different banks. RWAs are used to calculate banks’ Basel capital ratios, currently the most important tool of prudential regulation. Speaking at a high-level meeting for the Middle East and North Africa organised jointly by the BCBS and Arab Monetary Fund, he cited the need for ‘truth in advertising’.

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