On 7 December 2017, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s oversight body, the Governors and Heads of Supervision, announced that agreement had been reached on the outstanding Basel III post-crisis regulatory reform relating to bank capital requirements. The accompanying documents run to several hundred pages.
On 29 January 2018, the ILF had the honor to present a day long symposium dedicated to explaining what has actually been accomplished, what has been left out and what it all means for financial institutions, investors and the public interest. Speakers at the symposium included:
Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision,
William Coen, Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision,
Andreas Dombret, Member of the Management Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank,
Sabine Lautenschläger, Vice Chair of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Andrea Enria, Chairman of the European Banking Authority,
Michael S. Gibson, Director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation of the US Federal Reserve,
Olivier Guersent, Director-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union of the European Commission
Shunsuke Shirakawa, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Agency Japan and Member of the Basel Committee
as well as senior representatives of the financial industry and academics.
Videos of Symposium
Press Coverages:
https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/banken-geben-kampf-gegen-neue-regulierungen-nicht-auf-ld.1352388
