Basel III

Kiwibank partial private float: Back on track or back to square one?

Kiwibank partial private float: Back on track or back to square one?

Howard Davies wonders if the Basel Committee's recommendations on minimum capital requirements will ever be implemented now

Howard Davies wonders if the Basel Committee's recommendations on minimum capital requirements will ever be implemented now

Anat Admati debunks the misconceptions propagated by financial executives and economists opposed to regulatory reforms

Anat Admati debunks the misconceptions propagated by financial executives and economists opposed to regulatory reforms

Martien Lubberink says the RBNZ should soften its bank capital proposals and allow the use of hybrid capital which could save taxpayers' money & benefit cooperative and mutually owned banks

Martien Lubberink says the RBNZ should soften its bank capital proposals and allow the use of hybrid capital which could save taxpayers' money & benefit cooperative and mutually owned banks

Martien Lubberink probes the governance of the Reserve Bank's proposals to increase bank capital, noting the proposals are as simplistic as they are Trumpian

Martien Lubberink probes the governance of the Reserve Bank's proposals to increase bank capital, noting the proposals are as simplistic as they are Trumpian

Against the backdrop of the RBNZ's review of bank capital requirements, Gareth Vaughan explains how bank capital rules were liberalised for NZ's big 4 banks in 2008

Against the backdrop of the RBNZ's review of bank capital requirements, Gareth Vaughan explains how bank capital rules were liberalised for NZ's big 4 banks in 2008

Egg on Elliott's face, World Bank sees cyclical recovery, Paymark sale concludes, PSD2 underway, house sales volumes soft, the year for social payments & more 

Egg on Elliott's face, World Bank sees cyclical recovery, Paymark sale concludes, PSD2 underway, house sales volumes soft, the year for social payments & more 

New Zealand's Aussie owned banks well capitalised relative to banks in many other overseas jurisdictions, bank lobby group commissioned PwC report suggests

New Zealand's Aussie owned banks well capitalised relative to banks in many other overseas jurisdictions, bank lobby group commissioned PwC report suggests

Martien Lubberink on sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers, or put another way, the RBNZ's plans for banks' capital quality

Martien Lubberink on sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers, or put another way, the RBNZ's plans for banks' capital quality

Grant Spencer reinforces RBNZ's tough messages for the big four banks in its capital adequacy review, says dashboard disclosure to go live early in 2018

Grant Spencer reinforces RBNZ's tough messages for the big four banks in its capital adequacy review, says dashboard disclosure to go live early in 2018

RBNZ puts boot into banks' contingent debt capital, or CoCos, airs concerns about banks taking regulatory arbitrage opportunities and tax benefits, cites a disproportionate call on prudential resources

RBNZ puts boot into banks' contingent debt capital, or CoCos, airs concerns about banks taking regulatory arbitrage opportunities and tax benefits, cites a disproportionate call on prudential resources

Parents of NZ's big 4 banks to require Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratios of at least 10.5% to meet APRA's ‘unquestionably strong’ benchmark

Parents of NZ's big 4 banks to require Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratios of at least 10.5% to meet APRA's ‘unquestionably strong’ benchmark

Gareth Vaughan questions whether banks are opportunistically trying it on in their response to the RBNZ's review of their capital adequacy requirements

Gareth Vaughan questions whether banks are opportunistically trying it on in their response to the RBNZ's review of their capital adequacy requirements

NZBA tells RBNZ to consider the macroeconomic costs of higher capital & demands certainty that capital instruments on issue still meet requirements in its opening salvo on the RBNZ's capital review

NZBA tells RBNZ to consider the macroeconomic costs of higher capital & demands certainty that capital instruments on issue still meet requirements in its opening salvo on the RBNZ's capital review

BNZ's Anthony Healy & Adrienne Duarte suggest reducing big banks' use of internal capital models would risk skewing capital allocation towards higher risk assets

BNZ's Anthony Healy & Adrienne Duarte suggest reducing big banks' use of internal capital models would risk skewing capital allocation towards higher risk assets