Canada's banking regulator has launched a 60-day public consultation on updates to capital adequacy guidelines, aiming to ...

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr warns against weakening bank rules as he steps down. He emphasizes the need for robust capital requirements and the completion of Basel III standards. Barr ...

Publicly, the world’s policymakers say they’re committed to fully implementing the final post-crisis reforms to global ...

OSFI has decided to extend its pause on changing the level that Canadian big banks’ risk-weighted assets can fall when ...

Global banking regulators are proposing changes to the basic principles that guide their oversight of banks’ credit risk ...

Last July, OSFI announced a one-year delay in a planned increase to standardized capital floor level (output floor), which would tighten capital requirements on the banks. At the time, the regulator ...

Canada's banking regulator said on Wednesday it would pause increases to banks' required capital levels, citing economic uncertainty and slow progress by other countries in implementing the rules ...

OTTAWA, ON , Feb. 20, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, as part of its final Quarterly Release pilot approach, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced measures that will ...

The tone of the debate on the level of regulatory capital for systemically important banks is intensifying. What are the ...

OSFI in July had already delayed by one year key rules on capital floor levels, which are part of the global Basel III ...

The Basel III capital framework will strengthen banks' ability to withstand financial shocks and support economic growth while enabling them to compete and take reasonable risks. Key to these ...