Basel III: an overview

Resource type: Practice note: overview

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Jurisdiction: International

This practice note provides a high-level overview of Basel III, a sequence of major reforms to the Basel II international prudential framework for capital requirements. The note considers the main Basel III reforms agreed in December 2010, as well as the additional capital requirements for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) agreed in November 2011.

For details of other ongoing initiatives being undertaken by the BCBS, see Practice note, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: ongoing initiatives and for more information on the "Basel 2.5" reforms agreed in July 2009, see Practice note, Basel 2.5: an overview.

For details of the EU implementation of the key Basel III reforms, see Practice note, Hot topics: CRD IV.

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