Wayne Byres, secretary general of BCBS, feels that banks today cannot operate anywhere near as effectively without models for pricing and risk management.
Rules to impose higher CAR requirements for Chinese banks have been delayed to support growth, but regulatory reform remains unavoidable as the country seeks balance between growth and sustainability.
Asian Banker Dividend Yield Ranking 100 finds that higher dividends paid out either by developed markets that lack reinvestment opportunities, or in markets that need to compensate for high risk.
The Basel Committee’s study of the potential impact on banks, as the new global rules on capital adequacy and liquidity take effect, is more about western banks’ future rather than Asian ones.