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Fed to consider Basel III rules next week
The Federal Reserve is scheduled to vote next week on a highly anticipated proposal for implementing an international agreement on higher capital standards for banks, known as Basel III. The Fed announced the June 7 meeting, which will be open to the public, on its website on Wednesday. The U.S. central bank is expected to put the proposal out for public comment. The agreement is the cornerstone

Report on capital needs under Basel III this week

The additional capital requirements of public sector banks under Basel-III norms may be limited to Rs 3 lakh crore in line with earlier projections by the government. A committee of leading

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SBI to ask Moody's for rating upgrade

State Bank of India (SBI) will approach Moody's Investor Service to review its rating, which was downgraded by the global rating major in October last year due to its lower tier-I capital ratio and

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The allure of Asia

On the face of it, international financial authorities have become more global since the 2008 financial crisis. The pan-world G20 has taken over from the Western G7 and non-Western economies have

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Fitch says top 29 banks may need $566 bn

The world's top 29 banks may need a total $566 billion to meet tougher new capital rules, cutting returns by a fifth and forcing them to curb investor payouts and raise customer charges, Fitch Ratings

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Rougher Dimon

It's easy to sympathise with the collective glee that greeted JPMorgan’s shock revelation of some $2 billion of trading losses. The bank and its chief executive Jamie Dimon have received

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