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  • Basel III Implementation by 2027: What the BCBS Tally Leaves Out

    The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) reported on 5 October 2026 that three quarters of its 27 member jurisdictions have published rules adopting the final Basel III standards, and that almost all of them have publicly announced that banks must apply Basel III by April 2027 or earlier. The figures come from the Committee’s…

  • EBA FRTB No-Action Letter: The 31 March 2027 Multiplier Eligibility Test

    On 3 August 2026 the European Banking Authority published an EBA FRTB no-action letter (EBA/Op/2026/08) on the boundary between the trading book and the banking book, alongside a set of technical considerations on how EU banks should apply the market risk framework once the European Commission’s third FRTB Delegated Act takes effect. Both documents attach…