Higher Loss Absorbency

  • G-SIB Window Dressing: Basel Moves Indicators to Annual Averages

    On 16 October 2026 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published final amendments to SCO40, the chapter of the Basel Framework that scores global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). The G-SIB window dressing amendments change what a bank reports for the ten stock indicators behind its score: an average across the reporting year, where the framework…

  • HKMA D-SIB Designation 2025: Five Banks, HLA Buckets Unchanged

    On 31 December 2025 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority completed its annual assessment and confirmed the list of authorized institutions designated as domestic systemically important banks. The HKMA D-SIB designation for 2026 names the same five institutions as a year earlier, and it leaves their Higher Loss Absorbency (HLA) requirements at the levels each already…