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[Maan Barazy]

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01/29/13   Changes to Basel III uncertain in 2013  Over the weekend of January 5, 2013, the Basel Committee of the Bank for International Settlements issued its new plans for determining a bank’s liquidity ratio

01/29/13    BIS Banking official: Watch those asset prices  A top international finance official is warning banks to be cautious about the prices of investments that have gone up sharply because of current low interest rates.

01/08/13   Quantitative impact study results published by the Basel Committee  Quantitative impact study results published by the Basel Committee 20 September 2012 The Basel Committee published today the results of its Basel III monitoring exercise.

01/08/13   One year delay granted to international banks on liquidity ratios  “liquidity coverage ratio” (LCR) announced on Sunday marks the first time that global regulators have sought to require individual banks

01/08/13   Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision endorses revised liquidity standard for banks  The Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, met today to consider the Basel Committee's amendments to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) as a minimum standard. It unanimously endorsed them. Today's agreement is a clear commitment to ensure that banks hold sufficient liquid assets to prevent central banks becoming the "lender of first resort".