Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Anna V. Brizitskaya
Author-Email: anna_lobunec@mail.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Title: Specifics of Implementation of the Third Generation Standards for Capital Adequacy in the Banking Practice of Foreign Countries
Abstract: This article discusses the specifics of implementation of new Basel III standards in different countries. Special attention is paid to three jurisdictions: the USA, the EU and China. For the USA there is an analysis of the problem of the Dodd-Frank Act reconciling to the standards of Basel III and the results of banks stress testing. For the EU the peculiarities of the Basel III implementation are identified in the situation with lack of capital in many European banks. The specificity of China’s banking system transition to the new standards of Basel III is shown in the light of the gold transferring to the category of financial assets, which are included in the Tier 1 bank capital.
Classification-JEL:
Keywords: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Basel III capital adequacy, the Dodd-Frank Act, gold as part of bank capital
Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal
Pages: 112-121
Issue: 4
Year: 2015
Month: August
File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2015/4/statii/12.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf 
Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:150412:p:112-121