Smarter capital requirements better Basel rules aren t the answer.

There has been commendable progress on the Basel 3 capital requirements for banks, with 25 of 27 Basel Committee members having issued final rules.

More worryingly, Basel 3 retains, if not deepens, biases in the Basel 2 rules against bank lending to developing countries, such as for trade finance.

The problem is that the Basel capital rules whether Basel I, II, or III are of no help in separating the weak banks from the sound ones.

Additionally, strategies to circumvent the Basel rules made banks more complex and difficult to manage and supervise.

Resumption of robust world economic growth is the basis for delaying the implementation of the Basel III bank rules.

After the crisis, world leaders and central bankers overhauled banking regulations, first and foremost by rectifying the Basel prudential rules.

Rule 26, paragraph 6, of the rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention provides

Nevertheless, governments have been very timid in advancing on this front, with the new Basel III rules taking only a baby step toward real change.

Better than Basel

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Governments and parliaments have an obligation to launch a thorough review of the Basel rules, and to demand revisions that align them with the public interest.

Background The Basel Convention

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For example, the Basel Convention's Technical Cooperation Trust Fund is managed by an existing entity, the Basel Secretariat.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has recently come out in favor of such regulations, and the United States House of Representatives has voted to require regulators to set compensation rules.

Members of the Basel Convention Open ended Working Group and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention could provide relevant expertise.

Consider the Basel III international banking standards.

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(c) Basel Convention Coordinating Centre (BCCC) Uruguay

The Basel Convention Secretariat manages the Fund.

Meanwhile, agreeing on Basel 3 banking standards in just two years is commendable, especially as Basel 2 took a decade to negotiate.

Elsewhere, various versions of the Basel 1 and Basel 2 accords on international banking standards are in operation, sometimes with ad hoc supplements.

Basel Committee's work on combating financing of terrorism

A version from the canton of Basel also exists.

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Basel Convention regional centres for training and technical transfer

For example, under the internationally agreed Basel Committee rules that were in place before the 2008 crash, capital requirements for business loans were five times higher than for mortgage backed securities that had AA or AAA ratings.

For example, the Basel Convention Technical Cooperation Trust Fund, which relies on voluntary contributions, has been able to provide only limited and generally inadequate resources, leading Basel Convention parties to begin the process of determining the feasibility of appropriate and predictable financial mechanisms for the Basel Convention.

The nearest big cities are Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg, Basel, and Dijon.

In October 2004 the Basel Committee issued Consolidated KYC Risk Management.

Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Basel Convention states that

Encouraging banks to turn loans kept on their books into securities also helped reduce the overall level of caution in the extension of credit. Additionally, strategies to circumvent the Basel rules made banks more complex and difficult to manage and supervise.

The most remarkable feature of the policy deliberations on prudential banking rules so far has been their delegation to the Basel Committee of Banking Supervisors and the banks themselves, both of which have a vested interest in preserving the existing system.

Indeed, the US adopted wide ranging financial reform in July, Europe is in the final steps of approval of its legislative package, and the Basel committee has just given the green light to a substantial tightening of credit risk rules.

Mexico, for example, recently adopted ahead of schedule the changes in capital requirements for banks recommended by the Third Basel Accord (Basel III), in order to reduce leverage and increase stability.

Even the new Basel 3 banking standards have been diluted and postponed.

(2nd Basel 7 points, 3rd Liverpool 5 points, 4th Ludogorets 4 points).

They could be co located in a regulatory Tower of Babel in Basel.

Stand Alone Mechanism with Voluntary Contributions The Basel Convention Technical Cooperation Trust Fund

The Basel Secretariat would examine the possibility of holding such a meeting in conjunction with the meeting of the Open ended Working Group of the Basel Convention, to be held in early April 2006.

None of the major banks met even the Basel 1 standards for capital adequacy.