capital-requirements
Proposed UBS regulation targeted and focused, says Swiss banking supervisor
Europe must overhaul rules or risk economic decline, banking group warns
Bank of England defends cut to capital requirements amid criticism
Britain's BoE cuts big bank oversight to every two years amid deregulation debate
Bank of England made 'capital mistake' on bank rules, former officials say
Date: January 15, 2026
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of England has made a mistake by lowering capital requirements for banks which is likely to enrich shareholders at a time when risks to the finance sector are on...
EU banking regulator says no capital relief for banks holding asset managers via insurers
Date: January 12, 2026
MILAN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The European Banking Authority has clarified that current European Union banking rules prevent lenders that own asset management firms through an insurance unit from applying...
UBS rejects proposed Swiss rules, calls for less costly alternatives
Date: January 12, 2026
ZURICH, Jan 12 (Reuters) - UBS on Monday rejected government proposals to strengthen regulations for the bank in the wake of the collapse of Credit Suisse, saying they would make Switzerland...
How regulators globally are softening capital rules for banks
Date: January 6, 2026
By Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Phoebe Seers and Pete Schroeder LONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Seventeen years on from the global financial crisis, regulators are cutting red tape for their banks in a...
Canton Zurich urges government to soften UBS capital requirements plan
Date: December 19, 2025
ZURICH, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Zurich, the home canton of Switzerland's biggest banks, has called on the federal government to reconsider plans to tighten capital requirements for UBS, saying they risk...
German financial watchdog finds non-compliance at local Standard Chartered unit
Date: December 16, 2025
FRANKFURT, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Germany's financial market regulator BaFin said on Tuesday that it was ordering the German unit of Standard Chartered to fix organisational deficiencies and hold more...