Interview of July 12, 2017
Mrs. Schäfer, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has been negotiating the Basel III reform package since 2013. Banks have long been able to finance EU government bonds with 100% third-party debt capital. Is there agreement with regard to increasing the capital requirement for them?
The committee members agree that capital requirements for EU government bonds must be implemented in the future. But the details have not yet been made public. [...]
Topics: Europe , Financial markets