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Fitch: Stricter Basel III Capital Rules Pose Return on Equity Challenge for ... - MarketWatch (press release)

2012-05-17
International Business TimesFitch: Stricter Basel III Capital Rules Pose Return on Equity Challenge for ...MarketWatch (press release)While full Basel III implementation will not occur until 2018, Fitch notes that global banks will face both market and supervisory pressures to meet these targets earlier. Banks will likely pursue a mix of strategies to address capital shortfalls, ...Will U.S. Banks Cut Their Dividends Due To Basel III?Seeking AlphaGlobal Banks May Need To Raise More Than $500B To Meet Basel III -FitchWall Street Journal29 Largest Banks May Need $566 Billion More For Basel III: FitchInternational Business TimesMortgage Solutions -Financial Timesall 154 news articles »

A Fair in Transition - Wall Street Journal

2012-05-17
Wall Street JournalA Fair in TransitionWall Street JournalBy LARA DAY HONG KONG—Two years ago, Art Basel directors Marc Spiegler and Annette Schönholzer came to this city on a mission: to start a new contemporary art fair in Asia. But after scoping out the competition, they decided to change tack.Broadening its reachThe Economist (blog)Hong Kong in art bonanza - but will it last?ReutersPOST-COLONIAL CONTEMPORARY ART by Barbara PollackArtnetFinancial Times -New York Timesall 84 news articles »

EU Ministers Agree To Flexible Text On Basel Rules - Wall Street Journal

2012-05-15
Boston.comEU Ministers Agree To Flexible Text On Basel RulesWall Street JournalIt deviates, however, from the "Basel III" accords that regulators from around the world agreed on last year. That could encourage other countries to find similarly flexible ways of implementing the agreements, frustrating the original aim of creating ...EU Finance Ministers Seek Deal on Basel Bank Capital RulesBusinessWeekFactobox: EU finalizing tougher bank capital rulesReutersEU Finance Ministers Haggle Over Bank RulesABC NewsCreamer Media's Engineering News -Moneycontrol.comall 289 news articles »

Monchengladbach Sign Basel Midfielder Xhaka - Daijiworld.com

2012-05-19
Goal.com AmericaMonchengladbach Sign Basel Midfielder XhakaDaijiworld.comThe 19-year-old Kosovo-born Granit Xhaka transferred from Basel to Monchengladbach following his signature under a five-year contract, the German club announced Friday. "I'm delighted that the signing of the contract finally worked out.Monchengladbach signs Xhaka from BaselGoal.com AmericaMonchengladbach sign Xhaka from BaselGoal.comXhaka exits Basel for GermanyEurosport.com AUGoal.com Indiaall 14 news articles »

EU Reaches Deal on Basel Rules - Wall Street Journal

2012-05-15
Spectator.co.ukEU Reaches Deal on Basel RulesWall Street JournalBy FRANCES ROBINSON and MATINA STEVIS BRUSSELS—European Union finance ministers agreed Tuesday on revised draft legislation on how to implement the Basel III accords on banking capital and liquidity, after last-minute changes granting more powers to ...Bonus Curbs Endorsed by EU Lawmakers in Vote on Basel RulesBusinessWeekThe Future Of Banks Hangs In Their Balance SheetsForbesEU finance ministers haggle over bank rulesFox NewsFinancial Times -Spectator.co.uk -Bloombergall 76 news articles »

South African Banks Ready for Basel Changes, Moody's Says - Bloomberg

2012-05-16
South African Banks Ready for Basel Changes, Moody's SaysBloombergSouth Africa's banks are well- capitalized and prepared for Basel III regulations, according to Moody's Investors Service. The quality of the lenders' assets remains an “issue” for Moody's, analyst Nondas Nicolaides said in a presentation in ...and more »

Art Basel and dOCUMENTA 13 Lottery: Winners Announced - Absolutearts.com

2012-05-17
Art Basel and dOCUMENTA 13 Lottery: Winners AnnouncedAbsolutearts.comWinners of The Puma Creative Network dOCUMENTA 13 and Art Basel lottery were announced at midnight yesterday. The winner from the Africa region is Creative Africa Network member X. Through this competition, Puma is awarding tickets to one member from ...

Basel III: Don't We Have Enough Problems? - Wall Street Journal

2012-05-06
Wall Street JournalBasel III: Don't We Have Enough Problems?Wall Street JournalBy SIMON NIXON It took over a decade to agree on the Basel II bank regulations—and even then, the US never got round to implementing them. So it's hardly surprising that Basel III, the new postcrisis regulations drawn up in just three years, ...Rules for Bank Capital Still Broken After Four YearsBloombergBasel III framework to have "greater significance" than MMRMortgage Solutionsall 16 news articles »

Basel Seeks Tougher Boundary Between Banking, Trading Books - BusinessWeek

2012-05-03
Moneycontrol.comBasel Seeks Tougher Boundary Between Banking, Trading BooksBusinessWeekBy Ben Moshinsky on May 03, 2012 Banks face tougher rules on how they differentiate between assets they keep in their banking and trading books, making it harder to dodge capital rules, under proposals published by the Basel Committee on Banking ...RBI Releases Rules for Basel-III ImplementationWall Street Journal3RD LEAD: EU ministers hash out bank capital rules as Basel III looms Eds ...Chicago TribuneEcofin Makes Slow Progress On Basel III DealNASDAQBoston.com -Moneycontrol.comall 583 news articles »

Senior Clinical Supply Manager - Scientific American

2012-05-18
Senior Clinical Supply ManagerScientific AmericanCTC Clinical Trial Consulting, founded in Basel, Switzerland in 1997, is a specialist staffing organisation, providing flexible resourcing solutions to the pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland, with contract and permanent placements in clinical ...and more »

Basel win Cup to continue Swiss dominance

2012-05-16
FC Basel continued their domestic dominance by winning the Swiss Cup on Wednesday, beating FC Luzern in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw to clinch their second double in three seasons.

Fitch: Stricter Basel III Capital Rules Pose Return on Equity Challenge for Global Banks

2012-05-17
In a report published today, Fitch Ratings estimates that the 29 global systemically important financial institutions might need to raise approximately $566 billion in common equity to satisfy new Basel III capital rules by end-2018.

Basel Proposes New Rules for Banks

2012-05-04
On Thursday, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision came up with a series of new stringent capital rules for the largest U.S. banks based on the fundamental review of trading book capital requirements....

World Football - Basel win Cup to continue dominance

2012-05-16
FC Basel continued their domestic dominance by winning the Swiss Cup, beating FC Luzern in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw.

Monchengladbach signs Xhaka from Basel

2012-05-18
The German side has bolstered its midfield ahead of next season's Champions League campaign, tying down the youngster with a five-year contract that will run through 2017

Basel complete double with Swiss Cup success

2012-05-17
"Even a Hollywood director could not have come up with a better ending," said Benjamin Huggel as he bowed out at FC Basel 1893 with a goal and a shoot-out victory in the Swiss Cup final.

Basel, Miami Beach, and now, Hong Kong

2012-05-16
When news broke last year that the MCH Group, owners of Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, bought a 60% stake in ART HK, a collector commented that Filipino artists would have to get serious and stop playing around. In a separate interview, Isa Lorenzo, director of Silverlens Gallery, expressed similar sentiments. “The bar has gone up,” she said, “and artists need to make stronger work, better ...

29 Largest Banks May Need $566 Billion More For Basel III: Fitch

2012-05-17
The world's 29 largest banks will need an extra $566 billion to comply with Basel III capital rules by the end of 2018, which could dampen their ability to increase dividends and buy back shares, according to Fitch Ratings.

Monchengladbach sign Basel midfielder Xhaka

2012-05-19
Berlin, May 19 (IANS) German football side Borussia Monchengladbach has reinforced its squad with Swiss international Granit Xhaka until 2017.

Monchengladbach sign Xhaka from Basel

2012-05-18
The German side have bolstered their midfield ahead of next season's Champions League campaign, tying down the youngster with a five-year contract that will run through 2017