Basel Plan Aims to Force Banks to Increase Capital

Brought attention to ទាញអារម្មណ៍ទៅលើ      reserve ទុកបម្រុង        Basel ទីក្រុងបេហ្សែល

Banking Supervision ការត្រួតពិនិត្យកិច្ចការធនាគារ                              reached ព្រមព្រៀងគ្នា

Rules បទបញ្ជា                                                 risk-weighted assets ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិដែលថ្លឹងគ្រោះថ្នាក់

In the form of នៅក្នុងទម្រង់                             as នៅពេលដែល         meet គោរពតាម

On the one hand ម៉្យាង                             on the other hand ម៉្យាងទៀត

Stock សន្លឹកហ៊ុន                                              chief executive officers មន្ត្រីអគ្គនាយក

Equity ចំណែកដែលម្ចាស់ទ្រព្យត្រូវបាន           shareholders កូនហ៊ុន   so ដើម្បីអោយ

Dividend ភាគចំណេញតាមហ៊ុន                      hedge fund មូលនិធិយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រមានហានិភ័យខ្ពស់

The financial crisis of two thousand eight brought attention to a big problem with banks. Many banks did not have enough money in reserve to protect against their losses. Now there is a proposed solution. In September, banking supervisors from twenty-six nations and Hong Kong met in Basel, Switzerland. They announced proposals to make banks safer by requiring them to increase their reserves. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has been working on a set of recommendations known as Basel Three. These are based on agreements reached in July by officials from a group of leading industrial nations. The goal is to stop the circle of easing rules on banks in good times and tightening them only after a crisis. Under new rules, banks would have to hold reserves equal to seven percent of their risk-weighted assets. Mainly this means loans. Currently banks are required to hold two percent in reserve. The bigger reserves could be in the form of cash or common stock, also known as common equity. Bank would also have to hold extra reserves as their national economies improve. The new requirement would go into effect starting in January of two thousand thirteen. Banks would have five years to fully meet them. International banking lawyer Ernie Patrikis, a former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, explain why.

He say: “We cannot be telling banks, on the one hand, raise capital right away, and on the other hand, lend more.” One way for banks to meet the proposed new rules would be to sell more of their stock. That is what Germany’s Deutsche Bank did in September. It announced a sale offer valued at over eleven billion dollars. Ernie Patrikis thinks chief executive officers of banks have three choices. He says” One is to go out and raise more common equity. Another one is to not pay dividends. And that is something most CEO’s want to do because their shareholders aren’t going to be particularly happy. And the third choice is to sell assets—downsize the bank. “Nations on the Basel committee will now seek to pass new rules into law so their banking supervisors can enforce them. Banks that fall below the reserve limits could have to stop paying dividends to shareholders or bonuses to top employees. Ending dividends would anger shareholders. And limiting pay could send bankers fleeing to hedge fund, where there are fewer rules.