Basel III: Liquidity Risk, Leverage, and The Financial Crisis
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Basel III: Liquidity Risk, Leverage, and The Financial Crisis

Intuition Publishing
Updated Sep 25, 2020

In response to issues highlighted by the financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) introduced new measures as part of Basel III to address both liquidity risk and leverage. Here we describe the key lessons learned from the financial crisis with respect to liquidity and leverage.