Basel Committee grades Australia, Japan, Korea, Switzerland compliant on leverage ratio; Canada, UK one notch below
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The Basel Committee published RCAP assessment reports on how six jurisdictions implemented its leverage ratio framework. Four earned the top grade; Canada and the UK fell one notch short. This segment covers who was graded, how, and what the Committee is assessing next, including the newly initiated review of the Basel III risk-weighted asset revisions.
- Australia, Japan, Korea and Switzerland assessed compliant; Canada and UK largely compliant with the leverage ratio framework.
- Publication concludes the first round of multi-jurisdictional RCAP assessments of the leverage ratio.
- Committee began assessing the Basel III risk-weighted asset revisions in H1 2026 and continues to assess leverage ratio implementation.
Executive summary
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published assessment reports on 13 October 2026 covering implementation of its leverage ratio framework (LEV) in Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Australia, Japan, Korea and Switzerland were assessed as compliant…
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https://www.bis.org/media-releases/20261013-basel-committee-finds-australia-japan-korea-switzerland-compliant-and-canada-united-kingdomRead by Regulus 15 Oct 2026 at 13:06 UTC
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