The consultation paper sets out the Reserve Bank’s proposals for implementing core Basel III capital measures relating to capital ratios, the definition of capital and the leverage ratio.

On 14 April 2011, a communiqué was published following a meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

The Financial Stability Board published a report which provides an overview of work underway to implement the G-20 recommendations for strengthening financial stability.

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has published a report on the different types of trading platforms currently available for the execution of OTC derivatives transactions in IOSCO member jurisdictions.

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems have published a final report on the over-the-counter derivatives data that should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories.

The Financial Stability Board has issued a press release following its recent meeting in Basel at which it discussed vulnerabilities currently affecting the global financial system and its work plan for 2012 to strengthen global financial regulation

This report by the Bank for International Settlements analyses the potential implications for financial stability and efficiency of alternative access arrangements to central counterparties.

In September 2009, G-20 leaders agreed in Pittsburgh that all standardised over-the-counter derivative contracts should be traded on exchanges or electronic trading platforms, where appropriate, and cleared through central counterparties by end 2012 at the latest.

The Bank of England has published a speech by Paul Tucker (Deputy Governor Financial Stability, member of the Monetary Policy Committee and member of the Financial Policy Committee) entitled Central Counterparties: the Agenda.

The Markets Committee of the Bank for International Settlements has published a report on high frequency trading in the foreign exchange market.