The SIFMA Podcast - A Guide To FRTB And Why It’s Important

The SIFMA Podcast

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) was initiated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in the years following the 2007-2009 financial crisis with the aim of completely revising the approach of calculating risk-based capital requirements for trading activities.In this podcast, SIFMA’s Peter Ryan, Head of International Capital Markets and Prudential Policy, sits down with Joseph Seidel, Chief Operating Officer, to provide a high-level introduction to the FRTB, describing what it was designed to do and why we are hearing more about it now, and explain what is contained in the package of reforms.To view the transcript and more, visit https://www.sifma.org/resources/news/podcast-a-guide-to-frtb-and-why-its-important/.