Malaysian Banks expected to maintain ROE with Basel III

Accenture expects Malaysian banks to maintain their return on equity after implementation of Basel III.

This will be via tighter cost management, better customer selection and differentiation strategy.

BASEL III is a new global regulatory standards on bank capital adequacy and liquidity agreed by the members of the Basel Committee on banking supervision.

Accenture Risk Management Asia-Pacific managing director Phillip Straley said after the implementation of Basel III from 2013, it will be harder for banks to achieve a high ROE due to the higher capital requirement.

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