BCBS adopts 'window-dressing' changes to deter banks from lowering G-SIB scores
By Neil Roland ( October 16, 2026, 20:06 GMT | Insight) -- The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published final changes in its global standards to curb banks’ use of “window dressing” to deceptively lower their scores used to assess their status as global systemically important banks. The 29 G-SIBs such as JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America as of 2025 are subject to heightened regulatory requirements. Under the changes, banks will be required to report and disclose indicators — such as size, interconnectedness and complexity — that are used to calculate G-SIB scores based on average values over the reporting year, rather than year-end values, by Jan. 1, 2030.The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published final changes in its global standards to curb banks’ use of “window dressing” to deceptively lower their scores used to assess their status as global systemically important banks....
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