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Emerging Prudential Risks
Moody’s Becomes Second Agency to Downgrade Hong Kong Outlook
17/09/2019
Moody’s says the downgrade of Hong Kong’s outlook to negative is the result of a shift in its equilibrium with China, in addition to the ongoing protests in the city.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Australia Passes Bill to End Conflicted Remuneration Despite Pushback
16/09/2019
The Association of Financial Advisers says thousands of clients will be worse off without grandfathered commissions, and that financial advisers need more time to adjust.
Credit Risk
RBI Lowers Risk Weight for Consumer Loans
16/09/2019
The move will reduce the amount of capital banks need to set aside as provisioning for consumer loans, effectively reducing the cost of lending.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Australia Establishes Senate Committee on Fintech, Regtech
16/09/2019
The committee will inquire into the opportunities of fintech and regtech, and benchmark Australia’s environment for innovation against comparable global regimes.
Anti-Money Laundering
RBI Orders Banks to Review Controls on Internal Accounts
16/09/2019
Transitory accounts at bank branches are being used to provide unauthorised overdrafts to avoid default classification on loans, and to mask unexplained cash deposits.
Structural Regulation
RBI Proposes New Rules for Small Finance Bank Licensing
16/09/2019
Under the new guidelines, payment banks, NBFCs, microfinance institutions and local area banks will be able to convert into small finance banks.
Capital Adequacy
Taiwan FSC to Ease Calculation Method for D-SIB Capital
16/09/2019
The move follows push back from some banks, saying that the higher capital buffer required of D-SIBs could raise funding costs and make them less competitive.
Clearing & Post-Trade
KRX Introduces Paperless Securities System
15/09/2019
Starting 16 September, all listed stocks and bonds must be issued and registered electronically, and no longer exist in paper form.
Payments & Settlements
Australia Issues Follow-up Paper on ISO 20022 Migration for Payments
14/09/2019
The paper summarises the responses from the April consultation and puts forward potential implementation options for consideration.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Bans Lending Model Found to Cause Consumer Detriment
13/09/2019
ASIC is using its product intervention power to end a practice that has to date enabled payday lenders to charge fees up to 1000% of the loan amount.
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