CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Considers Lowering Risk Weights for Auto Loans

By Nithya Subramanian | 19/08/2025

Auto loans face a 100 percent risk weight versus 35–50 percent for home loans. A cut could ease banks’ capital burden while making vehicle financing more affordable.

Capital / Liquidity

China to Mobilise State Owned Enterprises to Buy Unsold Homes

By Manesh Samtani | 18/08/2025

Regulators plan to use centrally-owned firms and bad-debt managers to clear the housing supply glut, permitting them to tap a PBOC relending facility.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippines Suspends Mount Peak Securities Over Capital Violations

By Editors | 18/08/2025

The brokerage is the second to be suspended this year, with CMIC citing grave violations of securities laws and imposing strict trading prohibitions.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Proposes Major Overhaul of Banking Sector

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/08/2025

A draft amendment to the Bank Company Act seeks to cap family representation on boards, bar political figures and drastically ease foreign investment limits.

Capital / Liquidity

Indonesia OJK Mandates MSME Loan Targets, Eases Rules for Financiers

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/08/2025

OJK is requiring banks to set MSME lending targets while also finalising new roadmaps and simplifying rules for non-bank lenders.

Capital / Liquidity

ISDA, FIA Call for More Clarity on Australia's CCP Resolution Rules

By Manesh Samtani | 18/08/2025

ISDA and FIA have called on the RBA to provide greater predictability on its crisis management powers.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Permits Advisers, Analysts to Use Fund Units to Meet Deposit Requirements

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/08/2025

The move provides an alternative to bank deposits for mandatory capital requirements, giving market professionals more flexibility.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan FSC Proposes Amendments to FHC Reporting Rules

By Editors | 18/08/2025

The amendments align financial holding company reports with IFRS 17 and remove redundant disclosures for banks and other FIs.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Updates Guidance on Superannuation Reporting Rules

By Editors | 18/08/2025

APRA has released detailed guidance for trustees on reporting complex assets, derivatives, and liquidity management under new data standards.