Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

China Drafts Revised Capital Management Rules for Banks

By Editors | 20/02/2023

The new rules propose to classify banks into three categories based on their business scale and risk levels and treat them differently based on their classification.

Securities / Derivatives

RBI Issues Draft Guidelines on Market Risk Capital Requirements

By Editors | 20/02/2023

The draft guidelines are open for comment until 15 April 2023. The RBI intends for the guidelines to come into effect from 1 April 2024.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Calls for Research on Post-GFC Securitisation Reforms

By Editors | 20/02/2023

The FSB is seeking academic papers that examine the extent to which securitisation operates on a sound and sustainable basis and provides appropriate alignment of incentives.

Capital / Liquidity

EU Banks Will Have to Meet 1,250% Crypto Risk Weight Early

By Manesh Samtani | 19/02/2023

A draft law confirms that the 1,250% risk weight set by the BCBS will apply to crypto asset exposures. But EU banks are asked to comply before the rule is legally binding.

Capital / Liquidity

India to Establish Backstop Fund for Corporate Debt Market

By Editors | 19/02/2023

SBI Mutual Fund will administer the $4bn fund, which will be 90% funded by the government and 10% by asset managers.

Fintech / Regtech

BSP Finalises New Requirements for E-money Issuers

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/02/2023

Amended regulations require e-money issuers to meet higher liquidity and capital requirements, to ensure the industry’s resilience.

Big Picture

ECB Concerned with Russia Exposures, Bad Debt Risks

By Editors | 14/02/2023

The ECB says it would welcome more exits from Russia by eurozone banks, and that higher borrowing costs could lead to a build-up of bad loans.

Capital / Liquidity

US Bank Stress Tests to Feature New ‘Exploratory Market Shock’

By Editors | 13/02/2023

The ‘exploratory market shock’ will be an additional component of the 2023 stress test, applied to the trading books of the eight largest US banks.

Capital / Liquidity

China Tightens Risk Classification Rules for Banks’ Financial Assets

By Editors | 13/02/2023

Banks must classify “all financial assets that bear credit risk” according to the degree of risk, including bond investments, interbank assets, receivables, and off-balance-sheet assets.