CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Concludes First Phase of Climate Risk Stress Tests

By Editors | 27/02/2022

Defaults in the thermal power, steel and cement sectors may increase if companies in those sectors do not shift to low-carbon alternatives.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Consults on Dual Reporting Requirements for IRB Banks

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/02/2022

The RBNZ plans to bring dual reporting requirements into effect from 1 July 2022, requiring IRB banks to also disclose RWA outcomes based on the standardised approach.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Extends Deadline for New NBFC Asset Classification Norms

By Mark Johnston | 22/02/2022

The new norms would have led to a spike in non-performing assets for NBFCs and, hence, higher provisioning.

Capital / Liquidity

Bank Liquidity Has Improved Amid Pandemic: BCBS

By Editors | 22/02/2022

Capital shortfalls for the final Basel III requirements are at a historically low level, due at least in part to capital distribution constraints during the pandemic.

Big Picture

Banks with Shadow Loans Face Higher Funding Costs

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/02/2022

A new BIS paper finds that banks with high shadow loans face higher funding costs in the wholesale market and witness lower returns during market stress.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Eases Rules on Loans for Affordable Housing Construction

By Editors | 10/02/2022

Loans to fund public rental housing projects will no longer be subject to rules that require banks to reduce their loan exposures to the property sector.

Capital / Liquidity

GHOS Reaffirms Commitment to Timely Basel III Implementation

By Manesh Samtani | 10/02/2022

The outstanding reforms will help to restore credibility in bank capital ratios, said Pablo Hernández de Cos, who has been reappointed as chair of the BCBS.

Capital / Liquidity

Korean Banks Resist Pressure to Increase Loan Loss Provisions

By Editors | 09/02/2022

Banks are concerned that higher provisions for loan losses will hamper their growth momentum and end up reducing shareholder dividends.

Capital / Liquidity

NBC Requiring Lenders to Recognise & Provision Against NPLs

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/02/2022

As relief measures end this month, Cambodian lenders will have to set aside appropriate provisions for nonperforming loans.