CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

RBA Urges Banks to Utilise Overnight Facility for Liquidity

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/04/2025

Banks are encouraged to use the RBA’s overnight standing facility if they cannot find liquidity on suitable terms in private markets or via weekly OMOs.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Proposes Refinements to RBC 2 Framework for Insurers

By Nithya Subramanian | 01/04/2025

The proposals include a counter-cyclical adjustment for equity investment risk and stricter criteria for capital instruments.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Agrees to Reassess Bank Capital Requirements

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/04/2025

The RBNZ will engage independent international experts to conduct a reassessment of key its capital settings to help improve bank competition.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Confirms Plans to Open ESAS to Nonbanks

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 31/03/2025

The Exchange Settlement Account System will first open to licensed non-bank deposit takers in NZ, then to other entities that meet the access criteria.

Capital / Liquidity

State-owned Chinese Banks Announce Capital Raising Plans

By Manesh Samtani | 31/03/2025

China’s Ministry of Finance will issue CNY 500 billion in special treasury bonds to support the effort to replenish core tier-one capital

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Confirms Plans to Revise Rules for Exchanges and Clearing Houses

By Nithya Subramanian | 29/03/2025

MAS will tighten solvency requirements for capital market FMIs and require them to hold sufficient cash for recovery or orderly wind-down.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Updates Priority Sector Lending Rules to Boost Credit Flows

By Nithya Subramanian | 29/03/2025

RBI has raised loan limits for housing and renewable energy, expanded the definition of weaker sections, and set new targets for UCBs.

Crypto / Digital Assets

MAS Consults on Adoption of BCBS Crypto Standards

By Nithya Subramanian | 28/03/2025

MAS seeks feedback on eligible reserve assets for unbacked cryptocurrencies, and proposes that AT1 and T2 capital instruments issued to retail investors shouldn’t count as regulatory capital.

Capital / Liquidity

EU Commission Reconsiders FRTB Implementation Plan

By Manesh Samtani | 27/03/2025

The EU Commission is considering postponing implementation by an additional year or applying a set of targeted amendments for a three-year period.