CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Defers Start Date for Higher Bank Capital to June 2022

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/11/2020

The RBNZ will also consult on re-instating LVR restrictions, maintain dividend restrictions for banks, and launch a new facility to provide cheap funding for banks.

Capital / Liquidity

Loan Loss Expectations Prompt Need for Collateral Visibility

By Editors | 11/11/2020

Collateral is one of the more underutilised credit risk mitigation tools available to banks, and likely to become more important as loan losses mount in the year ahead.

Capital / Liquidity

BOJ Offers Interest Incentive for Regional Banks to Merge

By Editors | 10/11/2020

Regional banks can earn the interest rate by meeting certain overhead reduction targets or by agreeing to a merger with another bank.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Adjusts Capital Treatment of Equity Investment in Subsidiaries

By Editors | 10/11/2020

The move is aimed at ensuring that any new or additional equity investments by banks in subsidiaries is backed by appropriate capital to reduce the risk to Australian depositors.

Capital / Liquidity

Key Risks to Financial System Have Been Contained: PBOC

By Editors | 08/11/2020

However, the PBOC believes the world economy is still in a period of deep adjustment, amid concerns that the risk of debt defaults has increased.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Announces A$35b Reduction in Committed Liquidity Facility

By Editors | 06/11/2020

Five banks applied for a reduction, reducing the aggregate CLF allocated to banks from A$223bn at 1 January 2020 to A$188 billion.

Capital / Liquidity

Ant IPO Suspension Needed to Protect Investor Rights: CSRC

By Manesh Samtani | 06/11/2020

Avoiding a hasty listing against significant change in the regulatory environment is in line with the responsibilities of market regulators towards investors and markets, the CSRC said.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Updates G20 Leaders on Basel III implementation

By Editors | 03/11/2020

Most member jurisdictions have final rules in place for Basel III standards, though some are yet to come into force. China has progressed on TLAC rules.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC, CBIRC Issue Draft Rules for Small Loans Businesses

By Editors | 03/11/2020

Microfinance businesses must have a registered capital of at least CNY 1 billion. Those operating across provincial borders must have at least CNY 5 billion.