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Capital / Liquidity
India Approves Special Liquidity Scheme for NBFCs
By Editors | 01/07/2020
An SPV back by State Bank of India will buy investment-grade debt paper with residual maturity under three months to provide NBFCs and HFCs liquidity to settle existing debt.
Securities / Derivatives
US Regulators Approve Volcker Rule Revisions
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The latest amendment allows banks to invest in venture capital and credit funds and reduces the amount of capital they have to set aside against inter-affiliate swap trades.
Capital / Liquidity
BSP Defers Adoption of New Supervisory Assessment Framework
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The six-month deferral is intended to give FIs more time to prepare for implementation, given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Capital / Liquidity
Korean Banks Opt to Adopt Basel III Credit Risk Framework Early
By Editors | 29/06/2020
Fifteen banks and eight bank holding companies opted to adopt the Basel III credit risk framework early as it will boost their capital adequacy ratios.
Big Picture
FSB Evaluates Efficacy of Too-big-to-fail Reforms
By Editors | 29/06/2020
The evaluation found that the TBTF reforms have made indeed banks more resilient and resolvable, but barriers to bank resolvability still need to be addressed.
Capital / Liquidity
US Banks See Continued Dividend, Buyback Restrictions
By Editors | 29/06/2020
The Fed’s stress tests found that roughly a quarter of the US big banks would approach the 4.5% minimum CET1 capital requirement in a worst-case scenario, a W-shaped recovery.
Capital / Liquidity
India Brings Cooperative Banks Under RBI Oversight
By Editors | 29/06/2020
Under the Banking Regulation Act amendments, cooperative banks can also undertake merger and restructuring activities more easily and access to fundraising channels.
Capital / Liquidity
KAMCO Starts Buying Overdue Retail Loans from FIs
By Editors | 29/06/2020
Korean lenders may sell non-collateralised delinquent personal debt to KAMCO, which in turn will take over the debt and help debtors restructure.
Capital / Liquidity
China: Regional Lenders Continue to Hide Bad Loans
By Editors | 28/06/2020
In its latest audit report, China’s National Audit Office found bad loan ratios to be nearly twice what some regional banks reported, among other violations.
Capital / Liquidity
Bangladesh Cuts Cash Reserve Ratio for OBUs, NBFIs
By Editors | 25/06/2020
The amount of cash reserves offshore banking units and NBFIs need to maintain at the central bank has been reduced.
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