CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Eases Loan Loss Provisioning Requirements – Report

By Editors | 10/06/2020

The CBIRC has reportedly told small and midsize banks they can reduce the amount of capital they need to set aside to cover potential losses from loan defaults.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Proposes New Norms for Loan Sales and Securitisations

By Editors | 09/06/2020

The draft frameworks will make it easier for banks and other lenders to remove loans from their books amid increasing asset quality and liquidity pressures.

Capital / Liquidity

Radical Steps Needed from Vietnam Banking Sector

By Francois Denimal | 09/06/2020

Vietnam’s banking sector must take radical steps to adopt international capital rules, reporting requirements and trading practices, says Francois Denimal at FIS.

Capital / Liquidity

SFC Fines Potomac Capital for Breaching Financial Resources Rules

By Editors | 08/06/2020

Potomac misinterpreted the financial resources rules and incorrectly including aged fees receivables as liquid assets, leading to an overstatement of liquid capital.

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea Unveils Legislation to Tighten Supervision of Financial Groups

By Editors | 08/06/2020

Under the bill, non-holding financial conglomerates like Samsung, Mirae Asset and Hyundai Motor will be subject to new requirements to monitor group risks and measure capital adequacy.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC to Step Up Monitoring of Credit Risk in Banking Sector

By Editors | 08/06/2020

Companies obtaining loans under Covid-19 programmes are using the proceeds to invest in wealth management products, structured deposits, the stock market and the housing market.

Capital / Liquidity

China’s Banks Poses Growing Risks for US Investors: Report

By Editors | 03/06/2020

US savers are increasingly likely to have exposure Chinese banks and their “large volumes of NPLs”, says a report from a US Congressional advisory body.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC to Buy Bank Loans Under Zero Interest Repo Terms

By Editors | 02/06/2020

The move is aimed at freeing up liquidity at smaller banks in the hope of spurring an additional 1tr yuan in lending to small and micro enterprises.

Capital / Liquidity

Credit Risk a Growing Threat in Hong Kong: Mazars

By Manesh Samtani | 02/06/2020

Banks need to be more agile in incorporating in their ECL model all latest reasonable and supportable information, including that which is forward-looking, says Pierre Latrobe.