CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Asks ADIs to Review, Improve Stress Testing Processes

By Editors | 24/02/2020

Larger ADIs have better stress testing governance practices and scenario development processes, and make better use of stress test results, than smaller institutions.

Market Infrastructure

PBOC Cuts Benchmark Lending Rate As Economic Concerns Weigh

By Editors | 21/02/2020

The PBOC pledged to help companies by lowering lending rates, increasing credit support, and ensure banking system liquidity through RRR cuts and MLF loans.

Capital / Liquidity

ISDA Publishes Uncleared Margin Implementation Project Checklist

By Editors | 21/02/2020

The checklist is suggested as a resource guide to highlight key implementation considerations for entities expecting to come into scope in September.

Capital / Liquidity

Basel IV to Impact APAC Banks Unevenly: Moody’s

By Editors | 20/02/2020

‘Basel IV’ will narrow the gap between the internal ratings based approach and the standardised approach for calculating risk-weighted assets.

Capital / Liquidity

JBA Rebuts BCBS Proposal on Sovereign Exposure Disclosures

By Manesh Samtani | 18/02/2020

The JBA said the BCBS should focus on ensuring full, timely and consistent implementation of Basel III reforms, rather than setting “fragmentary voluntary add-ons”.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI Bars Portfolio Managers from Charging Upfront Fees

By Editors | 18/02/2020

SEBI has barred portfolio managers from charging upfront fees from clients and imposed caps on annual management fees and exit loads.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Convenes Special Teleconference on SME, Personal Lending

By Editors | 14/02/2020

The Banking Sector SME Lending Coordination Mechanism discussed ways to extend greater support to SME and retail customers, in light of the Covid-19 threat to cashflows.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Extends Prudential Loan Cap Transition Period for Foreign Banks

By Editors | 14/02/2020

The extended transitory period is aimed at ensure continued financing support for public sector initiatives under the ‘Build, Build, Build’ programme by foreign bank branches.

Capital / Liquidity

Better Supervision Associated with Lower Operational Risk: BIS Paper

By Manesh Samtani | 14/02/2020

Banks take an average 251 days to discover the occurrence of operational loss events, and 184 days to move from discovery and recognition, according to a new BIS paper.