CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Asks Banks to Relax Loan Classification Standards

By Manesh Samtani | 13/02/2020

Local banks are asked to be more tolerant of bad loans and to reduce their profit targets, as the novel coronavirus epidemic keeps borrowers from resuming normal business operations.

Capital / Liquidity

India Doubles Pension Fund Manager Net Worth Requirement

By Editors | 13/02/2020

The increase brings the requirements for pension fund managers in line with those for managers of mutual funds regulated by SEBI.

Capital / Liquidity

Sea and Grab-Singtel “Leading Singapore Digital Bank Race”

By CorporateTreasurer | 12/02/2020

S&P Global Market Intelligence believes digital banking contenders Sea and the Grab-Singtel consortium are the most likely to gain coveted digital bank licences in Singapore.

Capital / Liquidity

India to Introduce Netting Legislation, Margin Rules for Derivatives

By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2020

Prompted by a Budget proposal to introduce netting legislation “soon”, the RBI says it will likewise issue directions on the exchange of margin for non-centrally cleared derivatives.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Expands One-Time Restructuring Scheme for MSME Loans

By Editors | 11/02/2020

The benefit of one-time restructuring will be extended to include MSME loans in default as of 1 January 2020, with the debt restructuring window also extended to 31 December 2020.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Offers Banks Low-Cost Funding to Support Epidemic Control

By Editors | 11/02/2020

Banks are required to use the special funding to support activities by companies directly linked to controlling the outbreak through loans issued at below-market interest rates.

Capital / Liquidity

BIS Paper Identifies Sources of Regulatory Fragmentation in Banking

By Editors | 09/02/2020

The paper points to varying asset valuation practices, which impact measurements of banks’ regulatory capital, along with Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 implementation differences.

Capital / Liquidity

Cabinet Approves Amendments to Bring Co-op Banks Under RBI Oversight

By Editors | 07/02/2020

Under the amendments, the RBI gain powers to supersede the board of a cooperative bank under stress, with government approval.

Capital / Liquidity

Malaysian Central Bank Publishes Inaugural D-SIBs List

By Editors | 06/02/2020

Maybank, CIMB and Public Bank have been designated as D-SIBs and will have to maintain extra capital buffers from 31 January 2021 to reduce the probability of failure.