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Securities / Derivatives
Korea to Lift Ban on Brokers Lending to Overseas Units
By Editors | 21/10/2019
Large brokerage firms will be allowed to extend loans to their overseas operations to better finance their global outreach.
Capital / Liquidity
BCBS Releases 17th Progress Report on Basel III Adoption
By Editors | 21/10/2019
Since the previous report, member jurisdictions have made the most progress in adopting the NSFR, IRRBB, and large exposures framework.
Capital / Liquidity
Korea to Impose Loan-to-Deposit Cap on Savings Banks
By Editors | 21/10/2019
The loan-to-deposit rate at savings banks will be limited to 110% starting from 2020, and further tightened to 100% in 2021. Currently, commercial banks already face the 100% limit.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA Proposes Banks Hold More Capital Against Large Subsidiaries
By Editors | 18/10/2019
APRA proposes to increase the amount of capital banks need to hold to support investments in large subsidiaries, such as their New Zealand units.
Capital / Liquidity
BSP Reduces Reserve Requirement for Bank Bonds
By Editors | 18/10/2019
The move to lower is aimed at deepening the debt market and reducing the intermediation cost that bond issuers could pass on to bond holders.
Market Infrastructure
HKMA, Hong Kong Banks Pledge Leniency for SME Borrowers
By Manesh Samtani | 17/10/2019
Nine major Hong Kong banks have pledged to help SME customers that encounter financial difficulties by adopting accommodative lending policies.
Capital / Liquidity
Japan, EU to Cooperate on Cross-border Resolution Planning
By Editors | 17/10/2019
Through an exchange of letters, Japan’s FSA and the EU’s SRB have agreed to cooperate to plan for and conduct orderly cross-border resolutions of banks.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Clarifies Definition of ‘Non-standard’ Credit Assets
By Editors | 17/10/2019
The clarification is important for new rules that will impose a cap on investments in non-standard credit assets by banks’ wealth management products.
Capital / Liquidity
China Further Opens Banking, Insurance Sectors to Foreign FIs
By Editors | 16/10/2019
Effective immediately, foreign financial institutions can establish wholly-owned banks in China, which can be operated alongside foreign bank branches and Sino-foreign joint venture banks.
Capital / Liquidity
Philippines: BSP Approves Amended D-SIBs Framework
By Editors | 16/10/2019
A bank’s size and interconnectedness will be given greater importance in the assessment to determine its systemic importance in the Philippines.
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