CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

ACCC to Probe Banks on Mortgage Pricing Decision-making

By Editors | 15/10/2019

The ACCC is commencing an inquiry to find out why banks are not fully passing on interest rate cuts to borrowers, and what prevents customers from switching to cheaper lenders.

Capital / Liquidity

US Fed Finalises Easier Capital, Liquidity Rules for Banks

By Editors | 14/10/2019

Banks that present less risk, including foreign banks, will have reduced requirements. An idea to subject US branches of foreign banks to new liquidity requirements has also been dropped.

Capital / Liquidity

Volcker Rule Rewrite Gets Final Approval After Fed Sign-off

By Editors | 10/10/2019

The revisions continue to prohibit proprietary trading, while providing greater clarity and certainty for activities allowed under the law.

Securities / Derivatives

UPDATED – SFC to Raise Investor Compensation Limit

By Editors | 09/10/2019

Respondents to an April 2018 consultation strongly supported an increase in the compensation limit, among other proposals, which the SFC expects to implement in early 2020.

Capital / Liquidity

ISDA Chief Calls for Specific Changes to CVA Framework

By Editors | 09/10/2019

The current CVA rules due for implementation in January 2022 could lead to an inappropriately sharp increase in capital requirements for derivatives businesses.

Capital / Liquidity

Initial Margin Challenges Confronting Asian Markets

By Purtini Joshi | 08/10/2019

DTCC’s Purtini Joshi outlines three key challenges firms need to address to ensure compliance with Phase 5 and Phase 6 implementation of initial margin regulations.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippines Amends Framework for Identifying D-SIBs

By Editors | 04/10/2019

The BSP will give more importance to a bank’s size and interconnectedness when deciding which lenders should be classified as D-SIBs.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ to Issue Final Decisions on Bank Capital in December

By Editors | 04/10/2019

RBNZ deputy governor Geoff Bascand says the central bank will review the amount of capital, what form it takes, and the allowed transition period before final decisions are made.

Capital / Liquidity

Basel III Monitoring Report Shows Shrinking TLAC Shortfalls

By Editors | 03/10/2019

Based on the 2022 requirements, two of 24 G-SIBs reporting TLAC data have a combined shortfall of €32.6 billion , less than half the shortfall reported six months earlier.