CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – PBOC Mulls New Rules to Reduce Risk at Smaller Banks

By Editors | 30/08/2019

The PBOC will encourage merger talks instead of bankruptcies when dealing with problematic financial institutions.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Allows Lenders to Expand Use of Tech in Retail Lending

By Editors | 30/08/2019

The HKMA is allowing lenders to further develop business involving the use of innovative financial technology to assess and approve personal loan applications.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan FSA Plans New Measures to Ensure Regional Bank Sustainability

By Editors | 29/08/2019

To encourage consolidation among struggling regional lenders, the FSA may lower deposit insurance fees paid by banks that are more financially robust.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI to Transfer $24bn to Govt on Committee Recommendation

By Editors | 28/08/2019

The transfer will comprise of a $17.2bn income surplus and $7.4bn in excess provisions resulting from a newly revised economic capital framework for the RBI.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Sets Mortgage Rate Floor to Curb Risk

By Editors | 28/08/2019

The rate on mortgages for first-time home buyers must be at least the loan prime rate; for second-time home buyers it must be at least LPR plus 60bp.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Introduces New Liquidity Facilities for Banks

By Manesh Samtani | 27/08/2019

The updated Liquidity Facilities Framework is part of ongoing work to maintain the integrity and stability of Hong Kong’s monetary and financial systems, said HKMA chief Norman Chan.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Offers Banks Guidance on Managing Loan Collateral

By Editors | 24/08/2019

In a review of collateral management standards and practices banks use when lending to corporates, MAS has identified four key areas that need improvement.

Capital / Liquidity

Singapore Large Exposures Rules to Take Effect in Oct 2020

By Editors | 22/08/2019

MAS published a draft large exposures framework in early 2018, trying to meet the BCBS timeline for adoption in January 2019. The final rules will now take effect in October next year.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Finalises Rule Revisions on Related Entity Exposures

By Editors | 21/08/2019

The revisions may make it more difficult for banking groups to fund offshore business, and force them to restructure or reconsider the relative value of certain group operations.