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Capital / Liquidity
China to Support Banks that Swap Corporate Debt for Equity
By Editors | 01/08/2019
The new measures encourage banks to set up subsidiaries to invest in debt-for-equity swaps, helping them to offload distressed debt and ease rising NPL pressures.
Capital / Liquidity
Malaysia to Implement NSFR from July 2020
By Editors | 01/08/2019
From 1 July 2020, banks will be required to maintain a minimum NSFR of 100% at all times and to submit NSFR reports to BNM on a quarterly basis.
Capital / Liquidity
US Regulators Approve 82 Foreign Banks’ Resolution Plans
By Editors | 31/07/2019
The Fed and FDIC have accepted the resolution plans of 82 foreign banks, and granted an extra year extension before the next resolution plans need to be submitted.
Capital / Liquidity
ANZ Adjusts Risk Weights on New Zealand Loan Portfolios
By Editors | 30/07/2019
The changes follow the RBNZ’s revocation of ANZ’s right to model its operational risk capital requirements in May.
Capital / Liquidity
ICBC, Cinda, Great Wall to Restructure Troubled Bank of Jinzhou
By Editors | 29/07/2019
An ICBC unit will invest up to 3 billion yuan for a more than 10% stake in Bank of Jinzhou, whose auditor quit in May citing loan inconsistencies.
Capital / Liquidity
BSP Approves New Risk Management Guidelines for Banks
By Editors | 29/07/2019
The guidelines seek to ensure that risks from banks’ investment activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored and controlled.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Issues Draft Rules for Financial Holding Companies
By Editors | 29/07/2019
Financial holding companies controlled by non-financial enterprises that meet certain conditions will be supervised by the PBOC, with licences issued by the State Council.
Capital / Liquidity
CBIRC Issues New Rules to Raise Transparency on Bank Ownership
By Editors | 26/07/2019
By end-June 2020, all banks must provide the complete and accurate register of their shareholders to custodian institutions who will manage the register moving forward.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA Orders Three Banks to Tighten Group Funding Arrangements
By Editors | 25/07/2019
Macquarie, Rabobank and HSBC had provisions in group funding agreements that could allow funding to be withdrawn in a stress scenario, potentially undermining their stability.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Sets Out Beijing Penalties for Deposit Reserve Violations
By Editors | 24/07/2019
Draft measures from the PBOC set out four types of penalties Beijing-based financial institutions must pay when their deposit reserves fall below statutory requirements.
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