CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    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    Macquarie, Rabobank and HSBC had provisions in group funding agreements that could allow funding to be withdrawn in a stress scenario, potentially undermining their stability.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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