CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

A Quarter of Loans at Bangladesh State Banks Non Performing

By Garima Chitkara | 26/03/2018

Current and former regulators have voiced concern over the the accumulation of bad loans in the banking sector; value of bad loans has trebled in the past six years.

Capital / Liquidity

Decline of the House of Basel

By Peter Guy | 26/03/2018

The Basel regime has shown itself to be incomplete and not universally applicable. With the Trump administration seeking to allow a return to proprietary trading, profound implications for global banks’ risk management are only just beginning to surface.

Capital / Liquidity

Basel Committee Revises Capital Rules Under FRTB

By Manesh Samtani | 25/03/2018

Proposals include enhanced risk sensitivity and reduced risk weights for standardised approach; eased assessment process for internal models.

Capital / Liquidity

India Releases Risk Management Norms for Clearing Commodity Derivatives

By Garima Chitkara | 22/03/2018

Clearing corporations to maintain liquid assets after margins of INR5 million.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Approves ING Bank Internal Models for Credit, Market Risk

By Editors | 20/03/2018

ING Bank joins Australia’s ‘big five’ banks in using internal models to calculate regulatory capital requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Malaysia Banks Can Withstand Severe Shocks – BNM

By Manesh Samtani | 16/03/2018

The central bank’s Financial Stability Committee says Malaysian banks have a “strong capacity” to withstand financial shocks comparable to past crises.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh to Raise Capital Requirements on Stock Brokers, Merchant Banks

By Garima Chitkara | 15/03/2018

New capital requirements will be imposed on stock brokers, merchant banks, asset managers and institutional portfolio managers.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong at High Risk of Debt-driven Crisis – BIS

By Samuel Riding | 14/03/2018

Report shows Hong Kong has biggest credit-GDP gap and the highest debt service ratio among 9 APAC economies.

Capital / Liquidity

Basel Committee Publishes Follow-up Reports on Basel III Implementation

By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2018

The Committee also published an assessment handbook and self-assessment questionnaire to help member jurisdictions prepare for future RCAP assessments.