CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

China, US Bank Profits Boost CET1 Capital

By Samuel Riding | 09/03/2018

BIS report on Basel III implementation includes data from 39 Group 1 banks in Asia Pacific; 1H2017 saw largest ever profits of $262 billion.

Capital / Liquidity

Loan Provisions for Chinese Banks Eased

By Editors | 07/03/2018

Loan loss provisions to be lowered to between 120 and 150 percent of bad loans total; provisions against total loan book also reduced.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Banking Sector Faces Bad Loan Crisis

By Editors | 07/03/2018

Speakers at banking conference call for an immediate solution to Bangladesh’s 10 percent NPL ratio, the highest in the region.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Mulls Removal of Mortgage Lending Cap

By Editors | 06/03/2018

Removing the 10 percent growth cap would enable banks to increase mortgage lending, ease mortgage rates for investors and boost competition in the sector.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Banks Receive Fitch Ratings Upgrades

By Editors | 06/03/2018

Positive rating action for Military Bank, Vietcombank and Vietinbank reflect improvements in asset quality and declining rates of bad debt.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Publishes Hong Kong Peer Review

By Manesh Samtani | 03/03/2018

Completion of reform implementation and greater transparency needed for OTC derivatives market; resolution framework can be improved.

Capital / Liquidity

China Grants Banks New Capital Raising Tools

By Garima Chitkara | 03/03/2018

China will allow allow banks to raise capital through convertible bonds and variable maturity securities in a bid to help them maintain required cash reserves.

Capital / Liquidity

S.Korea Regulators Probe Bank’s Lending Practices

By Samuel Riding | 28/02/2018

Regulators want to ensure banks are determining interest rates properly as household debt stubbornly refuses to decline.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Issues Basel III Disclosures Consultation

By Samuel Riding | 28/02/2018

Requirement that banks disclose capital ratio which would trigger restrictions on capital distribution will be at the discretion of individual regulators.