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Capital / Liquidity
India Financial System Stable Despite Worsening Asset Quality – RBI
By Garima Chitkara | 26/12/2017
Gross NPAs and asset quality likely to worsen until September 2018 even as capital flows into equity and debt markets remain elevated.
Capital / Liquidity
ESMA Gives Investment Firms, Issuers More Time on LEIs
By Editors | 21/12/2017
Six months forbearance to be allowed for obtaining LEI codes from clients, non-EU issuers of financial instruments.
Capital / Liquidity
HK SFC to Remove Corporate Treasury of non-Financial Firms from OTC Regulation
By Samuel Riding | 21/12/2017
Extensive consultation also proposes to expand risk mitigation requirements to ‘all licensed corporations’, rejects idea of regulatory threshold.
Capital / Liquidity
MAS to Expand Range of Eligible Collateral to Include Commodities for IRB Banks
By Editors | 21/12/2017
Banks using internal ratings for credit risk under Basel guidelines will be allowed to have commodities as physical collateral.
Capital / Liquidity
HK SFC Proposes Raising Capital Required by Fund Managers
By Editors | 19/12/2017
Consultation covers raising of minimum capital requirement to HKD10 million, introduction of derivatives use by public funds with enhanced safeguards.
Market Infrastructure
Shenzhen, Laos Exchanges Sign MoU on Capital Market Cooperation
By Editors | 19/12/2017
SZSE and LSX to share information, personnel, technology, expertise; financial infrastructure connectivity to facilitate cross-border ‘economic corridor’.
Capital / Liquidity
Korea to Ban Foreigners from Cryptocurrency Trading Accounts
By Editors | 18/12/2017
Government has made abrupt about turn to legitimize cryptocurrencies by bringing them under greater regulatory purview.
Capital / Liquidity
Geopolitical Risk a Grave Concern for Financial Services in 2018
By Editors | 14/12/2017
DTCC report says cyber risk continues to be seen as greatest threat, but many firms now see geopolitical issues as one of the five biggest concerns.
Capital / Liquidity
China Tackles Online Lending Risk with Information Platform
By Editors | 14/12/2017
More than 110 internet firms subscribe to platform which reveals corporate governance and transaction volume of online loans.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Has Mixed Reaction to IMF Financial Stability Study
By Editors | 11/12/2017
China’s central bank says reports will guide regulatory approach, but disagrees with bank capital and non-performing loan assessments.
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