CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

India Insolvency Information Utility Granted 5-year License

By Editors | 02/10/2017

Bank-owned NESL wins license to operate utility which shares information on financial contracts as part of efforts to clean up bad loans.

Capital / Liquidity

Malaysia Extends NSFR Implementation Deadline to 2019

By Editors | 02/10/2017

Central bank cites uncertainty and divergence from original 1 January 2018 deadline elsewhere, suggests NSFR of Malaysian banks already at 100%.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong Belatedly Joins Singapore in Pushing Back IRRBB

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Implementation delayed by a year as firms say they might not have met original deadline due to having to make substantial changes to reporting systems.

Capital / Liquidity

State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Raises Credit Growth Limits for Commercial Banks

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Vietnam’s central bank has extended credit growth limits for several commercial banks in a bid to support the country’s economic growth and amid massive demand.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Central Bank Seeks to Capture Property Loan, Project Financing Risks

By Editors | 25/09/2017

Lenders face tighter loan, financing reporting requirements as central bank says it will target ‘areas which require supervisory action’.

Capital / Liquidity

India Interprets P2P Lenders as Non-bank Finance Companies

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Official central bank report issued last year had suggested P2P lending platforms meet $311,000 minimum capital and leverage ratio requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Efforts to Tackle Household Debt Have Little Impact as Boom Continues

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Regulator calls on banks to strictly screen mortgage applications as household debt increases by $15.9bn over July and August.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Delays Economic and Financial Statistics Reform

By Douglas Cheung | 13/09/2017

Banks should still devote time to correctly budget, resource and plan technology projects for EFS based on the new timelines.