CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Pressure Builds on Japanese Companies to Unwind Cross-Shareholdings

By Gavin Blair | 01/11/2024

As Japan pushes for unwinding, many large regional banks, have reclassified their holdings as investments, prompting scepticism from regulators.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Injects $70b into Banking System With New Policy Tool

By Editors | 01/11/2024

The new policy tool, launched earlier this week, allows the PBOC to inject liquidity with a longer term than the existing seven-day reverse repo.

Capital / Liquidity

China: Major State-owned Banks Start Lowering Mortgage Rates

By Manesh Samtani | 30/10/2024

The move is expected to benefit 50 million households, enabling them to save an estimated CNY 150 billion (USD 21 billion) a year.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Launches New Facility to Help Manage Banking System Liquidity

By Editors | 29/10/2024

The facility can be used by the PBOC to conduct outright reverse repo transactions with primary dealers in open market operations on a monthly basis.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI’s LCR Plan Will Force Indian Banks to Rework Strategy

By Nithya Subramanian | 28/10/2024

The RBI has proposed an additional 5 percent run off factor for retail digital banking accounts. Other regulators are waiting for guidance from the BCBS.

Big Picture

Banks, Central Banks Expect Tokenised Assets to “Leapfrog” in Asia

By Georgina Lee | 28/10/2024

Banks are actively exploring tokenisation use cases in Asia, saying the region has greater potential for the technology than Western countries.

Capital / Liquidity

New York Fed Says Banks are Obscuring Risks of CRE Loans

By Thisanka Siripala | 26/10/2024

New paper says banks are using “extend-and-pretend” tactics as a way to avoid recognising distressed loans in the commercial real estate market.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Consults on Risk-based Capital Framework For Insurers

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/10/2024

MAS proposes to introduce differentiated capital treatment for infrastructure investments and to revise the approach for structured products under the RBC 2 framework.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Amends Operational Risk Financial Requirement for Super Funds

By Thisanka Siripala | 25/10/2024

The amendments to the operational risk financial requirement (ORFR) under SPS 114 will take effect from 1 July 2025, to align with CPS 230.