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Capital / Liquidity
Bank Indonesia Cuts Rates Again, OJK Demands Leniency for Borrowers
By Editors | 22/03/2020
Banks have also been told not to use debt collectors during the Covid-19 pandemic, and to instead help customers by restructuring existing debt and granting new subsidised loans.
Capital / Liquidity
HK, Singapore, Indonesia Assessed as NSFR, LEX Compliant
By Editors | 22/03/2020
Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia were assessed as compliant with global standards for the net stable funding ratio and large exposures framework.
Capital / Liquidity
Cambodia Delays Implementation of Capital Conservation Buffer
By Editors | 19/03/2020
The National Bank of Cambodia is also reducing interest rates on repo transactions with banks and encouraging more lending to the public.
Capital / Liquidity
Philippine Stocks Resume Trading, Central Bank Relaxes Regulations
By Editors | 19/03/2020
The BSP has cut interest rates and relaxed regulations on compliance reporting by banks, calculation of penalties on required reserves, and single borrower limits.
Securities / Derivatives
SBV Directs Banks to Support Borrowers, Cuts Interest Rates
By Editors | 19/03/2020
The central bank has directed banks to restructure repayment periods, cut interest rates, waive fees and maintain debt classifications to support borrowers.
Securities / Derivatives
SET Revises Circuit Breaker Mechanism to Curb Volatility
By Editors | 18/03/2020
The circuit breaker will be triggered in three stages instead of two. The ceiling and floor limits for securities and derivatives are also revised.
Capital / Liquidity
Sri Lanka Closes Stock Market, Cuts Policy Rates
By Editors | 17/03/2020
The central bank has also asked financial institutions to refrain from engaging in speculative activity, which it says “could lead to panic in the financial market.”
Capital / Liquidity
Philippine Markets Shut, Central Bank Promises Regulatory Relief
By Editors | 17/03/2020
The Philippines has halted stock, bond and currency trading ‘until further notice’. The BSP is urging banks to provide financial relief to customers and employees.
Big Picture
Wolters Kluwer, PwC Complete PoC Using AI in Regulatory Reporting
By Editors | 15/03/2020
After minutes of training, algorithms were able to use 250,000 records of previously unseen raw data to predict regulatory reporting output with degrees of accuracy exceeding 99%.
Securities / Derivatives
SET Tightens Short Selling Rule After Second Trading Halt
By Editors | 14/03/2020
Short selling orders can now only be executed at prices higher than the last traded price, the SET said after its circuit breaker was triggered for the second day in a row.
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