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Credit Risk
BIS Warns of Potential Financial Distress from CLO Market
26/09/2019
CLO losses experienced by non-bank investors such as hedge funds and insurance companies could present risks to banks, the BIS says in its quarterly review.
Credit Risk
RBI Caps Withdrawals at Failing PMC Bank, Prompting Panic
26/09/2019
The RBI has ordered the troubled cooperative bank to cap withdrawals at 1,000 rupees per account, prompting panic, protests and promises of legal action from customers.
Clearing & Post-Trade
CFTC Proposals on Foreign CCPs Can be Improved: WFE
26/09/2019
While the WFE welcomes the CFTC proposals as a step towards reducing regulatory fragmentation, it says they can be made more risk-sensitive and better tailored to today’s markets.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan to List First Offshore Nasdaq-100 Index Futures
26/09/2019
Monday will mark the first time Nasdaq-100 index futures are listed outside the US, the result of a collaboration between CME Group and TAIFEX.
Structural Regulation
Small Finance Banks Rush to Meet RBI Listing Deadline
26/09/2019
A three-year deadline to publicly list is approaching for small finance banks that were granted in-principle licences by the RBI in September 2015.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
RBNZ to Start Publishing Regulatory Breaches by Banks
25/09/2019
The RBNZ will start publishing banks’ regulatory breaches on its website next year in a bid to improve transparency and market discipline.
Credit Risk
APRA Wants More Data on Lenders’ Property Exposures
25/09/2019
APRA is proposing to incorporate more detailed data on residential property exposures and new housing loan approvals in its QPEX statistical publication.
Emerging Prudential Risks
China Orders SOEs to Transfer Capital to Social Security Fund
25/09/2019
The national social security fund will be used primarily to make up pension shortfalls, using capital from centrally-administered SOEs, including financial institutions.
Supervision & Enforcement
APRA’s Authority Potentially Undermined by IOOF Court Loss
25/09/2019
APRA initiated court action against IOOF seeking to ultimately disqualify its executives from the industry, but instead the court dismissed the regulator’s case.
Trading & Investment
KRX to Enable Local Access to Foreign ETF Trading
25/09/2019
Access will be enabled through an ‘ETF of ETF’ structure, under which locally tradeable ETFs will invest in individual foreign ETFs.
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