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    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Issues Revised SPM for Local IRRBB Implementation

    17/12/2018

    Authorised institutions should be ready to measure and report IRRBB exposures using the new standardised framework by 1 July 2019.

    Market Infrastructure

    Hong Kong Faces Skills Shortage in Fintech, Cybersecurity – Survey

    17/12/2018

    Fintech and cybersecurity were viewed as the areas with the largest skills shortage, followed by a skills gap in regulatory and compliance knowledge.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Myanmar’s First Credit Bureau to Become Operational Within a Year

    17/12/2018

    Using software from Equifax, the new credit bureau will enable lenders to use credit histories to calculate bad debt risk and potentially lower the need for collateral.

    AML / KYC

    Stock Connect to Introduce Investor ID Regime for Southbound Trading

    17/12/2018

    Launched on 26 September for northbound trading, the investor identification regime will be introduced for southbound trading by the end of Q1 2019.

    Capital / Liquidity

    New Zealand Proposes to Nearly Double Bank Capital Requirements

    17/12/2018

    The proposal would set a Tier 1 capital requirement equal to 16% of risk-weighted assets for the big four banks, and 15% for other banks, up from 8.5% currently.

    Capital / Liquidity

    KDIC to Enhance Defences Against Defaults by Financial Firms

    14/12/2018

    The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp will upgrade its risk assessment and monitoring system in 2019 to protect against the credit risks of financial firms.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Basel Committee Consults on Leverage Ratio Disclosure Enhancements

    14/12/2018

    The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision seeks to revise leverage ratio disclosure requirements to address arbitrage and window-dressing by banks.editors

    Market Infrastructure

    Plans to Launch HK-China ETF Connect Put on Hold – Report

    14/12/2018

    Trading and settlement issues will require “a very long period of discussion” to resolve, according to SFC chairman Tim Lui, adding that the focus will shift to enabling ETF cross listings.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Rural Banks in China Found Hiding Bad Loans – Report

    14/12/2018

    China’s National Audit Office has reportedly found that five financial institutions concealed a combined $189mn in bad loans by misclassifying them as performing.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Hong Kong to Extend Profits Tax Exemption to Local PE, Hedge Funds

    14/12/2018

    Under the existing framework, non-retail funds domiciled in Hong Kong are not exempt from profits tax, unlike their offshore-domiciled counterparts.

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