Credit Risk

APRA Cautions Banks Against Increased Home Lending

14/05/2015

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chairman Wayne Byres warns that authorities will step up scrutiny and monitoring of banks that will continue to lend aggressively to the housing sector.

Capital Adequacy

Taiwan’s FSC Initiates Plan to Boost Banks’ Fundamentals

13/05/2015

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has launched an initiative aimed at strengthening the fundamentals of Taiwan’s financial institutions.

Structural Regulation

Taiwan Unveils Revamp Plan for Banking Industry

12/05/2015

The Financial Supervisory Commission has unveiled a new plan that encourages more mergers and acquisitions in Taiwan’s financial industry.

Supervision & Enforcement

ASIC Calls for Tougher Penalties Against White-Collar Crimes

12/05/2015

Australia’s chief securities regulator wants to introduce tougher criminal penalties for financial crimes so market participants are forced into following the law.

Market Abuse

Hong Kong’s SFC Says Will Be On Guard for Market Manipulation

12/05/2015

Securities and Futures Commission would watch market activity closely to ensure against market manipulation amid a surge in trading volume.

Credit Risk

RBA Paper Cautions on Bank Lending Standards

11/05/2015

Regulators should pay close attention to banks’ lending standards and risk profile of borrowers to avert massive credit losses in banks in times of economic shocks, a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) paper revealed.

Anti-Money Laundering

Regulatory Advisory Firm Bovill Names New Head for Asia

11/05/2015

Specialist financial services regulatory consultancy Bovill said it named Eddie Lim as new head of Bovill Asia.

Liquidity Risk

China Relaxes Banks’ Deposit Rates, Slashes Interest Rates

10/05/2015

The People’s Bank of China has cut a quarter of a percentage point off benchmark lending and deposit rates, effective Monday.

Structural Regulation

India Appeases Foreign Investors as Government Moves to Resolve Tax Row

07/05/2015

India is setting up a panel that will suggest ways to resolve disputes arising from the country’s imposition of the minimum alternate tax (MAT), a levy imposed on years-old capital gains of foreign companies.