Capital / Liquidity

APRA to Remove Lending Growth Cap for Some Banks

30/04/2018

APRA is proposing to do away with a 2014 measure that set an annual 10% cap for home lending growth for banks that can demonstrate better lending practices and low lending rates.

AML / KYC

Bangladesh Banks Raise Concern on Trade-based Money Laundering

26/04/2018

Trade-based money laundering is a source of concern for banks, according to a just released survey by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management; mis-declaration of pricing and traded goods a key source of money laundering in trade.

Capital / Liquidity

Policy Tools Sufficient to Reduce Financial Sector Leverage – PBOC

26/04/2018

PBOC governor said Chinese economic fundamentals were strong and that the central bank had enough tools to bring down financial leverage and mitigate systemic risks.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Proposes Biometric Authentication for Mobile App Stock Trading

26/04/2018

Indian securities regulator is consulting the industry on potential guidelines for finger print and iris-scan authentication for stock trading through mobile apps, in a bid to protect the capital markets against cyberattacks.

Capital / Liquidity

Asia to Miss Key 2018, 2019 Basel III Deadlines – BIS report

26/04/2018

Most Asian jurisdictions are behind on implementing counterparty credit risk measures, capital for CCP exposures as well as TLAC, IRRBB and LEX requirements.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI Releases New Guidelines for RTAs, Corporate issuers

23/04/2018

New guidelines strengthen risk management, documentation and communication norms for RTAs (registrar and share transfer agents).

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI to Reduce Debt Issuance Timeline to Six Days

23/04/2018

SEBI looking to bring down time to issue debt securities from 12 to six days by mandating the online mechanism for blocking application funds for subscription of debt securities.

Capital / Liquidity

Bank of Japan Warns of Rising Credit Costs

23/04/2018

Banks are urged to step up credit risk management and provisioning for lending to “middle-risk” firms that hold low internal funds.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Mulls New NPL Dispute Resolution Guidelines

23/04/2018

New guidelines and amendments to stress the importance of mediation and arbitration to take pressure off the courts saddled with NPL recovery cases.