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Capital / Liquidity

APRA Paper Offers Justification for Lower IRB Risk Weights

By Manesh Samtani | 18/03/2024

APRA explains why the difference in risk-weights for housing lending between IRB and standardised banks is appropriate.

Big Picture

BIS Paper Calls for Stronger Oversight of Non-bank Retail Lenders

By Mark Johnston | 17/03/2024

The paper proposes a three-pronged regulatory approach to help guide the prudential oversight of NBFI retail lenders and mitigate risks.

Capital / Liquidity

SME Finance Guarantee Scheme Was a Success: HKMA Study

By Manesh Samtani | 15/03/2024

The study used granular corporate loan data and a deep neural network model to analyse the effectiveness of the SFGS in facilitating access to credit for SMEs.

AML / KYC

GCFFC Offers Guidance on Using AI to Fight Financial Crime

By Manesh Samtani | 15/03/2024

The guidance describes how FIs are using AI to fight financial crime and identifies opportunities to improve AML/CFT effectiveness.

AML / KYC

Use of AI for AML Could Lower Effectiveness: Report

By Bradley Maclean | 14/03/2024

A new report from NICE Actimize and Regulation Asia sheds light on APAC’s use of technology to fight financial crime.

Big Picture

Regulation Seen as Key Challenge to Derivatives Industry in 2024

By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2024

New FIA and Coalition Greenwich research identifies capital requirements as the single greatest issue facing derivatives market participants.

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INTERPOL Unveils Results of Global Fraud Risk Assessment

By Editors | 12/03/2024

The assessment specifically identifies Asia as being the “focal point” of pig butchering fraud schemes, especially in poorer countries across the region.

Securities / Derivatives

EMEs Can Improve Shock Resilience With Better Hedging Markets

By Manesh Samtani | 09/03/2024

The BIS finds that emerging markets with a more diverse investor base and better-developed hedging markets tend to have more resilient government bond markets.

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese D-SIBS May Not Need as Much TLAC After All

By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2024

In a new report, S&P Global Ratings says the revised capital management rules for banks issued in November could reduce previously estimated TLAC shortfalls.