CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Hong Kong Financial System Remains Resilient: IMF Staff

    By Editors | 07/05/2023

    IMF staff said credit risk will “likely continue to materialise”, and banks should properly recognise and provision for credit losses, including those from Mainland property exposures.

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    Big Picture

    Thousands of US Banks are “Underwater” and “Potentially Insolvent”

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/05/2023

    Report by Stanford Professor Amit Seru and a group of banking experts presents an analysis of US banks’ asset exposure to interest rate hikes and the implications for financial stability.

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    Enforcement

    MAS Imposes Additional Capital Surcharge on DBS for Outages

    By Editors | 05/05/2023

    A new disruption on 5 May prevented users from accessing digital banking, mobile wallet, brokerage, and ATM services.

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    Enforcement

    Goldman Under Probe for Possible Role in SVB Collapse

    By Editors | 05/05/2023

    Goldman Sachs said it is cooperating with governmental bodies in connection with their investigations and inquiries into SVB.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    PacWest Bancorp Exploring Potential Capital Raise or Sale – Reports

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/05/2023

    There is concern that PacWest might be the next bank to fail, though it is smaller than SVB and First Republic and has 75 percent of its deposits insured.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    ASEAN+3 Ministers Work to Bolster Regional Safety Net

    By Editors | 04/05/2023

    CMIM guidelines were updated to allow members to provide liquidity support in their own domestic currency and the local currencies of other members.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Capital Has Not Left Hong Kong’s Financial System: HKMA

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/05/2023

    Deposits at Hong Kong banks grew by 1.4% in the year ending March 2023, despite some outflows from HKD assets in response to interest rate differentials.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    More Credit Suisse AT1 Bondholders Sue FINMA

    By Editors | 04/05/2023

    The suit means that investors representing up to a third of the $17bn in AT1 bonds issued by Credit Suisse have now launched legal action.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    ESMA Follows Through with De-recognition of Indian CCPs

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/05/2023

    So far Indian markets have not faced disruptions. This is attributed to the concessions provided by French and German regulators.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    BSP Launches Credit Risk Scoring Model for MSMEs

    By Editors | 02/05/2023

    The CRD Scoring Model will help lenders analyse the creditworthiness of MSMEs, including those without credit histories or adequate collateral.

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