Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

G7 Ministers to Discuss Measures to Prevent Bank Runs

By Editors | 09/05/2023

The G7 ministers intend to outline plans to prevent the kind of bank runs that led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

Capital / Liquidity

Fed Warns of Credit Contraction Resulting from Bank Stress

By Editors | 09/05/2023

Ongoing stresses in the banking system could lead to a broader contraction in credit, resulting in a “marked slowdown in economic activity”.

Capital / Liquidity

US SEC Probing Insider Trading by First Republic Execs – Report

By Editors | 07/05/2023

The SEC is looking into whether executives of First Republic improperly traded on inside information before the government seized the bank and sold it to JPMorgan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.