CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Issues Guidance on Govt Guaranteed Personal Loans

By Manesh Samtani | 20/04/2021

Lenders should not take any actions which tighten credit to borrowers on knowledge of their application for PLGS loans.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Issues Guidelines on Country Risk Management

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 20/04/2021

From Q1 2022, banks will need to make general provisions on the net funded country exposures on a graded scale ranging from 0.25 to 20 percent.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Issues Guidelines on ‘Experimental’ IRRBB Adoption

By Editors | 19/04/2021

To facilitate the full implementation by 30 June 2024, banks are asked to arrange for the experimental adoption of the guidelines by 30 June 2021.

AML / KYC

Philippine Banks May Face ‘Systemic Solvency Distress’: IMF

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 19/04/2021

Bank capital adequacy could fall to 11.7% by 2022 in a baseline scenario, 9.3% in an adverse scenario, and 4.9% in a severe adverse scenario.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Outlines Work Priorities for 2021-2022

By Editors | 19/04/2021

Priorities include ongoing Covid-19, digitalisation, climate risk, AI/machine learning, data and technology governance and operational resilience.

Capital / Liquidity

Banks Have Insufficient Incentives to Use Buffers: IMF

By Manesh Samtani | 12/04/2021

Most banks have insufficient economic incentives to draw down their buffers if they are asked to rebuild them later, says the IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report.

Capital / Liquidity

Shanghai Bourse Tightens Scrutiny Over Bond Issuance

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/04/2021

The SSE has launched onsite inspections to bolster the quality of information disclosure and due diligence by underwriters.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC, CBIRC Issue Draft Rules on D-SIB Capital, Supervision

By Editors | 07/04/2021

Banks designated as D-SIBs will be subject to a capital surcharge of between 0.25 and 1.5 percent, on top of the mandatory capital adequacy ratios.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Finalises Supervisory Framework for Financial Conglomerates

By Editors | 05/04/2021

Effective from 30 June, the framework for the supervision of non-holding financial groups will help enhance the management of group-wide risks.