CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

BOT Allows Banks to Pay Dividend for 2020, Subject to Limit

By Editors | 16/11/2020

The move follows an order from the BOT for commercial banks to suspend interim dividend payments and share buybacks in June.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan Banks Asked to Bolster Controls on Mortgage Lending

By Editors | 15/11/2020

The central bank has said it could introduce selective credit controls if necessary to ensure financial system stability amid an over-heating property market.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Senate Passes Bill to Establish ‘Bad Bank’ Framework

By Editors | 15/11/2020

The bill was fast-tracked amid fears that loan defaults could burden lenders and hamper their ability to provide credit to businesses and consumers.

Capital / Liquidity

Pandemic Was ‘First Major Global Test’ of Post-Crisis Reforms: FSB

By Editors | 15/11/2020

The pandemic raised questions of whether the flexibility provided in the Basel framework is actually used by FIs, for example in the case of bank capital and liquidity buffers.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Publishes 2020 List of Global Systemically Important Banks

By Editors | 11/11/2020

JP Morgan and China Construction Bank were raised to a higher bucket; Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo were moved to a lower bucket.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Defers Start Date for Higher Bank Capital to June 2022

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/11/2020

The RBNZ will also consult on re-instating LVR restrictions, maintain dividend restrictions for banks, and launch a new facility to provide cheap funding for banks.

Capital / Liquidity

Loan Loss Expectations Prompt Need for Collateral Visibility

By Editors | 11/11/2020

Collateral is one of the more underutilised credit risk mitigation tools available to banks, and likely to become more important as loan losses mount in the year ahead.

Capital / Liquidity

BOJ Offers Interest Incentive for Regional Banks to Merge

By Editors | 10/11/2020

Regional banks can earn the interest rate by meeting certain overhead reduction targets or by agreeing to a merger with another bank.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Adjusts Capital Treatment of Equity Investment in Subsidiaries

By Editors | 10/11/2020

The move is aimed at ensuring that any new or additional equity investments by banks in subsidiaries is backed by appropriate capital to reduce the risk to Australian depositors.