CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Revises Credit Risk Rating System

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/03/2021

Bangladesh Bank has directed lenders to consider either 2019 or 2020 audited financial statements when determining borrowers’ credit risk ratings for 2021.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Exempts Foreign Sovereign Exposure from LEX Framework

By Editors | 27/02/2021

Exposures to foreign sovereigns or their central banks that are subject to a zero percent risk weight will be exempted from the large exposures framework.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Work Plan to Focus on Addressing Covid Vulnerabilities

By Editors | 26/02/2021

The FSB says it will produce an assessment of initial lessons learned from the pandemic and a report on the factors needed for an orderly unwinding of support measures.

Capital / Liquidity

Thailand to Introduce IFRS 9 Equivalent Standards for SFIs

By Editors | 25/02/2021

The BOT has conducted a public hearing on accounting standards for specialised financial institutions, which are tasked with serving government policies.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine SEC Issues Implementing Rules for ‘Bad Bank’ Law

By Editors | 25/02/2021

The implementing rules cover the creation of so-called ‘FIST corporations’, as well as the processes they will use to acquire, transfer and manage non-performing assets.

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea to Tighten Liquidity Rules for Credit Finance Companies

By Editors | 24/02/2021

Specialised credit finance companies will be required to implement new best practice guidelines on liquidity risk management, enhance disclosures, and use less leverage.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Issues New Regulatory Framework for Housing Finance Companies

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/02/2021

Non-deposit taking HFCs with an asset size of INR 50 billion and above, and all deposit taking HFCs, will have to achieve a 100% LCR by December 2025.

Capital / Liquidity

DTCC Suggests Move to T+1 Settlement in US Markets

By Manesh Samtani | 24/02/2021

Reducing the settlement cycle to T+1 could reduce the NSCC’s value-at-risk clearing fund charge by 30-40 percent for sample portfolios, DTCC said.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Imposes Further Restrictions on Online Lending by Banks

By Editors | 23/02/2021

New rules require banks to contribute no more than 70 percent of the capital when providing loans through an online lending platform.