CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

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.

Capital / Liquidity

Key Risks to Financial System Have Been Contained: PBOC

By Editors | 08/11/2020

However, the PBOC believes the world economy is still in a period of deep adjustment, amid concerns that the risk of debt defaults has increased.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Announces A$35b Reduction in Committed Liquidity Facility

By Editors | 06/11/2020

Five banks applied for a reduction, reducing the aggregate CLF allocated to banks from A$223bn at 1 January 2020 to A$188 billion.