Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Cuts FX Reserve Requirement for Banks as Yuan Falls

By Editors | 05/09/2022

The cut will add about increase foreign currency liquidity, make it more appealing for traders to buy the yuan, and support the economic recovery.

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea Ramps Up Scrutiny on Loan Loss Reserves

By Editors | 02/09/2022

Regulators will also prepare additional market stabilisation measures in case it becomes necessary to put them into operation quickly.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Frees Westpac from Add-on Liquidity Requirement

By Editors | 01/09/2022

The liquidity add-on was imposed in 2020 in response to breaches which APRA said demonstrated weaknesses in the bank’s risk management and oversight.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Approves Guidelines on Large Exposures Monitoring

By Editors | 31/08/2022

The guidelines set out the criteria banks should use to assess economic interdependence between connected counterparties, among other requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Financial Stability Institute Publishes Paper on LEX Standard

By Editors | 30/08/2022

The large exposures standard seeks to monitor and limit the loss an internationally active bank can face from a single client or a group of connected counterparties.

Capital / Liquidity

NZ Government Takes Direct Ownership of Kiwibank

By Editors | 28/08/2022

The government pledged to support Kiwibank, New Zealand’s fifth-largest retail bank, to become a “genuine competitor in the banking industry”.

Capital / Liquidity

Canada OFSI Issues Guidance on Bank Treatment of Crypto

By Mark Johnston | 28/08/2022

OFSI provides no recognition (i.e., a 100% haircut) for Group 2 cryptoassets held as collateral, but is seeking views on hedging practices that could warrant a lower haircut.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Sets Targets to Improve Banking System Health

By Editors | 25/08/2022

The MOF also aspires to have two to three Vietnamese commercial banks classified as among the top 100 strongest banks in Asia by 2025.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ to Restrict Foreign Banks’ Branches from Retail Business

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/08/2022

The RBNZ also proposes to limit the maximum size of a branch of an overseas bank to NZD 15 billion (USD 9.3 billion) in total assets.