CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Glass Half Full: Basel IV Presents Opportunity for Constructive Change, COVID-19 the Impetus

By Editors | 03/05/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is an additional catalyst for financial institutions to generate fundamental structural change as they seek to implement Basel reforms, says AxiomSL’s Mahim Mehra.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Members Advancing Work on Climate-related Financial Risk

By Editors | 30/04/2020

An “overwhelmingly large share” of BCBS members have conducted research related to the measurement of climate-related financial risks.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Expands Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to All Banks

By Editors | 30/04/2020

Initially, funding under the special liquidity facility for mutual funds was only available to banks that use the RBI’s liquidity adjustment facility window.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Removes LVR Restrictions on Mortgage Lending

By Editors | 30/04/2020

All locally incorporated banks who responded to the one-week consultation were in favour of removing LVR restrictions, saying it would allow them to better support their customers.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Relaxes Loan Classification Norms, MSME Loan Risk Weight

By Editors | 30/04/2020

The relaxation of loan classification norms and the lowering of credit risk weights on MSME loans will apply until end-December 2021.

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea Defers Tighter Supervision of Financial Conglomerates

By Editors | 30/04/2020

The FSC has approved revisions to enhance capital adequacy assessments, internal control systems, and disclosure standards of financial conglomerates.

Capital / Liquidity

Legacy Systems, Poor Data Quality Hindering BCBS 239 Adoption

By Manesh Samtani | 29/04/2020

Some banks have changed their BCBS 239 implementation strategies to comprehensively improve data quality, but this will take considerable time to resolve.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong Gazettes Banking Rule Amendments to Implement SA-CCR

By Editors | 25/04/2020

The final Basel III standards on SA-CCR and on capital requirements for CCP exposures will come into operation in Hong Kong on 30 June 2021, subject to negative vetting.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Eases Asset Cover Rules for Banks’ FX Exposures

By Editors | 25/04/2020

Banks can offset foreign currency asset cover deficiency incurred on one or more days of the week with excess cover from other days of the same or immediately succeeding weeks.