Capital / Liquidity

AML / KYC

Philippine Banks May Face ‘Systemic Solvency Distress’: IMF

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 19/04/2021

Bank capital adequacy could fall to 11.7% by 2022 in a baseline scenario, 9.3% in an adverse scenario, and 4.9% in a severe adverse scenario.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Outlines Work Priorities for 2021-2022

By Editors | 19/04/2021

Priorities include ongoing Covid-19, digitalisation, climate risk, AI/machine learning, data and technology governance and operational resilience.

Capital / Liquidity

Banks Have Insufficient Incentives to Use Buffers: IMF

By Manesh Samtani | 12/04/2021

Most banks have insufficient economic incentives to draw down their buffers if they are asked to rebuild them later, says the IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report.

Capital / Liquidity

Shanghai Bourse Tightens Scrutiny Over Bond Issuance

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/04/2021

The SSE has launched onsite inspections to bolster the quality of information disclosure and due diligence by underwriters.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC, CBIRC Issue Draft Rules on D-SIB Capital, Supervision

By Editors | 07/04/2021

Banks designated as D-SIBs will be subject to a capital surcharge of between 0.25 and 1.5 percent, on top of the mandatory capital adequacy ratios.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Finalises Supervisory Framework for Financial Conglomerates

By Editors | 05/04/2021

Effective from 30 June, the framework for the supervision of non-holding financial groups will help enhance the management of group-wide risks.

Capital / Liquidity

No Material Negative Side Effects to TBTF Reforms: FSB

By Editors | 03/04/2021

Indicators of systemic risk and moral hazard moved in the right direction, suggesting that market participants view these reforms as credible, the FSB says.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Raises Macquarie’s Capital, Liquidity Requirements

By Editors | 02/04/2021

Macquarie is said to have incorrectly treated specific intra-group funding arrangements for the purposes of calculating capital and related entity exposure metrics.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Eases Restrictions on Bank Dividend Payouts

By Editors | 31/03/2021

The 50% dividend restriction will remain in place until 1 July 2022, at which point the RBNZ will seek to normalise the dividend settings.