Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Proposes Enhanced Disclosures on Remuneration, Risk Metrics

By Editors | 07/07/2022

APRA proposes to require FIs to publicly disclose how their remuneration arrangements are designed and how risk is factored into remuneration outcomes for key executives.

Capital / Liquidity

JSCC to Change Margin Calculation Method for Listed Derivatives

By Editors | 06/07/2022

The JSCC will release VaR margin calculation software for beta testing later this year. Go-live is planned for the October-December quarter of 2023.

Capital / Liquidity

Thailand Scraps Restrictions on Bank Dividend Payouts

By Editors | 06/07/2022

The BOT said a stress test showed that banks are strong and have sufficient capital and reserves to cover future risks.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Issues Guidelines on Islamic Banking in Singapore

By Editors | 06/07/2022

The main risk which is unique to Islamic banks is Shariah compliance risk – where noncompliance with Shariah rulings carries “significant reputational risk”.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Regulators Announce Measures to Ease Market Volatility

By Editors | 05/07/2022

Securities firms will be exempt from a requirement to hold collateral worth at least 140 percent of the value of each stock purchase to provide credit to customers.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Files for Bankruptcy

By Manesh Samtani | 05/07/2022

The bankruptcy filing came three days after Three Arrows entered into liquidation in the British Virgin Islands.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Explores Use of Deep Learning for Credit Risk Assessment

By Editors | 04/07/2022

A trained model was able to consistently detect corporate credit deterioration at both the transaction level and aggregate level with a three-month lead time.

ESG / Sustainability

BNM Calls on FIs to Start Preparing for 2024 Climate Stress Tests

By Editors | 03/07/2022

BNM has proposed a framework for the 2024 CRST exercise to assess the resilience of Malaysian FIs to physical and transition risks arising from various climate scenarios.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Concludes Post Implementation Review of LCR, NSFR

By Editors | 02/07/2022

The LCR and NSFR are operating effectively, but there are potential improvements that could be made to improve efficiency, APRA says.