Capital / Liquidity

Fintech / Regtech

RegTech Asia 2020: Liquidity Risk During a Crisis

By Editors | 29/09/2020

How has Covid-19 impacted liquidity risk management at banks, and how they can better prepare for future market volatility and ongoing credit demands?

Capital / Liquidity

BNM to Allow Banks to Add-back ECL to CET1 Capital

By Manesh Samtani | 29/09/2020

Banks which elect to apply the transitional arrangements are allowed to add back a portion of Stage 1 and Stage 2 provisions for ECL to CET1 capital.

Capital / Liquidity

India Establishes Netting Certainty for Bilateral OTC Derivatives

By Manesh Samtani | 24/09/2020

Parliament passed a bill providing legal basis for bilateral netting of OTC derivatives contracts which are not centrally cleared.

Capital / Liquidity

Too Big to Fail: Markets Abhor a Vacuum

By Jamie Lloyd Evans | 24/09/2020

Some characteristics of the TBTF challenge are specific to Asia, but these may be intractable from ‘winner-takes-all’ capitalism and national interests, writes industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Raises Leverage Limits for Microfinance Companies

By Editors | 20/09/2020

Microfinance companies can issue standardised debts such as bonds and ABS products up to 4 times net assets, compared to 0.5 to 3 times net capital previously.

Capital / Liquidity

Stress Tests Reinforce Need for More Bank Capital: RBNZ

By Manesh Samtani | 19/09/2020

While all banks will be able to continue lending in a ‘pessimistic baseline’ scenario, capital would fall under regulatory minimums in a ‘very severe’ scenario.

Big Picture

Firms Lagging in Preparations for UMR Compliance: Survey

By Manesh Samtani | 19/09/2020

State Street found that 19% of Phase 5 and 6 firms are fully prepared for UMR compliance. Hedge funds are said to be the least prepared for compliance.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan FSC Fines Shin Kong Life for Endangering Solvency

By Editors | 17/09/2020

The FSC has also suspended the Shin Kong Life’s chairman, who was responsible for the investment decisions that threatened the insurer’s financial strength.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Proposes Updates to Bank Liquidity Reporting Requirements

By Editors | 17/09/2020

APRA has identified areas where reporting instructions can be clarified to facilitate the provision of timely information on bank liquidity risk.