CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

BIS Paper Identifies Sources of Regulatory Fragmentation in Banking

By Editors | 09/02/2020

The paper points to varying asset valuation practices, which impact measurements of banks’ regulatory capital, along with Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 implementation differences.

Capital / Liquidity

Cabinet Approves Amendments to Bring Co-op Banks Under RBI Oversight

By Editors | 07/02/2020

Under the amendments, the RBI gain powers to supersede the board of a cooperative bank under stress, with government approval.

Capital / Liquidity

Malaysian Central Bank Publishes Inaugural D-SIBs List

By Editors | 06/02/2020

Maybank, CIMB and Public Bank have been designated as D-SIBs and will have to maintain extra capital buffers from 31 January 2021 to reduce the probability of failure.

Capital / Liquidity

India Raises Deposit Insurance Cover Five Fold

By Editors | 05/02/2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget Speech that deposit insurance would be increased to 500,000 rupees per depositor.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam to Bolster Capital at State-owned Banks

By Editors | 04/02/2020

Vietcombank and Vietinbank will each receive government funds to bolster their capital. Agribank will be allowed to retain its earnings rather than contribute to the state budget.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Proposes New Reporting Requirements for Conglomerate-run Banks

By Editors | 03/02/2020

Under draft rules, universal and commercial banks that are part of conglomerates will have to report information on all entities and assets in the conglomerate structure.

Capital / Liquidity

Further Volcker Rule Easing Proposed, Despite Dissenting Voices

By Manesh Samtani | 01/02/2020

The proposed revisions seek to relax the Volcker Rule’s general prohibition on banks investing in hedge funds, private equity funds and credit funds.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh to Form ‘Bad Bank’ to Deal with Bad Loans

By Editors | 01/02/2020

A new public asset management company will reportedly be formed to help remove defaulted loans from banks’ books, allowing them to limit bad loan provisioning.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Publishes Strategic Priorities for the Year Ahead

By Editors | 31/01/2020

Chairman Wayne Byres says publishing APRA’s policy and supervision priorities supports the regulator’s commitment to greater transparency and accountability.