CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Banks Given Final Deadline to Cut Lending, Deposit Rates

By Editors | 07/01/2020

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says banks have a final deadline of 1 April to bring down the maximum lending rate to 9% and the maximum deposit rate to 6%.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Announces First Reserve Requirement Cut of 2020

By Editors | 03/01/2020

The RRR cut will release about 800bn yuan of ‘long-term funds’ for financial institutions to lend to the real economy.

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATE – RBI Tightens Scrutiny of Urban Cooperative Banks

By Editors | 31/12/2019

The RBI is tightening exposure limits, mandating that a larger proportion of loans come from small borrowers, and requiring bigger UCBs to report large exposures on a quarterly basis.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Issues Revised Regulations for Foreign Banks in China

By Editors | 30/12/2019

The revised regulations implement the removal of foreign ownership limits and asset thresholds for setting up local units, among other relaxations.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA D-SIBs List Unchanged, HLA Requirement Adjusted for Two Banks

By Editors | 28/12/2019

Compared with the December 2018 list, the HLA requirement has increased for Standard Chartered and decreased for Hang Seng Bank.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Bourse Seeks Higher Capital Requirements for Brokers

By Editors | 26/12/2019

In the aftermath of a 700-million-peso stock theft, PSE president Ramon Monzon will reportedly propose to more than triple current capital requirements for older firms.

Capital / Liquidity

Australia Proposes Industry-Funded Compensation Scheme of Last Resort

By Editors | 25/12/2019

The scheme will ensure that consumers and small businesses receive a payout in cases where compensation has been awarded but the financial services provider is unable to pay.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan Lowers D-SIB Surcharge Following Complaints from Banks

By Editors | 23/12/2019

The new rules ask Taiwan’s five D-SIBs to keep their capital ratios 2 percentage points higher than other banks, compared to 4 percentage points higher in the previous version.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Modifies Large Exposures Framework for ADIs

By Editors | 23/12/2019

APRA has extended the exemption for government-related entities to connecting counterparties involving economic interdependence and control relationships.