CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ to Adopt More Intensive Supervisory Approach to Banking

By Editors | 28/11/2019

The RBNZ’s financial stability report says it will bolster bank resilience with higher capital requirements and a “more intensive supervisory approach“.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Issues Guidance on Sectoral Countercyclical Capital Buffer

By Editors | 28/11/2019

The SCCyB is a targeted tool that national authorities can use to temporarily impose additional capital requirements that directly address the build-up of risks in a specific sector.

Capital / Liquidity

China Publishes Draft Framework for D-SIB Assessments

By Editors | 28/11/2019

Moody’s says the regulation may widen credit divergences between large and small banks, as the latter are less likely to receive less government support.

Capital / Liquidity

Quota Depletion Forces Mortgage Lending Halts in Shenzhen

By Editors | 27/11/2019

China Construction Bank, Bank of China and Ping An Bank have reportedly halted mortgage lending in Shenzhen, having depleted their 2019 quotas.

Capital / Liquidity

China Economy Still Resilient, Despite Risk Factors: PBOC

By Editors | 27/11/2019

Financial risks have gradually shifted from rapid accumulation to high-level mitigation in the past few years, the PBOC says in its annual financial stability report.

Capital / Liquidity

Banking Supervisors Support Proportionality in Basel Implementation

By Editors | 27/11/2019

A proportionate regulatory framework should not reduce the resilience of banks or dilute the prudential regulatory framework.

Capital / Liquidity

Significant Variation Among Banks in HKFRS 9 Reporting – Study

By Manesh Samtani | 26/11/2019

Only some banks have been able to fully address the HKFRS 9 financial disclosure requirements, according to a new study from Mazars Hong Kong.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Proposes Higher Conduct Standards for Trust Companies

By Editors | 25/11/2019

The CBIRC has issued draft rules cancelling the $1bn total asset threshold foreign FIs are currently required to meet to hold shares in domestic trust companies, among other revisions.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Excludes Interbank Borrowings from Reserve Calculations

By Editors | 25/11/2019

“The exclusion of these types of borrowings from the reserve base of banks and quasi-banks will result in freed-up liquidity for lending or investment activities,” the BSP said.