CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Consults on Pillar 3 Disclosure for Market Risk, Sovereign Exposures

By Editors | 15/11/2019

The first consultation sets out adjustments to Pillar 3 templates to reflect the revised market risk framework; the second consults on voluntary disclosure templates for banks’ sovereign exposures.

Capital / Liquidity

Regulator Prepared to Offer Liquidity Support to Rural Banks: CBIRC

By Editors | 14/11/2019

CBIRC comments came after worries about the health of small banks resurfaced following two bank runs on regional lenders in less than two weeks.

Capital / Liquidity

China Rules on NSFR, Large Exposures Assessed as Basel-Compliant

By Editors | 11/11/2019

The RCAP assessments found that the NSFR and large exposure regulations in China are compliant with the BCBS global standards, the highest possible grade.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Revises NBFC Rules on Liquidity Risk Management

By Editors | 07/11/2019

The guidelines impose minimum LCR requirements on larger NBFCs from December 2020 and additionally seek to enhance early detection of liquidity risks in the sector.

Capital / Liquidity

Capital Buffers Are Designed to Be Used: BCBS

By Editors | 05/11/2019

Banks that draw down on their buffers in times of stress are not deemed to be in breach of their minimum regulatory capital requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Singapore Banking Amendment Bill Introduced in Parliament

By Editors | 05/11/2019

The bill will remove the DBU-ACU divide, expand the grounds for which MAS can revoke bank licences, and empower MAS to regulate outsourcing arrangements.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan Banks to Gain Easier Access to Capital from Larger Peers

By Editors | 05/11/2019

Under a special measure to be launched in March, a bank’s capital-to-asset ratio will not be reduced when it invests in a struggling peer.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI Mandates Immediate Disclosure of NPA Divergences

By Editors | 04/11/2019

SEBI has directed listed banks to disclose any divergences in bad loan provisioning immediately, rather than waiting to publish the information in their annual financial statements.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC, CBIRC Forced to Reassure Depositors After Bank Run

By Editors | 04/11/2019

Authorities were forced to step in after depositors rushed to withdraw their savings from Yichuan Bank amid rumours that the bank was insolvent and a corruption probe into the bank’s former chairman.