Capital / Liquidity

    Big Picture

    FRTB Will Turn Banks Away from Fund Investment Activity

    By Manesh Samtani | 13/01/2022

    The FRTB treatment of equity investments in funds is “excessively conservative” and could prompt banks to reduce their activity in the sector, ultimately weakening the market.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Updates Liquidity Standards to Align with Basel Norms

    By Editors | 11/01/2022

    The RBI has raised the deposit threshold under which small business customers can be managed as retail deposits for the purposes of LCR and NSFR.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Japan Extends Leverage Ratio Relaxation to Support Bank Lending

    By Editors | 09/01/2022

    Central bank deposits will be excluded from total exposure when calculating the leverage ratio until the end of March 2024.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Publishes List of Indian D-SIBs for 2022  

    By Editors | 05/01/2022

    SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as D-SIBs, under the same bucketing structure as in the 2020 list.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Unveils Results of Climate Risk Stress Tests

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/01/2022

    The HKMA has also finalised its guidance on climate risk management, giving banks until end-2022 to implement the new measures.

    Capital / Liquidity

    CBIRC Finalises Liquidity Management Rules for WMPs

    By Darien Choong | 30/12/2021

    The rules emphasise the integration of liquidity risk management throughout the entire process of wealth management business operations.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Removes Bank of East Asia from D-SIBs List

    By Editors | 28/12/2021

    The Bank of East Asia was no longer identified as a D-SIB in the assessment considering its systemic importance relative to other institutions, the HKMA said.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Consults on Local Adoption of Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/12/2021

    The HKMA proposes to implement almost all the Pillar 3 disclosure requirements, including leverage ratio and market risk disclosure requirements.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Outlines Considerations for CCyB Decisions

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/12/2021

    APRA confirmed that the CCyB would be set at the new default level of 1 percent of RWA from 1 January 2023, a feature of the new bank capital framework.

    Capital / Liquidity

    CBIRC Enhances Rules for Insurance Groups to Prevent Risk

    By Darien Choong | 20/12/2021

    The revised rules seek to align the domestic framework with IAIS standards, while also addressing corporate governance and risk management issues.

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