CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    Capital / Liquidity

    Volcker Rule Rewrite Gets Final Approval After Fed Sign-off

    By Editors | 10/10/2019

    The revisions continue to prohibit proprietary trading, while providing greater clarity and certainty for activities allowed under the law.

    Securities / Derivatives

    UPDATED – SFC to Raise Investor Compensation Limit

    By Editors | 09/10/2019

    Respondents to an April 2018 consultation strongly supported an increase in the compensation limit, among other proposals, which the SFC expects to implement in early 2020.

    Capital / Liquidity

    ISDA Chief Calls for Specific Changes to CVA Framework

    By Editors | 09/10/2019

    The current CVA rules due for implementation in January 2022 could lead to an inappropriately sharp increase in capital requirements for derivatives businesses.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Initial Margin Challenges Confronting Asian Markets

    By Purtini Joshi | 08/10/2019

    DTCC’s Purtini Joshi outlines three key challenges firms need to address to ensure compliance with Phase 5 and Phase 6 implementation of initial margin regulations.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Philippines Amends Framework for Identifying D-SIBs

    By Editors | 04/10/2019

    The BSP will give more importance to a bank’s size and interconnectedness when deciding which lenders should be classified as D-SIBs.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBNZ to Issue Final Decisions on Bank Capital in December

    By Editors | 04/10/2019

    RBNZ deputy governor Geoff Bascand says the central bank will review the amount of capital, what form it takes, and the allowed transition period before final decisions are made.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Basel III Monitoring Report Shows Shrinking TLAC Shortfalls

    By Editors | 03/10/2019

    Based on the 2022 requirements, two of 24 G-SIBs reporting TLAC data have a combined shortfall of €32.6 billion , less than half the shortfall reported six months earlier.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China to Cap Loan Loss Provisioning at Banks

    By Editors | 03/10/2019

    The move is aimed at preventing an accounting practice the Finance Ministry says banks use to hide profits and dodge taxes and dividends.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh Bad Loan Problem is Double Reported Figures: IMF

    By Editors | 02/10/2019

    Total problem assets in Bangladesh’s banking sector would rise by more than double if the computation included stay orders, special mention accounts, and rescheduled loans.

    Capital / Liquidity

    SFC Offers Additional Guidance on New Margin Financing Rules

    By Editors | 02/10/2019

    New FAQs make clear that deviations from the new rules after 4 October will not automatically be seen as noncompliance or result in disciplinary action.

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