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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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