Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

China Prepares to Bail Out State-owned Enterprises, Banks

By Editors | 27/07/2020

State-owned China Reform Holdings has set up a bailout fund to help ensure SOEs can avoid bond defaults. Meanwhile, 18 provincial governments have approval to inject capital into banks.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Spares No Effort to Boost CMSME Lending

By Editors | 27/07/2020

In the past week, the central bank has sharply eased loan classification and provisioning rules, and offered credit guarantees, to try and address an unwillingness among banks to lend to small businesses.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Warns of Rising Bad Loans, While Urging Against Risk Aversion

By Editors | 27/07/2020

In a ‘very severe shock’ scenario, 23 banks would fail to maintain the 9% capital-to-risk weighted assets ratio, and the NPA ratio would reach 14.7%.

Capital / Liquidity

CFTC Adopts New Swaps Rules Limiting Extraterritorial Oversight

By Editors | 27/07/2020

Chairman Heath Tarbert said it is unnecessary for the CFTC to be “the world’s policeman” for all swaps, given that most G20 jurisdictions have adopted similar swaps regulations.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Allows Banks to Defer Property Collateral Revaluations

By Editors | 26/07/2020

APRA points to physical access barriers and a high degree of uncertainty that create challenges for banks in updating commercial property valuations.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Signals Intent to Ease Bank Dividend Restrictions

By Editors | 23/07/2020

APRA will modify its capital management guidance next week to account for a ‘longer-term outlook’, chairman Wayne Byres said.

Capital / Liquidity

Korean Regulators Approves K Bank Recapitalisation Plan

By Editors | 23/07/2020

K Bank’s recapitalisation plan was halted last April, forcing Korea’s first internet-only bank to stop offering loan products. It is now looking to regain ground lost to Kakao Bank.

Capital / Liquidity

India to Privatise Majority of State-owned Banks – Report

By Editors | 22/07/2020

The government is looking to sell majority stakes in state-owned banks, but the plan may not be feasible this financial year due to poor market conditions and rising bad loans.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Cuts Reserve Requirements for Smaller Banks

By Editors | 21/07/2020

The move to lower the reserve requirement ratio for thrift, rural and cooperative banks will release an estimated $200mn into the economy.