Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Approves State-backed Bailout of Bank of Gansu

By Editors | 19/07/2020

The CBIRC has approved the issuance of new shares to help Bank of Gansu raise its core tier 1 capital. Four state-owned companies will subscribe to the new shares.

Capital / Liquidity

BSEC Frames Rules for Mandatory Trading of Banks’ Perpetual Bonds

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 16/07/2020

Two banks have received conditional approval to list perpetual bonds on Bangladesh’s stock exchanges, while BSEC works to frame its rules for the listings.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Directs Banks to Conduct Stress Tests, Raise Capital

By Editors | 14/07/2020

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said minimum capital requirements may not be sufficient to absorb losses and maintain financial stability.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Warns of Worsening Asset Quality, Rising Bad Loans

By Editors | 13/07/2020

NPLs will appear in the next period and rise, the CBIRC said, citing deteriorating asset quality, accumulated risks and weaker profitability at small and medium-sized banks.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Outlines Expectations on Deferred Loan Management

By Editors | 09/07/2020

Deputy Chair John Lonsdale expects many banks will require an uplift in capabilities, processes and oversight to meet APRA’s expectations.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Finalises Targeted Revisions to CVA Risk Framework

By Editors | 08/07/2020

Completion of the final adjustments to the CVA framework represents the conclusion of outstanding policy work related to the Basel III framework.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Extends Regulatory Approach For Covid-19 Loan Deferrals

By Editors | 08/07/2020

APRA will also allow banks to treat loans restructured by 31 March 2021 as ‘performing’ for capital and regulatory reporting purposes.

Capital / Liquidity

BOE Sets Deadline for UK Firms to Embed Climate Risk

By Editors | 07/07/2020

By end-2021, financial firms will have to be able to demonstrate that their approaches to managing climate-related financial risk have been implemented and embedded in their organisations.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan FSC Proposes Rules Changes for Foreign Bank Branches

By Editors | 07/07/2020

The FSC proposes to allow loan loss provisions and reserves to be used in calculating net worth, accumulated losses and total deposits, which have a bearing on lending capacity.