Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

State Council Authorises Local Governments to Fund Small Banks

By Editors | 05/07/2020

China’s State Council has reportedly agreed to allow local governments to purchase convertible bonds issued by certain small and midsize banks.

Capital / Liquidity

S. Korea Advances OTC Derivatives Reforms

By Editors | 02/07/2020

Cabinet-approved legislative revisions will introduce an OTC derivatives reporting requirement, a licensing system for trade repositories, and penalties for circumventing margin rules.

Capital / Liquidity

India Approves Special Liquidity Scheme for NBFCs

By Editors | 01/07/2020

An SPV back by State Bank of India will buy investment-grade debt paper with residual maturity under three months to provide NBFCs and HFCs liquidity to settle existing debt.

Securities / Derivatives

US Regulators Approve Volcker Rule Revisions

By Editors | 30/06/2020

The latest amendment allows banks to invest in venture capital and credit funds and reduces the amount of capital they have to set aside against inter-affiliate swap trades.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Defers Adoption of New Supervisory Assessment Framework

By Editors | 30/06/2020

The six-month deferral is intended to give FIs more time to prepare for implementation, given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Capital / Liquidity

Korean Banks Opt to Adopt Basel III Credit Risk Framework Early

By Editors | 29/06/2020

Fifteen banks and eight bank holding companies opted to adopt the Basel III credit risk framework early as it will boost their capital adequacy ratios.

Big Picture

FSB Evaluates Efficacy of Too-big-to-fail Reforms

By Editors | 29/06/2020

The evaluation found that the TBTF reforms have made indeed banks more resilient and resolvable, but barriers to bank resolvability still need to be addressed.

Capital / Liquidity

US Banks See Continued Dividend, Buyback Restrictions

By Editors | 29/06/2020

The Fed’s stress tests found that roughly a quarter of the US big banks would approach the 4.5% minimum CET1 capital requirement in a worst-case scenario, a W-shaped recovery.

Capital / Liquidity

India Brings Cooperative Banks Under RBI Oversight

By Editors | 29/06/2020

Under the Banking Regulation Act amendments, cooperative banks can also undertake merger and restructuring activities more easily and access to fundraising channels.