Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC to Buy Bank Loans Under Zero Interest Repo Terms

By Editors | 02/06/2020

The move is aimed at freeing up liquidity at smaller banks in the hope of spurring an additional 1tr yuan in lending to small and micro enterprises.

Capital / Liquidity

Credit Risk a Growing Threat in Hong Kong: Mazars

By Manesh Samtani | 02/06/2020

Banks need to be more agile in incorporating in their ECL model all latest reasonable and supportable information, including that which is forward-looking, says Pierre Latrobe.

Capital / Liquidity

Thailand: Parliament Approves $60b Covid-19 Aid Package

By Editors | 02/06/2020

The 1.9tr baht aid package includes additional liquidity for banks to lend to SMEs, and a corporate bond stabilisation fund to provide bridge financing to issuers.

Capital / Liquidity

Loan Payment Holidays Pose Banking System Risks: FSI Paper

By Editors | 01/06/2020

Delaying loan loss recognition too long may leave banks and supervisors with fewer options for dealing with future risks to the banking system, a new paper says.

Capital / Liquidity

Indonesia: OJK Relaxes Capital, Liquidity Requirements for Banks

By Editors | 01/06/2020

The OJK has removed the capital conservation buffer requirement, lowered the LCR and NSFR requirements to 80%, and deferred Basel III implementation.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Eases Restrictions on Bank Bond Investment by Insurers

By Editors | 31/05/2020

The CBIRC is scrapping requirements that only allowed insurers to invest in bank bonds of large issuers based on their asset size, capital adequacy and credit rating.

Capital / Liquidity

Large Enterprise Loans Can Count Towards Reserve Compliance: BSP

By Editors | 30/05/2020

The BSP said the revised measures are intended to provide credit and help ease the financial burden of firms heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Capital / Liquidity

Bank Resilience to be Tested in the Coming Months: RBNZ

By Editors | 29/05/2020

Under the RBNZ’s ‘very severe’ stress test scenario, banks would fall below minimum regulatory capital, requiring “significant recovery responses” to avoid resolution options.

Capital / Liquidity

Using Capital Buffers Not As Easy As Hoped: APRA Chair

By Editors | 28/05/2020

Market expectations of bank capital levels and the knowledge that capital will eventually need to be rebuilt make it difficult for banks to dip into their buffers.