CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Banks Allowed to Retain Dividends to Boost Capital

By Editors | 30/05/2019

State-owned banks will be allowed to retain dividends or pay them in shares to help them meet Basel II capital adequacy requirements by January 2020.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Proposes Liquidity Risk Management Norms for NBFCs

By Editors | 27/05/2019

Under the draft rules, NBFCs will have to meet to a 60% LCR requirement from April 2020, increasing each year to the full 100% LCR in April 2024.

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – PBOC, CBIRC Take Control of Inner Mongolia Bank

By Editors | 27/05/2019

The PBOC and CBIRC have said they are taking control of Baoshang Bank, a small privately-owned bank whose owner disappeared two years ago.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS 239 – What Lies Ahead?

By Irene Liu | 27/05/2019

There is clear fatigue in the industry around BCBS 239 compliance, but the exercise has also enabled other capabilities, say PwC’s Irene Liu, David Yakowitz and Catherine Lee.

Market Infrastructure

FSB Seeks Feedback on Effects of Too-Big-To-Fail Reforms

By Editors | 27/05/2019

The FSB is asking if too-big-to-fail reforms have reduced the systemic and moral hazard risks associated with SIBs, and if they affect the functioning of overall the financial system.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Cuts RRR for Thrift, Rural, Cooperative Banks

By Editors | 25/05/2019

The move follows RRR cuts for large banks, as the BSP looks to mitigate lowering price expectations and inflation.

Capital / Liquidity

Singapore Banks Still Analysing Data Gaps for MAS 610

By Editors | 24/05/2019

A Wolters Kluwer survey has revealed that 76% of Singapore banks are in the ‘data gap analysis’ stage in their preparation for MAS 610/1003.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Warns of Capital Charges for FIs with Poor Culture

By Editors | 24/05/2019

APRA says it may apply additional capital requirements to regulated institutions with material weaknesses in their governance and management of non-financial risks.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Eases Banks’ Stock Exposure Rules to Free Up Capital

By Editors | 22/05/2019

In a bid to boost banking system liquidity, the central bank has excluded investments in non-listed securities from banks’ capital market exposure calculations.