CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Approves New Risk Management Guidelines for Banks

By Editors | 29/07/2019

The guidelines seek to ensure that risks from banks’ investment activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored and controlled.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Issues Draft Rules for Financial Holding Companies

By Editors | 29/07/2019

Financial holding companies controlled by non-financial enterprises that meet certain conditions will be supervised by the PBOC, with licences issued by the State Council.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC Issues New Rules to Raise Transparency on Bank Ownership

By Editors | 26/07/2019

By end-June 2020, all banks must provide the complete and accurate register of their shareholders to custodian institutions who will manage the register moving forward.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Orders Three Banks to Tighten Group Funding Arrangements

By Editors | 25/07/2019

Macquarie, Rabobank and HSBC had provisions in group funding agreements that could allow funding to be withdrawn in a stress scenario, potentially undermining their stability.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Sets Out Beijing Penalties for Deposit Reserve Violations

By Editors | 24/07/2019

Draft measures from the PBOC set out four types of penalties Beijing-based financial institutions must pay when their deposit reserves fall below statutory requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

CBIRC to Launch Special Inspections Targeting Property Lending Practices

By Editors | 24/07/2019

The special inspections will reportedly involve 75 banks in 30 cities, scrutinising all aspects of property-related loans, as regulators seek to rein in risk.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Urges Better Risk Monitoring, Faster NPA Resolution at State Banks

By Editors | 23/07/2019

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das asked state-owned banks to speed up bad debt recovery efforts, strengthen internal controls and risk monitoring, and help fix the ongoing NBFC liquidity crisis.

Capital / Liquidity

China Simplifies Issuance of Preferred Shares for Smaller Banks

By Editors | 23/07/2019

The revised guidance makes it easier for non-listed banks to replenish Tier 1 capital through the issuance of preferred shares. To date, only listed banks have issued such instruments.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI Tightens NPA Disclosure Requirements for Listed Banks

By Editors | 21/07/2019

Listed banks will have to make disclosures if the additional provisioning for NPAs assessed by RBI exceeds 10% of reported profit, compared to 15% previously.