CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

RBI ‘Expert Committee’ to Determine Best Use of Central Bank Reserves

By Editors | 30/12/2018

The committee is tasked with suggesting an adequate level of reserves for the central bank and proposing a policy for distributing dividends to the government.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC to Penalise Delayed Reserve Requirement Deposits

By Editors | 24/12/2018

The PBOC will boost oversight mechanisms, improve checks and impose penalties to prevent financial institutions’ reserves at the central bank from falling below statutory requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

India Seeks Parliamentary Approval to Infuse More Capital into Banks

By Editors | 21/12/2018

The government plans to pump $11.8 billion into public sector banks to raise them out of the RBI’s PCA framework and increase the banking system’s lending capacity.

Capital / Liquidity

S. Korea to Adopt IRRBB Standards in Mid-2019

By Editors | 21/12/2018

The FSS plans to revise banking supervision bylaws during Q1 2019, with implementation of IRRBB at domestic banks expected in mid-2019.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Unveils New ‘Targeted’ Liquidity Facility for Banks

By Editors | 20/12/2018

The new ‘targeted medium-term lending facility’ is available to banks that demonstrate support for the real economy by lending to small and private companies.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Removes Cap on Interest-Only Lending

By Editors | 19/12/2018

Caps on investor and interest-only lending have served their purpose of moderating higher risk lending and improving lending standards, according to APRA chairman Wayne Byres.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Asked to Reconsider Tough Stance on Capital Requirements

By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2018

Australian banks are reportedly lobbying for APRA to loosen its tough stance on the capital requirements it proposed last month, as funding costs rise more than expected.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Asks Local Banks to Study Latest Pillar 3 Requirements

By Editors | 19/12/2018

The HKMA advises banks to start considering the system changes necessary to implement the Basel Committee’s latest Pillar 3 disclosure requirements.

Big Picture

Indian Government Could Undermine Banking Sector Reforms – S&P

By Editors | 18/12/2018

Restrictions on the RBI’s authority to reform governance of public sector banks are seen as a weakness in its mandate and could undermine financial stability, says S&P Global Ratings.