Capital / Liquidity

Securities / Derivatives

Korea to Lift Ban on Brokers Lending to Overseas Units

By Editors | 21/10/2019

Large brokerage firms will be allowed to extend loans to their overseas operations to better finance their global outreach.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Releases 17th Progress Report on Basel III Adoption

By Editors | 21/10/2019

Since the previous report, member jurisdictions have made the most progress in adopting the NSFR, IRRBB, and large exposures framework.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea to Impose Loan-to-Deposit Cap on Savings Banks

By Editors | 21/10/2019

The loan-to-deposit rate at savings banks will be limited to 110% starting from 2020, and further tightened to 100% in 2021. Currently, commercial banks already face the 100% limit.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Proposes Banks Hold More Capital Against Large Subsidiaries

By Editors | 18/10/2019

APRA proposes to increase the amount of capital banks need to hold to support investments in large subsidiaries, such as their New Zealand units.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Reduces Reserve Requirement for Bank Bonds

By Editors | 18/10/2019

The move to lower is aimed at deepening the debt market and reducing the intermediation cost that bond issuers could pass on to bond holders.

Market Infrastructure

HKMA, Hong Kong Banks Pledge Leniency for SME Borrowers

By Manesh Samtani | 17/10/2019

Nine major Hong Kong banks have pledged to help SME customers that encounter financial difficulties by adopting accommodative lending policies.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan, EU to Cooperate on Cross-border Resolution Planning

By Editors | 17/10/2019

Through an exchange of letters, Japan’s FSA and the EU’s SRB have agreed to cooperate to plan for and conduct orderly cross-border resolutions of banks.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Clarifies Definition of ‘Non-standard’ Credit Assets

By Editors | 17/10/2019

The clarification is important for new rules that will impose a cap on investments in non-standard credit assets by banks’ wealth management products.

Capital / Liquidity

China Further Opens Banking, Insurance Sectors to Foreign FIs

By Editors | 16/10/2019

Effective immediately, foreign financial institutions can establish wholly-owned banks in China, which can be operated alongside foreign bank branches and Sino-foreign joint venture banks.