CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese Banks Will Face Capital, Liquidity Shortfalls Under Stress

By Editors | 03/01/2019

Stress tests indicate Chinese banks would face capital and liquidity shortfalls under adverse conditions, according to the PBOC’s latest financial stability report.

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – RBI Allows Lenders One-Time Restructuring of MSME Loans

By Editors | 01/01/2019

Banks and NBFCs will be allowed to restructure defaulted loans not yet classified as NPAs, provided the borrower has aggregate exposures less than $3.6mn.

Capital / Liquidity

China Promotes Perpetual Bonds to Replenish Bank Capital

By Manesh Samtani | 31/12/2018

The FSDC has given the green light to allow commercial banks to replenish their capital through issuing perpetual bonds. Bank of China likely to be the first to do so.

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.