CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

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.

Market Infrastructure

Post-Crisis Reforms Need Recalibration for Repo Markets – GFMA, ICMA

By Manesh Samtani | 17/12/2018

A new report calls on the FSB and BCBS to review and recalibrate post-crisis prudential standards in relation to their impacts on repo and securities lending markets.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Issues Revised SPM for Local IRRBB Implementation

By Editors | 17/12/2018

Authorised institutions should be ready to measure and report IRRBB exposures using the new standardised framework by 1 July 2019.

Capital / Liquidity

Myanmar’s First Credit Bureau to Become Operational Within a Year

By Editors | 17/12/2018

Using software from Equifax, the new credit bureau will enable lenders to use credit histories to calculate bad debt risk and potentially lower the need for collateral.

Capital / Liquidity

New Zealand Proposes to Nearly Double Bank Capital Requirements

By Editors | 17/12/2018

The proposal would set a Tier 1 capital requirement equal to 16% of risk-weighted assets for the big four banks, and 15% for other banks, up from 8.5% currently.