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Capital / Liquidity
APRA Orders Allianz to Raise Capital Level by A$250m
By Editors | 15/08/2019
APRA wants to send a message to the insurance and super sectors that it expects the same high standards of risk management, including for non-financial risks, as it does for banks.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Props Up NBFCs Through On-Lending Guidance
By Editors | 14/08/2019
Banks are mandated to lend a portion of their funds to priority sectors. Allowing NBFCs to serve as middlemen for such lending provides them a liquidity backstop.
Capital / Liquidity
BSP Issues Guidelines for Banks on Managing IRRBB
By Editors | 14/08/2019
Covered supervised institutions have until 1 January 2021 to develop or revise their policies and procedures in accordance with the guidelines.
Capital / Liquidity
APAC Not Fully Meeting IFRS 9 Disclosure Objective: Moody’s
By Editors | 12/08/2019
Significant variations in reporting practices in some cases do not meet the disclosure objective of IFRS 9, Moody’s says, describing HSBC Hong Kong and Hang Seng Bank as best in class.
Capital / Liquidity
China Intervenes to Support a Third Troubled Bank
By Editors | 12/08/2019
China’s sovereign wealth fund and the Shandong provincial government will invest in Hengfeng Bank, which failed to disclose its financial statements for two straight years.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Cuts Consumer Credit Risk Weight, Offers Boost to NBFCs
By Editors | 09/08/2019
The RBI will increase bank exposure limits for NBFCs, allow on-lending to priority sectors, and enable near-real-time tracking of payments fraud through the creation of a centralised registry.
Securities / Derivatives
S. Korea Announces Adjusted Schedule for Initial Margin Rules
By Editors | 09/08/2019
Korea has adjusted its domestic implementation schedule for the incoming requirements, taking into account the one-year phased extension announced by BCBS and IOSCO in July.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Eases Rules on Overseas Borrowing for NBFCs
By Editors | 01/08/2019
NBFCs can use overseas borrowings to fund working capital, repay rupee loans, and on-lend to domestic customers. Banks can also sell distressed loans to eligible overseas lenders.
Capital / Liquidity
China to Support Banks that Swap Corporate Debt for Equity
By Editors | 01/08/2019
The new measures encourage banks to set up subsidiaries to invest in debt-for-equity swaps, helping them to offload distressed debt and ease rising NPL pressures.
Capital / Liquidity
Malaysia to Implement NSFR from July 2020
By Editors | 01/08/2019
From 1 July 2020, banks will be required to maintain a minimum NSFR of 100% at all times and to submit NSFR reports to BNM on a quarterly basis.
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