CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh to Raise Capital Requirements on Stock Brokers, Merchant Banks

By Garima Chitkara | 15/03/2018

New capital requirements will be imposed on stock brokers, merchant banks, asset managers and institutional portfolio managers.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong at High Risk of Debt-driven Crisis – BIS

By Samuel Riding | 14/03/2018

Report shows Hong Kong has biggest credit-GDP gap and the highest debt service ratio among 9 APAC economies.

Capital / Liquidity

Basel Committee Publishes Follow-up Reports on Basel III Implementation

By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2018

The Committee also published an assessment handbook and self-assessment questionnaire to help member jurisdictions prepare for future RCAP assessments.

Capital / Liquidity

China Bank Deleveraging Makes Progress: Moody’s

By Samuel Riding | 12/03/2018

Report suggests asset growth has slowed, although city, rural and joint-stock banks could struggle to manage asset quality and capitalisation.

Capital / Liquidity

China, US Bank Profits Boost CET1 Capital

By Samuel Riding | 09/03/2018

BIS report on Basel III implementation includes data from 39 Group 1 banks in Asia Pacific; 1H2017 saw largest ever profits of $262 billion.

Capital / Liquidity

Loan Provisions for Chinese Banks Eased

By Editors | 07/03/2018

Loan loss provisions to be lowered to between 120 and 150 percent of bad loans total; provisions against total loan book also reduced.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Banking Sector Faces Bad Loan Crisis

By Editors | 07/03/2018

Speakers at banking conference call for an immediate solution to Bangladesh’s 10 percent NPL ratio, the highest in the region.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Mulls Removal of Mortgage Lending Cap

By Editors | 06/03/2018

Removing the 10 percent growth cap would enable banks to increase mortgage lending, ease mortgage rates for investors and boost competition in the sector.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Banks Receive Fitch Ratings Upgrades

By Editors | 06/03/2018

Positive rating action for Military Bank, Vietcombank and Vietinbank reflect improvements in asset quality and declining rates of bad debt.