Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

APRA: Banks May Amend Loan Terms Without Full Serviceability Test

By Editors | 07/05/2020

APRA says banks may allow borrowers to change their loan conditions without conducting a normal serviceability assessment, but that such an arrangement should not exceed 12 months.

Capital / Liquidity

S. Korea Defers Initial Margin Requirements by One Year

By Editors | 06/05/2020

The move is in line with the BCBS-IOSCO decision announced in April, and will help to ease the compliance burden on financial institutions amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Approves Measures to Boost Lending to MSME Sector

By Editors | 06/05/2020

The measures include lower risk weights for MSME loans, deferred implementation of the revised risk-based capital framework, and an extension of the relief period for reporting past due and non-performing loans.

Capital / Liquidity

BNM: Banks Can Use Govt Bonds to Meet Reserve Requirement

By Editors | 05/05/2020

The move is expected to release about $3.7mn of liquidity into the banking system. BNM has also cut its overnight policy rate to the lowest level since 2009.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippines: BSP Allows Banks to Draw on Capital, Liquidity Buffers

By Editors | 05/05/2020

Banks that draw from the capital conservation buffer or fall below 100% LCR will not be considered in breach of Basel III rules.

Capital / Liquidity

Glass Half Full: Basel IV Presents Opportunity for Constructive Change, COVID-19 the Impetus

By Editors | 03/05/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is an additional catalyst for financial institutions to generate fundamental structural change as they seek to implement Basel reforms, says AxiomSL’s Mahim Mehra.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Members Advancing Work on Climate-related Financial Risk

By Editors | 30/04/2020

An “overwhelmingly large share” of BCBS members have conducted research related to the measurement of climate-related financial risks.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Expands Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to All Banks

By Editors | 30/04/2020

Initially, funding under the special liquidity facility for mutual funds was only available to banks that use the RBI’s liquidity adjustment facility window.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Removes LVR Restrictions on Mortgage Lending

By Editors | 30/04/2020

All locally incorporated banks who responded to the one-week consultation were in favour of removing LVR restrictions, saying it would allow them to better support their customers.