CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    Capital / Liquidity

    South Korea to Write off $5.7bn in Personal Debt

    By Editors | 30/11/2017

    People’s Happiness Fund will purchase more than half the debt, remainder will be written off using private sector funds.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Indonesia Regulator to Set-up Regtech Surveillance System

    By Editors | 27/11/2017

    New technology to include integrated surveillance including early-warning system, data analysis and online regulatory reporting for financial institutions.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Vietnam to Allow Banks to Go Bankrupt

    By Editors | 27/11/2017

    Bankruptcy will be a last resort; Vietnamese banking sector has bad debts of 8.6% of total credit, 17.2% NPL ratio; Moody’s outlook ‘positive’

    Capital / Liquidity

    China Cracks Down on Shadow-banking Through its own ‘Dodd-Frank’

    By Garima Chitkara | 23/11/2017

    Chinese regulators have released a new draft legislation to restrict financial institution activity.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Europe Tightens Rules on Overseas Credit Rating Endorsements

    By Editors | 20/11/2017

    Regulator says about two thirds of credit ratings used for regulatory purposes in the EU cover non-EU issuers of financial instruments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Trapped Liquidity Optimisation – Solutions for Asia

    By Matthieu Sachot | 09/11/2017

    Regulators in the region are introducing ever-tighter rules on the movement of cash and assets. Firms need to find innovative solutions.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Australia to Loosen Fundraising Rules for Mutuals in Bid to Boost Competition

    By Editors | 09/11/2017

    Credit unions, building societies will be able to raise funds without having to forego their status as customer-owned entities.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Philippines Signs up to ASEAN Fund Passport Scheme; Green Bond Standards Introduced

    By Garima Chitkara | 09/11/2017

    ASEAN conference also hears of plans to allow cross-border transfer of capital markets professionals without additional license requirements.

    Capital / Liquidity

    India to Require Biggest Corporate Borrowers to Use LEIs

    By Editors | 06/11/2017

    Corporate borrowers which do not satisfy LEI requirement will not be allowed any more credit amid continued efforts to clean up bad debt.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China to Clampdown on Money Laundering via Property Market

    By Editors | 06/11/2017

    **Developers to conduct due diligence checks on sources of funding, buyers must use their own accounts to make property purchases in AML drive.
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