CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

India Interprets P2P Lenders as Non-bank Finance Companies

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Official central bank report issued last year had suggested P2P lending platforms meet $311,000 minimum capital and leverage ratio requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Efforts to Tackle Household Debt Have Little Impact as Boom Continues

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Regulator calls on banks to strictly screen mortgage applications as household debt increases by $15.9bn over July and August.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Delays Economic and Financial Statistics Reform

By Douglas Cheung | 13/09/2017

Banks should still devote time to correctly budget, resource and plan technology projects for EFS based on the new timelines.

Capital / Liquidity

China Joins US in Leading Bank Profitability as Capital Shortfalls All but Disappear

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2017

BIS report on Basel III finds US and China make up more than half the profits of the world’s Group 1 banks; TLAC shortfall of 12 G-SIBs tumbles to $360mn.

Capital / Liquidity

Don’t Expect New EU Equivalency Decisions for Asia

By Samuel Riding | 07/09/2017

Ben Pott, head of government affairs at NEX Group, suggests Brexit and the time taken to resolve US-EU CCP issue, make equivalency rulings unlikely.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan’s Low Interest Rate Environment Suffocates Regional Banks

By Editors | 07/09/2017

FSA’s commissioner ‘embarrassed to see regional banks’ balance sheets in their core businesses deteriorate more quickly than we expected.’

AML / KYC

Top CBRC Adviser Flags Failures to Address Operational Risks

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2017

CBRC chief adviser and former SFC chief Dr Andrew Sheng says regulation risks pro-cyclicality when real economy requires structural change.

Capital / Liquidity

SAS, KPMG Launch Microsoft Azure-based IFRS 9 Solution

By Editors | 31/08/2017

Technology will be offered 1st in Singapore to meet January 2018 IFRS 9 deadline, can be extended to stress testing and other regulatory requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Central Bank Strengthens Compliance Standards

By Editors | 28/08/2017

Chief compliance officer must be full-time, boards given overarching responsibility; foreign banks must translate all documents into English.