Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Bourse Seeks Higher Capital Requirements for Brokers

By Editors | 26/12/2019

In the aftermath of a 700-million-peso stock theft, PSE president Ramon Monzon will reportedly propose to more than triple current capital requirements for older firms.

Capital / Liquidity

Australia Proposes Industry-Funded Compensation Scheme of Last Resort

By Editors | 25/12/2019

The scheme will ensure that consumers and small businesses receive a payout in cases where compensation has been awarded but the financial services provider is unable to pay.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan Lowers D-SIB Surcharge Following Complaints from Banks

By Editors | 23/12/2019

The new rules ask Taiwan’s five D-SIBs to keep their capital ratios 2 percentage points higher than other banks, compared to 4 percentage points higher in the previous version.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Modifies Large Exposures Framework for ADIs

By Editors | 23/12/2019

APRA has extended the exemption for government-related entities to connecting counterparties involving economic interdependence and control relationships.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Addresses Capital Requirements for “Crypto-Assets”

By Douglas Cheung | 23/12/2019

The BCBS consultation will likely give an indication of the banking industry’s mindset towards holding cryptoassets in the future, says Douglas Cheung at Wolters Kluwer.

Capital / Liquidity

China State Fund, UOB Among Investors to Rescue Hengfeng Bank

By Editors | 20/12/2019

A unit of China’s state fund, the Shandong government’s asset management arm, and UOB are among those that will invest in new shares to prop up troubled lender Hengfeng Bank.

Capital / Liquidity

ANZ Announces New Remediation Costs to ‘Fix’ 3.4m Customer Accounts

By Editors | 19/12/2019

At its AGM on Tuesday, ANZ announced an additional A$682mn charge for remediation work, where a total 3.4 million accounts “need fixing”.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Rebuts BOE Claim of Hong Kong Fund Outflows

By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2019

The BOE said in its biannual Financial Stability Report that $5bn has left Hong Kong since April, but the HKMA says the figure does not represent outflows from the city’s banking system.

Capital / Liquidity

Jurisdictions Continue to Strengthen Deposit Insurance Systems: IADI

By Editors | 19/12/2019

The International Association of Deposit Insurers says the average coverage per depositor per institution has risen substantially in the last 10 years and that depositor reimbursements have sped up.