Capital / Liquidity

    Capital / Liquidity

    China May Impose New Rules on Financial Holding Companies – Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 09/05/2018

    Companies like Ant Financial, Citic Group and China Everbright Group may for the first time be required to obtain licences and meet capital requirements, reported Bloomberg.

    Fintech / Regtech

    UPDATED – APRA Grants First ‘Restricted ADI’ License Under New Framework

    By JP Reimann | 07/05/2018

    Newly released restricted ADI licencing framework allows entities to conduct a limited range of activities for two years before fully meeting regulatory requirements.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Set to Revive RQDII with New Safeguards

    By Garima Chitkara | 07/05/2018

    Central bank forbids RQDII investors from exchanging the yuan for foreign currencies in offshore CNY investments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Philippines to Implement New Credit Card Law

    By Garima Chitkara | 07/05/2018

    New law aims to increase competition by allowing non-bank entities to enter credit card business; includes greater safeguards for borrowers related to calculation of charges, unfair collection practices, and the use of customer data.

    Capital / Liquidity

    CBA Ordered to Boost Capital Until Governance Improves

    By Editors | 02/05/2018

    Prudential inquiry reveals widespread complacency, inadequate risk management, unclear executive level accountabilities, among other failings at the bank.

    Securities / Derivatives

    PBOC Announces Stricter Asset Management Rules

    By Editors | 02/05/2018

    New rules include leverage limits, a ban on implicit guarantees, risk reserve provisioning amounting to 10% of management fees; transition period for full compliance to last until end-2020.

    Big Picture

    Moody’s Places HK Banks on Review for Upgrade

    By Editors | 01/05/2018

    Hong Kong legislation enables authorities to achieve orderly resolution in the event of a bank failure and provides clarity on the effect on depositors and other creditors.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA to Remove Lending Growth Cap for Some Banks

    By Garima Chitkara | 30/04/2018

    APRA is proposing to do away with a 2014 measure that set an annual 10% cap for home lending growth for banks that can demonstrate better lending practices and low lending rates.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Taiwan to Debut Internet Only Banks by End-2019

    By JP Reimann | 30/04/2018

    Internet only banks must be at least 50 percent owned by a traditional lender, and subject to the same capital requirements.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bank of Thailand Expands Debt Clinic Scheme for Troubled Borrowers

    By Manesh Samtani | 27/04/2018

    ‘Debt Clinic’ programme to pooling unsecured bad loans under Sukhumvit Asset Management will expand to an additional 50,000 borrowers.

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