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Capital / Liquidity
China Further Opens Banking, Insurance Sectors to Foreign FIs
By Editors | 16/10/2019
Effective immediately, foreign financial institutions can establish wholly-owned banks in China, which can be operated alongside foreign bank branches and Sino-foreign joint venture banks.
Capital / Liquidity
Philippines: BSP Approves Amended D-SIBs Framework
By Editors | 16/10/2019
A bank’s size and interconnectedness will be given greater importance in the assessment to determine its systemic importance in the Philippines.
Capital / Liquidity
HKMA Cuts CCyB in Response to Worsening Economic Conditions
By Editors | 15/10/2019
The first CCyB cut since 2015, the move is expected to free up between HKD 200-300 billion in the financial system and make it easier for banks to lend to SMEs.
Capital / Liquidity
ACCC to Probe Banks on Mortgage Pricing Decision-making
By Editors | 15/10/2019
The ACCC is commencing an inquiry to find out why banks are not fully passing on interest rate cuts to borrowers, and what prevents customers from switching to cheaper lenders.
Capital / Liquidity
US Fed Finalises Easier Capital, Liquidity Rules for Banks
By Editors | 14/10/2019
Banks that present less risk, including foreign banks, will have reduced requirements. An idea to subject US branches of foreign banks to new liquidity requirements has also been dropped.
Capital / Liquidity
Volcker Rule Rewrite Gets Final Approval After Fed Sign-off
By Editors | 10/10/2019
The revisions continue to prohibit proprietary trading, while providing greater clarity and certainty for activities allowed under the law.
Securities / Derivatives
UPDATED – SFC to Raise Investor Compensation Limit
By Editors | 09/10/2019
Respondents to an April 2018 consultation strongly supported an increase in the compensation limit, among other proposals, which the SFC expects to implement in early 2020.
Capital / Liquidity
ISDA Chief Calls for Specific Changes to CVA Framework
By Editors | 09/10/2019
The current CVA rules due for implementation in January 2022 could lead to an inappropriately sharp increase in capital requirements for derivatives businesses.
Capital / Liquidity
Initial Margin Challenges Confronting Asian Markets
By Purtini Joshi | 08/10/2019
DTCC’s Purtini Joshi outlines three key challenges firms need to address to ensure compliance with Phase 5 and Phase 6 implementation of initial margin regulations.
Capital / Liquidity
Philippines Amends Framework for Identifying D-SIBs
By Editors | 04/10/2019
The BSP will give more importance to a bank’s size and interconnectedness when deciding which lenders should be classified as D-SIBs.
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