Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Adjusts Initial Margin Implementation Schedule

By Editors | 19/08/2019

The HKMA has adjusted its implementation schedule for the incoming requirements, taking into account the one-year phased extension announced by BCBS and IOSCO in July.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Orders Allianz to Raise Capital Level by A$250m

By Editors | 15/08/2019

APRA wants to send a message to the insurance and super sectors that it expects the same high standards of risk management, including for non-financial risks, as it does for banks.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Props Up NBFCs Through On-Lending Guidance

By Editors | 14/08/2019

Banks are mandated to lend a portion of their funds to priority sectors. Allowing NBFCs to serve as middlemen for such lending provides them a liquidity backstop.

Capital / Liquidity

BSP Issues Guidelines for Banks on Managing IRRBB

By Editors | 14/08/2019

Covered supervised institutions have until 1 January 2021 to develop or revise their policies and procedures in accordance with the guidelines.

Capital / Liquidity

APAC Not Fully Meeting IFRS 9 Disclosure Objective: Moody’s

By Editors | 12/08/2019

Significant variations in reporting practices in some cases do not meet the disclosure objective of IFRS 9, Moody’s says, describing  HSBC Hong Kong and Hang Seng Bank as best in class.

Capital / Liquidity

China Intervenes to Support a Third Troubled Bank

By Editors | 12/08/2019

China’s sovereign wealth fund and the Shandong provincial government will invest in Hengfeng Bank, which failed to disclose its financial statements for two straight years.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Cuts Consumer Credit Risk Weight, Offers Boost to NBFCs

By Editors | 09/08/2019

The RBI will increase bank exposure limits for NBFCs, allow on-lending to priority sectors, and enable near-real-time tracking of payments fraud through the creation of a centralised registry.

Securities / Derivatives

S. Korea Announces Adjusted Schedule for Initial Margin Rules

By Editors | 09/08/2019

Korea has adjusted its domestic implementation schedule for the incoming requirements, taking into account the one-year phased extension announced by BCBS and IOSCO in July.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Eases Rules on Overseas Borrowing for NBFCs

By Editors | 01/08/2019

NBFCs can use overseas borrowings to fund working capital, repay rupee loans, and on-lend to domestic customers. Banks can also sell distressed loans to eligible overseas lenders.