CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Revises Financial Firm Ownership Rules

By Samuel Riding | 22/02/2017

New law to limit directorships; central bank could also tighten NBFI investment rules.

Capital / Liquidity

Guangdong Eases Bank Capital Rules

By Samuel Riding | 22/02/2017

Provincial branch of CBRC allows banks to include certificates of deposit in regulatory capital.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Considering ‘Bad Asset’ AMCs

By Samuel Riding | 22/02/2017

Indian central bank also working on means of recapitalising or resolving stressed banks.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Extends Banks’ Loan Recovery Powers

By Samuel Riding | 22/02/2017

Banks and credit institutions will also soon be allowed to provide new types of loans including revolving credit.

AML / KYC

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia to Extend Joint Supervision

By Samuel Riding | 22/02/2017

Trio to cooperate on bank inspections, AML and personnel training.

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese Banks’ WMP Up 30% in 2016

By Samuel Riding | 21/02/2017

Central bank says off-balance sheet exposure reached $3.7trn.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippines Eases Bank Liquidity Requirements

By Samuel Riding | 20/02/2017

Central bank says upcoming LCR will provide ‘better gauge of liquidity standing’.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI to Allow Banks to Trade Commodities

By Samuel Riding | 20/02/2017

Outgoing chairman UK Sinha says lenders need to hedge lending exposure to the sector.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Moots Climate-change Stress Tests

By Samuel Riding | 17/02/2017

Executive board member says climate change now has ‘potential system-wide implications’.