CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

S.Korea Relaxes Banks’ CAR Rules

By Samuel Riding | 20/12/2016

New rules reduce burden from meeting international standards; raise capital ratio, common stock capital.

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese Banks Ordered to Crack Down on Debt-dodging Steel, Coal Firms

By Samuel Riding | 19/12/2016

Banks asked to share information on central platform; form creditor committees.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Issues $57bn in Emergency Loans to Banks

By Samuel Riding | 19/12/2016

Brokers involved in bond market-making urged to continue trading amid year-end selloff.

AML / KYC

HK SFC Issues Management Accountability Rules

By Samuel Riding | 19/12/2016

Proposals cover eight main functions including compliance and AML/CTF.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Defers International Exposures Reporting Deadline

By Samuel Riding | 19/12/2016

Banks will now have until the end of next year to report their data.

Capital / Liquidity

CBRC Urges Joint Stock Banks to Up Credit Risk Monitoring

By Samuel Riding | 16/12/2016

Chairman also warns on non-credit business; says banks should increase liquid reserves.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan Probing Banks’ Interest-rate Risk

By Samuel Riding | 16/12/2016

Yield on 10-year government bonds has swung into positive territory after Trump victory.

Capital / Liquidity

S.Korea to Issue RRP Rules in Early 2017

By Samuel Riding | 15/12/2016

Regulators will be able to restrict business activity of financial institutions that fail to comply.

AML / KYC

APAC Regulators Set to Up Cyber-scrutiny

By Samuel Riding | 14/12/2016

FIs should also brace for more monitoring, enforcement, according to Deloitte, Simmons and Simmons.