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Capital / Liquidity
Poorly Performing Japanese Banks to Face Added FSA Pressure
By Editors | 20/03/2019
The FSA plans to stress test Japanese regional banks by mid-year and issue business improvement orders and possible restrictions on poorly performing banks.
Capital / Liquidity
China Proposes Establishment of Independent Deposit Insurance Agency
By Editors | 19/03/2019
The proposed agency – the first of its kind in China – could help failed banks to exit the market, limit depositor losses, and prevent contagion effects when serious credit risk events arise.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Releases Latest List of Indian D-SIBs
By Editors | 18/03/2019
SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank will remain India’s D-SIBs this year. The additional CET1 capital they need to hold will rise in April.
Capital / Liquidity
China Banks Allowed Higher Bad Debt Ratios for ‘Inclusive’ Loans
By Editors | 18/03/2019
Regulators will tolerate higher NPL ratios on bank lending to small and micro companies, in a bid to improve access to financing for China’s ‘real economy’.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA, FIA, IIF Publish CCP Resolution Incentives Analysis
By Garima Chitkara | 18/03/2019
ISDA, FIA and IIF members dispute the appropriateness of extending the NCWOL safeguard to equity holders, and debate the size of the “skin-in-the-game” tranche.
Capital / Liquidity
British Banks Can Weather a No-Deal Brexit
By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2019
While UK banks may not be fully ready to conduct business in EU jurisdictions, from a liquidity and capital point of view they appear well-positioned to weather a no-deal Brexit scenario.
Capital / Liquidity
Philippines Extends Compliance Deadline for LCR, NSFR
By Editors | 11/03/2019
The BSP has given subsidiary banks and quasi-banks an extra year to meet the 100% LCR and NSFR requirements.
Capital / Liquidity
US Fed Considers Stricter Rules for Foreign Bank Branches
By Editors | 11/03/2019
Foreign banks say added requirements are unnecessary, as their US branches are limited in their activities, rarely hold federally insured deposits, and are subject to home country rules.
Capital / Liquidity
S. Korea FSC Wants More Supervision over Financial Conglomerates
By Editors | 07/03/2019
South Korea’s FSC is pushing to expand its oversight of conglomerates to include those that own other types of financial businesses besides banks.
Capital / Liquidity
India to Raise Capital Rules for Housing Finance Companies
By Editors | 07/03/2019
India’s mortgage regulator is proposing to increase capital adequacy requirements for housing finance companies from 12% to 15% by March 2022.
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