Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Agrees to Ease Bank Capital, Lending Norms Following Board Meeting

By Garima Chitkara | 20/11/2018

The central bank also agreed to allow SMEs to restructure loans and extend the deadline for banks to comply with the capital conservation buffer by one year.

Capital / Liquidity

China Deleveraging Campaign to Slow Amid Trade Tensions – Moody’s

By Editors | 19/11/2018

While long-term deleveraging and de-risking remain in place, China’s authorities are likely to rely to a greater extent on public sector spending to support growth.

Capital / Liquidity

Royal Bank of Scotland Removed From G-SIB List

By Garima Chitkara | 19/11/2018

The Financial Stability Board has added France’s Groupe BPCE to its 2018 list of global-systemically important banks and removed RBS and Nordea.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong Set to Finalise TLAC Rules

By Garima Chitkara | 19/11/2018

New rules governing bank TLAC holdings, concentration risk in sovereign exposures have been gazetted and will be presented before LegCo on 21 November.

Capital / Liquidity

India’s Government, RBI Close to Solution on Bank Lending Dispute

By Garima Chitkara | 15/11/2018

The government and RBI have reached a temporary agreement on some issues after an unprecedented public spat between the two caused alarm about the central bank’s independence.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Consults on New Mortgage Bond Standard

By Editors | 14/11/2018

The new standard aims to reduce contingency risks for the central bank as a lender of last resort and ensure financial intermediaries supply sufficient HQLA assets.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Proposes Higher Capital Requirements for Big Four Banks

By Manesh Samtani | 08/11/2018

The banking regulator is seeking feedback on a proposal to increase the Total Capital requirement for Australia’s D-SIBs by 4-5% of risk-weighted assets by 2023.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Seeks Acceleration of TLAC Implementation at China’s G-SIBs

By Editors | 08/11/2018

The central bank said China might implement the TLAC framework earlier than 2025 because the country’s ratio of credit bonds to GDP may exceed the 55% trigger set by the FSB.

Big Picture

US-China Trade Dispute Poses Risk for Singapore Banks – Moody’s

By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2018

Singapore banks face greater asset risk in 2019, with both Moody’s and Fitch expecting loan growth to moderate amid worsening global conditions.