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Indian Government Could Undermine Banking Sector Reforms – S&P
By Editors | 18/12/2018
Restrictions on the RBI’s authority to reform governance of public sector banks are seen as a weakness in its mandate and could undermine financial stability, says S&P Global Ratings.
Market Infrastructure
Post-Crisis Reforms Need Recalibration for Repo Markets – GFMA, ICMA
By Manesh Samtani | 17/12/2018
A new report calls on the FSB and BCBS to review and recalibrate post-crisis prudential standards in relation to their impacts on repo and securities lending markets.
Capital / Liquidity
HKMA Issues Revised SPM for Local IRRBB Implementation
By Editors | 17/12/2018
Authorised institutions should be ready to measure and report IRRBB exposures using the new standardised framework by 1 July 2019.
Capital / Liquidity
Myanmar’s First Credit Bureau to Become Operational Within a Year
By Editors | 17/12/2018
Using software from Equifax, the new credit bureau will enable lenders to use credit histories to calculate bad debt risk and potentially lower the need for collateral.
Capital / Liquidity
New Zealand Proposes to Nearly Double Bank Capital Requirements
By Editors | 17/12/2018
The proposal would set a Tier 1 capital requirement equal to 16% of risk-weighted assets for the big four banks, and 15% for other banks, up from 8.5% currently.
Capital / Liquidity
KDIC to Enhance Defences Against Defaults by Financial Firms
By Editors | 14/12/2018
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp will upgrade its risk assessment and monitoring system in 2019 to protect against the credit risks of financial firms.
Capital / Liquidity
Basel Committee Consults on Leverage Ratio Disclosure Enhancements
By Editors | 14/12/2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision seeks to revise leverage ratio disclosure requirements to address arbitrage and window-dressing by banks.editors
Capital / Liquidity
Rural Banks in China Found Hiding Bad Loans – Report
By Editors | 14/12/2018
China’s National Audit Office has reportedly found that five financial institutions concealed a combined $189mn in bad loans by misclassifying them as performing.
Capital / Liquidity
Philippines to Introduce Basel III Countercyclical Capital Buffer
By Editors | 13/12/2018
The CCyB will initially be set at 0% but is subject to upward adjustment – up to a maximum of 2.5% – when warranted by systemic conditions.
Capital / Liquidity
FRTB Capital Requirements Set for Further Delays – Report
By Editors | 12/12/2018
European legislators have reportedly agreed to initially introduce only the reporting requirements under FRTB and delay the capital requirements.
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