Capital / Liquidity

    Capital / Liquidity

    Basel Committee Publishes Follow-up Reports on Basel III Implementation

    By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2018

    The Committee also published an assessment handbook and self-assessment questionnaire to help member jurisdictions prepare for future RCAP assessments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China Bank Deleveraging Makes Progress: Moody’s

    By Samuel Riding | 12/03/2018

    Report suggests asset growth has slowed, although city, rural and joint-stock banks could struggle to manage asset quality and capitalisation.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China, US Bank Profits Boost CET1 Capital

    By Samuel Riding | 09/03/2018

    BIS report on Basel III implementation includes data from 39 Group 1 banks in Asia Pacific; 1H2017 saw largest ever profits of $262 billion.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Loan Provisions for Chinese Banks Eased

    By Editors | 07/03/2018

    Loan loss provisions to be lowered to between 120 and 150 percent of bad loans total; provisions against total loan book also reduced.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh Banking Sector Faces Bad Loan Crisis

    By Editors | 07/03/2018

    Speakers at banking conference call for an immediate solution to Bangladesh’s 10 percent NPL ratio, the highest in the region.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Mulls Removal of Mortgage Lending Cap

    By Editors | 06/03/2018

    Removing the 10 percent growth cap would enable banks to increase mortgage lending, ease mortgage rates for investors and boost competition in the sector.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Vietnam Banks Receive Fitch Ratings Upgrades

    By Editors | 06/03/2018

    Positive rating action for Military Bank, Vietcombank and Vietinbank reflect improvements in asset quality and declining rates of bad debt.

    Capital / Liquidity

    FSB Publishes Hong Kong Peer Review

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/03/2018

    Completion of reform implementation and greater transparency needed for OTC derivatives market; resolution framework can be improved.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China Grants Banks New Capital Raising Tools

    By Garima Chitkara | 03/03/2018

    China will allow allow banks to raise capital through convertible bonds and variable maturity securities in a bid to help them maintain required cash reserves.

    Capital / Liquidity

    S.Korea Regulators Probe Bank’s Lending Practices

    By Samuel Riding | 28/02/2018

    Regulators want to ensure banks are determining interest rates properly as household debt stubbornly refuses to decline.

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