Big Picture
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49APAC Firms Failing at Cyber Breach Detection – Report
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia April 22, 2018Asia Pacific firms take over 16 months to detect breaches, compared to over three months globally; over 35 months if breaches detected...
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29Indonesian Banks Receive Moody’s Upgrades
Editors, Regulation Asia April 18, 2018Last week’s sovereign rating upgrade reflects the Indonesian government’s capacity to provide support in times of stress, particularly for systemically important institutions.
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58IMF Chief Offers Regulatory Leadership on Crypto Assets
JP Reimann, Regulation Asia April 17, 2018IMF can play key role to develop global regulatory approach; Lagarde calls for systemic risk assessment, expresses hope for crypto to improve...
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35Financial System Resilient but Concerns Remain – RBA
JP Reimann, Regulation Asia April 17, 2018Australia’s Financial Stability Review says risks easing, financial system resilient; but dangers remain on household debt, weak risk control and poor culture...
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Philippine Bank Profits Insufficient to Support Asset Growth – Moody’s
Editors, Regulation Asia April 9, 2018Moody's says loan growth outpaces capital growth at Philippine banks as strong macroeconomic conditions increase credit demand; banks require external capital raising...
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Moody’s Upgrades Vietnamese Banks on Improved Asset Quality
Editors, Regulation Asia April 9, 2018Asia Commercial Bank shows improvement since imprisonment of former vice chairman for fraud, tax evasion and illegal trade.
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89ASEAN ‘Close’ to Financial Services Free Trade Agreement
Samuel Riding, Regulation Asia April 9, 2018Statement says deal on trade in services close to agreement, ASEAN members to also update wider agreement on cross-border services this year.
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259Systemically Damaging Cyber-attack Inevitable – DTCC
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia March 21, 2018White paper calls for industry collaboration to develop common response and recovery standards and contingencies to mitigate impending attack.
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China Bank Deleveraging Makes Progress: Moody’s
Samuel Riding, Regulation Asia March 12, 2018Report suggests asset growth has slowed, although city, rural and joint-stock banks could struggle to manage asset quality and capitalisation.
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154FSB Report Reveals Scale of Shadow Banking Risks
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia March 8, 2018Global shadow banking activities rose 7.6 percent to $45.2tn in 2016, representing 13 percent of total financial system assets; China contributed $7tn...
