Capital Regulation
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140RBI Agrees to Ease Bank Capital, Lending Norms Following Board Meeting
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia November 20, 2018The 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.
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167China Deleveraging Campaign to Slow Amid Trade Tensions – Moody’s
Editors, Regulation Asia November 19, 2018While 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.
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268Royal Bank of Scotland Removed From G-SIB List
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia November 19, 2018The Financial Stability Board has added France's Groupe BPCE to its 2018 list of global-systemically important banks and removed RBS and Nordea.
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206Hong Kong Set to Finalise TLAC Rules
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia November 19, 2018New rules governing bank TLAC holdings, concentration risk in sovereign exposures have been gazetted and will be presented before LegCo on 21 November.
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India’s Government, RBI Close to Solution on Bank Lending Dispute
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia November 15, 2018The 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.
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162RBNZ Consults on New Mortgage Bond Standard
Editors, Regulation Asia November 14, 2018The 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.
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249APRA Proposes Higher Capital Requirements for Big Four Banks
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia November 9, 2018The 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.
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PBOC Seeks Acceleration of TLAC Implementation at China’s G-SIBs
Editors, Regulation Asia November 8, 2018The 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.
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256US-China Trade Dispute Poses Risk for Singapore Banks – Moody’s
Manesh Samtani, Regulation Asia November 8, 2018Singapore banks face greater asset risk in 2019, with both Moody's and Fitch expecting loan growth to moderate amid worsening global conditions.
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204Japan’s Suruga Bank to Receive $2.2bn Credit Line from BOJ
Mark Pufpaff, Regulation Asia November 5, 2018The credit line is aimed at preventing a liquidity crunch after a scandal involving falsified proof of income and assets to approve loans resulted in mass withdrawals by depositors.
