CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Multiple Reviews in 2021 & 2022 Identified Deficiencies at SVB

    By Editors | 20/03/2023

    Deficiencies were identified in 2021 but left unaddressed. Last year, Fed officials warned SVB executives about liquidity and the models used to calculate capital.

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    Enforcement

    Biden Seeks to Hold Executives Accountable for Bank Failures

    By Editors | 20/03/2023

    Joe Biden is asking Congress to make it easier for regulators to fine and ban executives of failed banks and claw back compensation.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    IMF Approves $3b Funding Arrangement for Sri Lanka

    By Editors | 20/03/2023

    The Executive Board’s decision enables an immediate disbursement worth $333mn million. Sri Lanka agreed to fiscal, monetary, governance and anti-corruption reforms.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Proposes BELR, BCR Changes to Implement Basel III

    By Editors | 20/03/2023

    Proposed changes to the banking exposure limits rules and the banking capital rules are open for comment until 21 April.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Central Banks Coordinate Action to Ensure Global USD Liquidity

    By Editors | 20/03/2023

    From Monday until at least the end of April, the Fed and other central banks will make US dollars available on a daily basis, rather than weekly.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    SVB Financial Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

    By Editors | 20/03/2023

    The bankruptcy filing means SVB Financial can apply to the courts to resume activities while it looks for buyers for its assets.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Swiss Regulators Orchestrate UBS Takeover of Credit Suisse

    By Manesh Samtani | 20/03/2023

    The deal gives Credit Suisse shareholders shares in UBS worth just 40 percent of what their CS shares were worth on Friday.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    China Responds to US Banking Crisis With RRR Cut

    By Editors | 19/03/2023

    State media said the RRR cut reflects the Chinese government’s “responsibility to the world” after it resisted following the US in raising interest rates.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    South Korea to Enhance Banks’ Ability to Absorb Losses

    By Editors | 17/03/2023

    Regulators intend to introduce a new capital buffer system which will be based on banks’ risk management and stress test results.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Credit Suisse to Borrow Over $50b from Central Bank Facilities

    By Editors | 17/03/2023

    The bank will also repurchase some of its senior debt securities as part of efforts to manage its liability composition and optimise interest expense.

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