CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    Capital / Liquidity

    ASX Recalibrates Capital Requirements for Clearing Participants

    By Manesh Samtani | 20/01/2022

    An October 2020 proposal to introduce ‘Adjusted Liquid Capital’ as a single capital measure will be implemented no earlier than February 2023, with some adjustments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    BSP Evaluates Sustainable Finance Incentives for Banks

    By Mark Johnston | 18/01/2022

    The BSP is considering using preferential rediscount rates and providing high value loans to help banks finance green loans and sustainable investments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    MAS Gets New Mechanism to Transfer Excess Reserves to GIC

    By Darien Choong | 17/01/2022

    MAS will transfer about SGD 185 billion in excess reserves to the government in stages. GIC is estimated to become the world’s third-largest sovereign wealth fund as a result.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA Issues Draft Guidance on Liquidity and Funding in Resolution

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/01/2022

    The HKMA expects banks to be able to model liquidity and funding needs in a resolution scenario over various time horizons.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Proposes New Classification Norms for Bank Investments

    By Editors | 14/01/2022

    The RBI proposes to divide banks’ investment portfolios into three categories – held-to-maturity, available for sale, and fair value through profit and loss account.

    Capital / Liquidity

    FSC Korea Issues New Rules for Mutual Finance Companies

    By Editors | 13/01/2022

    The rules will limit lending to the real estate and construction sectors and require mutual finance companies to maintain a minimum liquidity ratio based on firm size.

    Big Picture

    FRTB Will Turn Banks Away from Fund Investment Activity

    By Manesh Samtani | 13/01/2022

    The FRTB treatment of equity investments in funds is “excessively conservative” and could prompt banks to reduce their activity in the sector, ultimately weakening the market.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Updates Liquidity Standards to Align with Basel Norms

    By Editors | 11/01/2022

    The RBI has raised the deposit threshold under which small business customers can be managed as retail deposits for the purposes of LCR and NSFR.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Japan Extends Leverage Ratio Relaxation to Support Bank Lending

    By Editors | 09/01/2022

    Central bank deposits will be excluded from total exposure when calculating the leverage ratio until the end of March 2024.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Publishes List of Indian D-SIBs for 2022  

    By Editors | 05/01/2022

    SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as D-SIBs, under the same bucketing structure as in the 2020 list.

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