Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh to Force At Least 10 Weak Banks into Mergers

By Ajoy K Das | 12/03/2024

Banks are asked to choose which banks they would prefer to merge with and make preparations accordingly.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Issues Further Consultation on Deposit Protection Scheme

By Editors | 12/03/2024

The new Depositor Compensation Scheme will become operational in mid-2025, more than one year later than the initial plans.

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese Regulators Ask Banks to Support Troubled China Vanke

By Manesh Samtani | 12/03/2024

Vanke has been one of the few remaining Chinese property developers rated investment-grade by international rating agencies, until now.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Reported to be Scrutinising Bond Buying by Rural Banks

By Editors | 11/03/2024

The PBOC says its survey of rural banks is routine, but reports say there are concerns over speculative buying and potential overconcentration risks.

Capital / Liquidity

Thai SEC Proposes Higher Capital Requirements for Crypto Firms

By Editors | 10/03/2024

Crypto exchanges would have to meet a minimum capital requirement of THB 100 million if they hold customer assets, up from THB 50 million currently.

Capital / Liquidity

AMFI Directs AMCs to Disclose Monthly Stress Test Results

By Ajoy K Das | 10/03/2024

The disclosures are intended to enhance transparency and provide investors with more insight into the risk profiles of small and mid-cap mutual fund schemes.

Capital / Liquidity

FSS Korea Outlines Supervision and Inspection Workplan for 2024

By Editors | 09/03/2024

Supervision and inspections will assess the ability of financial firms to prevent real estate-related risks from spreading to the financial system, among other areas.

Securities / Derivatives

EMEs Can Improve Shock Resilience With Better Hedging Markets

By Manesh Samtani | 09/03/2024

The BIS finds that emerging markets with a more diverse investor base and better-developed hedging markets tend to have more resilient government bond markets.

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese D-SIBS May Not Need as Much TLAC After All

By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2024

In a new report, S&P Global Ratings says the revised capital management rules for banks issued in November could reduce previously estimated TLAC shortfalls.