Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Creates New Refinance Scheme for Small Business

By Editors | 23/07/2022

At least 75 percent of the BDT 250 million scheme will be disbursed among cottage, micro and small entrepreneurs, and 25 percent to medium sized enterprises.

Capital / Liquidity

BNM Sets Deadline for Foreign Insurers to Reduce Stakes in Local Firms

By Editors | 21/07/2022

Most foreign insurers in Malaysia have not complied with a 70 percent limit set in 2009 on their ownership in local firms.

Capital / Liquidity

China to Recapitalise Small Banks Through Local Government Debt

By Editors | 21/07/2022

Regulators are working to accelerate the issuance of special local government bonds to help boost the capital of small and medium-sized banks.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Finalises New Standards on Super Fund Investment Governance

By Editors | 21/07/2022

The new standard will commence on 1 January 2023. APRA will consult on additional guidance later this year, also covering ESG risks.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Removes Remaining Capital Overlay Applied on Allianz

By Editors | 20/07/2022

APRA says it is satisfied that Allianz has fulfilled its commitments set out in a court enforceable undertaking undertaken in March 2021.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Launches New Standing Repo Facility

By Editors | 19/07/2022

The facility will allow eligible counterparties to lend NZD overnight and receive New Zealand government bonds as collateral.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea, US Agree to Cooperate to Stabilise Currency Markets

By Editors | 19/07/2022

Korean and US officials have not explicitly agreed to reopen a currency swap line which expired at the end of last year.

ESG / Sustainability

IMF Outlines Approaches to Climate Risk Analysis in FSAPs

By Manesh Samtani | 18/07/2022

Climate risk analysis in FSAPs typically entails the development of scenario-based stress tests for assessing bank solvency and liquidity, using bank level data.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Treatment of Banks’ Crypto Exposures Still Constraining: ISDA

By Manesh Samtani | 18/07/2022

ISDA chief executive Scott O’Malia says the new group 2 exposure limit presents a “significant constraint” on the extent to which banks can participate.