Capital Regulation

Financial risks have gradually shifted from rapid accumulation to high-level mitigation in the past few years, the PBOC says in its annual financial stability report.

A proportionate regulatory framework should not reduce the resilience of banks or dilute the prudential regulatory framework.

Only some banks have been able to fully address the HKFRS 9 financial disclosure requirements, according to a new study from Mazars Hong Kong.

The CBIRC has issued draft rules cancelling the $1bn total asset threshold foreign FIs are currently required to meet to hold shares in domestic trust companies, among other revisions.

"The exclusion of these types of borrowings from the reserve base of banks and quasi-banks will result in freed-up liquidity for lending or investment activities,” the BSP said.

Bank of New Zealand is the third of the big four banks in New Zealand to be forced to hold more capital as a result of capital calculation errors.

The addition of Toronto Dominion to the list brings the overall number of G-SIBs from 29 to 30. Deutsche Bank was moved to a lower bucket within the list.

APRA intends to adopt BCBS revisions to the leverage ratio standard and disclosure requirements, and allow IRB ADIs to adopt modified SA-CCR early for public disclosure.

India’s finance ministry plans to increase the deposit guarantee limit to protect consumers against bank failures.

The framework will serve as an interim mechanism to deal with any urgent situation at systemically important NBFCs, pending the introduction of a full resolution framework.