CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

Capital / Liquidity

Australian Banks Announce Small Business, Home Loan Relief

By Editors | 20/03/2020

Australia’s big four banks have each announced reductions in their lending rates, as well as the availability of deferrals of small business and home loan repayments.

Capital / Liquidity

BNM Cuts Statutory Reserve Requirement for Banks

By Editors | 20/03/2020

BNM has lowered the SRR ratio to the lowest level since April 2011, and is allowing principal dealers to recognise MGS and MGII up to 1 billion ringgit as part of SRR compliance.

Capital / Liquidity

Cambodia Delays Implementation of Capital Conservation Buffer

By Editors | 19/03/2020

The National Bank of Cambodia is also reducing interest rates on repo transactions with banks and encouraging more lending to the public.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Stocks Resume Trading, Central Bank Relaxes Regulations

By Editors | 19/03/2020

The BSP has cut interest rates and relaxed regulations on compliance reporting by banks, calculation of penalties on required reserves, and single borrower limits.

Securities / Derivatives

SBV Directs Banks to Support Borrowers, Cuts Interest Rates

By Editors | 19/03/2020

The central bank  has directed banks to restructure repayment periods, cut interest rates, waive fees and maintain debt classifications to support borrowers.

Capital / Liquidity

RBA, APRA Free Up Liquidity, Capital Buffers for Banks

By Editors | 19/03/2020

New measures include an interest rate cut, a bond-buying programme, a term lending facility for banks, and relaxed expectations on bank capital ratios.

Capital / Liquidity

Sri Lanka Closes Stock Market, Cuts Policy Rates

By Editors | 17/03/2020

The central bank has also asked financial institutions to refrain from engaging in speculative activity, which it says “could lead to panic in the financial market.”

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Markets Shut, Central Bank Promises Regulatory Relief

By Editors | 17/03/2020

The Philippines has halted stock, bond and currency trading ‘until further notice’. The BSP is urging banks to provide financial relief to customers and employees.

Capital / Liquidity

DTCC Offers Guidance on FRTB’s Risk Factor Eligibility Test

By Editors | 17/03/2020

Access to robust, high-quality price observation data is key to compliance with FRTB requirements to test the eligibility of the risk factors used in internal models.