Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

NBFI Growth Creates Uncertainty in Monetary Policy Transmission: BIS

By Mark Johnston | 04/12/2025

Rapid growth of investment funds and bond markets requires central banks to adopt gradual yet flexible policy approaches to manage transmission risks.

Securities / Derivatives

Domestic Investors Enhance Market Stability but Reduce Liquidity: HKMA

By Manesh Samtani | 04/12/2025

New paper recommends a combination of policy measures to encourage domestic participation and targeted actions to alleviate the negative side effects on liquidity.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Retains SBI, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank as D-SIBs on 2025 List

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/12/2025

SBI, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank have kept their positions on the 2025 D-SIB list, remaining in the same bucketing structure as the 2024 list.

Capital / Liquidity

China Vanke Plan to Delay Debt Repayment Shakes Markets

By Editors | 03/12/2025

Vanke's plan to delay a CNY 2 billion bond payment with no upfront cash has intensified concerns over the limits of government support.

Market Infrastructure

Korea Advances 'Productive Finance' Initiative, Securing Pledges from FIs

By Manesh Samtani | 03/12/2025

Regulators are driving a pivot from property-based lending to funding for strategic industries like AI and semiconductors.

Securities / Derivatives

New IASB Model to Improve Accounting for Interest Rate Risk Management

By Blake Evans-Pritchard | 03/12/2025

Flexibility provided by the new ‘Risk Mitigation Accounting’ model may help financial institutions better navigate market uncertainty.

Fintech / Regtech

India Launches New Credit Assessment Model for MSMEs

By Nithya Subramanian | 03/12/2025

The new framework introduces a fully digital, data-driven framework to improve the speed and accuracy of loan appraisals.

Capital / Liquidity

Bank of Thailand Proposes New FX Rules to Rein in Strong Baht

By Nithya Subramanian | 03/12/2025

Measures include raising the foreign income repatriation limit and tightening oversight of gold-related transactions to manage currency volatility.

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ESG / Sustainability

India Works to Accelerate Green Finance Flows in Real Estate

By Nithya Subramanian | 02/12/2025

GRESB and CII-IGBC will collaborate on shared standards, benchmarking tools and stronger data transparency to make green-certified real estate projects more bankable.