Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan Considers New Measures to Control Property Speculation

By Editors | 22/08/2024

Banks are asked to develop “specific quantitative improvement plans” for managing the concentration of loans in the real estate sector.

Capital / Liquidity

China Considers Using Government Bond Issuance to Buy Homes

By Manesh Samtani | 22/08/2024

China is exploring a new approach to tackle its property crisis by allowing local governments to issue bonds to purchase unsold homes.

Capital / Liquidity

NZ Government Releases Final Report on Banking Competition

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 22/08/2024

The government said it will act on all 14 recommendations in the report, including measures to speed up open banking implementation.

Capital / Liquidity

RBNZ Consults Additional Standards for New DTA Regime

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/08/2024

RBNZ is consulting on standards covering areas such as governance, lending, risk management and operational resilience.

Capital / Liquidity

IIGCC: Climate Physical Risk Tool Is Game Changer

By ESG Investor | 20/08/2024

A new methodology allows investors to evaluate and report on the physical risk climate change poses to their real assets.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Consults on Revisions to Based III SPM Module

By Editors | 20/08/2024

The revisions take into account changes to the capital standards that were gazetted in December 2023 as part of the implementation of the Basel III final package.

AML / KYC

China, US Exchange Letters of Cooperation on Financial Stability

By Editors | 20/08/2024

PBOC and US Treasury officials agreed to strengthen information sharing and coordinate in times of financial stress and operational resilience issues.

Capital / Liquidity

BOK Seeks to Promote Growth in Resident Foreign Currency Deposits

By Editors | 19/08/2024

Foreign currency deposits in Korea only accounted for 5.4% of total deposits at the end of last year, compared to around 20.1 in OECD countries.

ESG / Sustainability

BSP Calls on Lenders to Do More to Support Climate Action

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/08/2024

The BSP said green finance “has yet to fully take off” and that lenders need to do more to support climate action efforts of enterprises and households.