Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Publishes Report on Implementing Positive Neutral CCyB

By Manesh Samtani | 29/11/2024

The report describes different jurisdictional frameworks for implementing a positive neutral CCyB and approaches to calibration and operation.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Finalises Technical Amendments to Basel Framework

By Editors | 29/11/2024

The amendments concern the standardised approach to credit risk and the capital charge for Group 2a cryptoassets. An amendment to the CCR framework is also proposed.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Issues New Rules on Loan Classification, Provisioning

By Mark Johnston | 29/11/2024

The new guidelines introduce an ECL methodology-based provisioning system in line with IFRS 9, to be fully implemented by 2027.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS: Singapore Banks Show Resilience to Global Risks

By Nithya Subramanian | 28/11/2024

Singapore banks still met the minimum capital and liquidity requirements in the Adverse scenario of the industry-wide stress test.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Establishes New “Specialist Geopolitical Risk Team”

By Thisanka Siripala | 28/11/2024

The “specialist geopolitical risk team” is collaborating with other regulators to examine how global shocks may reach Australia and impact the financial system.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Revises Notice 637 on Risk-based Capital Adequacy

By Editors | 28/11/2024

MAS updated Notice 637, which sets out risk-based capital adequacy requirements for locally-incorporated banks.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Publishes 2024 List of Global Systemically Important Banks

By Manesh Samtani | 27/11/2024

Groupe Crédit Agricole has been moved to a higher bucket and Bank of America has been moved to a lower bucket. There are no other changes.

Enforcement

UK FCA Fines Barclays £40m Over 2008 Disclosure Failures

By Mark Johnston | 26/11/2024

The FCA said Barclays failed to disclose payments to Qatari entities that helped rescue the bank during the 2008 financial crisis.

Capital / Liquidity

ECB Compares EU and US Capital Requirements for Banks

By Mark Johnston | 23/11/2024

The ECB hasn’t yet decided whether to publish its analysis, which reportedly shows that EU banks would face significantly higher capital requirements if they were subject to US rules.