Capital Regulation
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Malaysia Extends NSFR Implementation Deadline to 2019
Editors, Regulation Asia October 2, 2017Central bank cites uncertainty and divergence from original 1 January 2018 deadline elsewhere, suggests NSFR of Malaysian banks already at 100%.
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Hong Kong Belatedly Joins Singapore in Pushing Back IRRBB
Editors, Regulation Asia September 28, 2017Implementation delayed by a year as firms say they might not have met original deadline due to having to make substantial changes to reporting systems.
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State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets
Editors, Regulation Asia September 28, 2017Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.
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Vietnam Raises Credit Growth Limits for Commercial Banks
Editors, Regulation Asia September 28, 2017Vietnam’s central bank has extended credit growth limits for several commercial banks in a bid to support the country's economic growth and amid massive demand.
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Philippine Central Bank Seeks to Capture Property Loan, Project Financing Risks
Editors, Regulation Asia September 25, 2017Lenders face tighter loan, financing reporting requirements as central bank says it will target ‘areas which require supervisory action’.
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India Interprets P2P Lenders as Non-bank Finance Companies
Editors, Regulation Asia September 21, 2017Official central bank report issued last year had suggested P2P lending platforms meet $311,000 minimum capital and leverage ratio requirements.
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Korea Efforts to Tackle Household Debt Have Little Impact as Boom Continues
Editors, Regulation Asia September 21, 2017Regulator calls on banks to strictly screen mortgage applications as household debt increases by $15.9bn over July and August.
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APRA Delays Economic and Financial Statistics Reform
Douglas Cheung, Wolters Kluwer September 13, 2017Banks should still devote time to correctly budget, resource and plan technology projects for EFS based on the new timelines.
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China Joins US in Leading Bank Profitability as Capital Shortfalls All but Disappear
Samuel Riding, Regulation Asia September 13, 2017BIS report on Basel III finds US and China make up more than half the profits of the world’s Group 1 banks; TLAC shortfall of 12 G-SIBs tumbles to $360mn.
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752Don’t Expect New EU Equivalency Decisions for Asia
Samuel Riding, Regulation Asia September 7, 2017Ben Pott, head of government affairs at NEX Group, suggests Brexit and the time taken to resolve US-EU CCP issue, make equivalency rulings unlikely.
