Operational Risk

Market Risk

RBI Issues Proposals on Forex Hedging, Capital, IRRBB

By Samuel Riding | 03/02/2017

NRIs to be allowed to hedge currency risk; banks can dip into reserves for T1 capital.

Resolution & Recovery

New Zealand Revises Bank Outsourcing Policy

By Samuel Riding | 03/02/2017

Revisions aim to ensure consistent compliance in resolving bank failures.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australian Bank Repays $3.7mn in Overcharged Fees

By Samuel Riding | 02/02/2017

Bankwest failed to ensure clients’ offset bank accounts were properly linked with home loans.

Operational Risk

Pakistan, World Bank Ink Technical Cooperation Agreement

By Samuel Riding | 30/01/2017

Cooperation to focus on risk-based supervision and cybersecurity.

Operational Risk

Queensland Treasury Corporation Picks Wolters Kluwer Finance, Risk and Reporting Platform

By Samuel Riding | 26/01/2017

Australia’s Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC), the Queensland Government’s central financing authority, has gone live on Wolters Kluwer’s integrated OneSumX Finance, […]

Market Risk

Fenergo Enhances Margin Requirements Software

By Samuel Riding | 26/01/2017

Fenergo announced significant enhancements to its module for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared OTC (over-the-counter) derivatives. Fenergo Margin Requirements is […]

Credit Risk

CBRC to Tighten Control as Bank Lending Soars to $1.82tn

By Samuel Riding | 13/01/2017

China faces both rising debt and NPL; regulator to prioritise risk prevention, control in 2017.

Operational Risk

HKMA Issues Operational Incidents Watch

By Samuel Riding | 13/01/2017

Regulator flags errors in OTC derivatives transactions, credit card applications.

Operational Risk

Europe Grants APRA, HKMA and BOJ Equivalency on Confidentiality Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/01/2017

Regulations on professional secrecy, restrictions on use of confidential information deemed equivalent.