Operational Risk

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

APRA Calls for Continued Improvements in Bank Risk Culture

By Editors | 12/11/2022

APRA shares the results of a survey that sought views from employees at 18 ADIs on their risk management practices.

Resolution & Recovery

APRA Set to Undergo First Review by New Monitoring Body

By Editors | 07/11/2022

The FRAA will focus its first review of APRA on its supervision and resolution functions in relation to superannuation.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australia: Customer Owned Banks Gets New Code of Practice

By Editors | 06/11/2022

The new code establishes obligations for more inclusive banking products, expanded lending obligations and guarantor protections, and greater support for vulnerable customers.

Operational Risk

APRA Imposes Licence Conditions on Insignia Group Trustees

By Editors | 04/11/2022

The additional licence conditions require four Insignia trustees to improve their governance and risk management practices, processes and frameworks.

ESG Data

Panel 2: Regulation & Standardisation: A Global Push towards Transparent ESG Data and Ratings

By Editors | 31/10/2022

To increase oversight and accountability, regulatory bodies such as IOSCO and the FCA have proposed the standardisation of ESG data and ratings. With good governance, rules and regulations to decrease operational risk, this panel explores how new standards can impact banks and FIs in their ESG data analysis and reporting.

Cloud & Infrastructure

RBI Consults on New Master Directions on IT Governance

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/10/2022

Regulated entities will have to obtain source code from vendors for critical applications or ensure a software escrow agreement is in place.

Credit Risk

HKMA Further Extends Loan Payment Holiday Scheme

By Editors | 20/10/2022

Businesses still face significant operational challenges due to a complex and uncertain external environment and economic outlook, the HKMA said.

Credit Risk

RBI Tightens Rules for Unhedged Foreign Currency Exposures

By Editors | 20/10/2022

The RBI tightened rules that require banks to factor borrowers’ unhedged foreign currency exposures into their credit-granting and loss-provisioning decisions.

Resolution & Recovery

CBIRC Finalises Rules Allowing Foreign-Funded Finance Companies

By Darien Choong | 19/10/2022

Foreign-funded multinational groups can directly establish domestic finance companies to provide financial services to their member units in China.