Prudential Risk

Liquidity Risk

More HK Banks Join Effort to Resolve SME Cash Flow Issues

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/02/2025

The HKAB says 12 more banks have joined a pilot programme aimed at helping SMEs resolve liquidity and cash flow pressures.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australia: Senate Inquiry Issues Recommendations on Super Industry Governance

By Thisanka Siripala | 19/02/2025

Senate Economics Committee report recommends several measures including empowering APRA to remove trustees with material conflicts of interest.

Resolution & Recovery

Vietnam: Troubled Lender Relaunches as Digital Bank Following Forced Merger

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/02/2025

DongA Bank, now known as Vikki Bank, will remain an independent legal entity but be managed and supported by HDBank to restore its financial position.

Operational Risk

RBI Lifts Business Restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/02/2025

The RBI said it is satisfied with the remedial measures Kotak Mahindra Bank has taken to address IT risk management deficiencies.

Credit Risk

SFC Reviewing Margin Financing Practices of Securities Firms

By Manesh Samtani | 18/02/2025

The SFC is conducting a thematic review of eight securities firms that provided unusually high levels of margin financing for new IPO subscriptions.

Structural Regulation

China MOF Transfers Stakes in Bad Debt Managers to CIC

By Editors | 17/02/2025

The move is part of efforts to better separate the government’s roles as regulator and shareholder of state-owned financial institutions.

Cybersecurity

Hong Kong’s First Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Law is Becoming Reality

By Albert Yuen | 17/02/2025

Albert Yuen and Eunice Lee at Linklaters discuss the proposed new Cyber CI Bill and its implications for critical infrastructure operators.

Market Risk

Japan FSA Warns Regional Banks Against Repackaged JGBs – Report

By Thisanka Siripala | 14/02/2025

The FSA expressed concerns with regional banks investing in financial instruments which bundle JGBs with derivatives.

Credit Risk

APRA Clarifies Lending Guidance to Boost Property Construction

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/02/2025

APRA clarified that its 2017 guidance should not be taken to mean that banks should only finance property construction after it is 100% pre‑sold.