Prudential Risk

    Supervision & Enforcement

    PBOC Amends Bank Inspection Rules and Penalty Procedures

    By Editors | 22/04/2022

    The PBOC will make “full use” of the Internet, big data and other technical means in off-site inspections and strengthen the collection and sharing of regulatory information.

    Trading & Investment

    Sri Lanka Must Provide ‘Adequate Assurances’ for IMF Assistance

    By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 22/04/2022

    The UNDP says Sri Lanka should introduce a temporary basic income and negotiate “debt-for-nature” swaps. The stock market has been closed all week.

    Market Risk

    BOJ Conducts Further Consecutive Unlimited Bond Buying

    By Editors | 21/04/2022

    Yields have stayed close to the upper limit of the BOJ’s tolerated trading band despite recent moves to boost its purchases of government bonds.

    Climate Risk

    IMF Creates New Loan-Based Resilience and Sustainability Trust

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/04/2022

    The IMF’s new loan-based trust seeks to help lower middle-income countries deal with external shocks like climate change and pandemics.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    FSB Warns of Emerging Vulnerabilities, Financial Stability Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/04/2022

    Global financial stability cannot be taken for granted going forward, FSB Chair Klaas Knot said in a letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

    Credit Risk

    Thailand Asks State Banks to Help Debtors with NPLs

    By Editors | 21/04/2022

    Five state banks are asked to grant defer repayments and grant new loans to debtors who are already past due on old debt.

    Structural Regulation

    China Legislature Passes Futures and Derivatives Law

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/04/2022

    The final version of the law further improves derivatives trading supervision and specifies rules for foreign institutions operating in China.

    Credit Risk

    PBOC, SAFE Step Up Support for Covid-Hit Economy

    By Editors | 19/04/2022

    Banks are asked to increase lending, delay loan repayments, defer overdue loan reclassification, and support infrastructure projects and property developers.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    Growth of Fintechs, Neobanks Poses Systemic Risk: IMF

    By Mark Johnston | 19/04/2022

    Digital banks should have to meet stronger capital, liquidity, and risk-management requirements, commensurate with their risks.

    Credit Risk

    Bangladesh Bank Issues Provisioning Policy for ‘Other Assets’

    By Editors | 19/04/2022

    Banks will have to hold ‘bad debt’ level provisions against funds allocated for certain business expenditures if they sit on the balance sheet as ‘other assets’ for over a year.

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