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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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