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Credit Risk
Taiwan Raises Cap on Special Loans to Small Businesses
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/06/2021
The Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Guarantee Fund of Taiwan will underwrite 100 percent of the lending programme.
Resolution & Recovery
Hong Kong: ‘Stay Rules’ to Come into Operation on 27 August
By Manesh Samtani | 27/06/2021
Banks have to adopt provisions in financial contracts binding counterparties to temporary stays on termination rights that may be imposed by the HKMA during a bank resolution.
Capital Adequacy
RBI Issues New Dividend Distribution Guidelines for NBFCs
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 27/06/2021
The dividend ratio will be capped at 50 to 60 percent of a deposit-taking NBFC’s profits, depending upon the nature of the business.
Liquidity Risk
CBSL Lifts Ban on Banks Buying Sri Lankan Sovereign Bonds
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/06/2021
Banks can purchase Sri Lankan sovereign bonds in the secondary market only using freshly raised borrowings from overseas.
Credit Risk
Australian Regulators Flag Concerns Over Household Debt Risks
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/06/2021
APRA has written to large banks seeking assurances that lending standards are being maintained to prevent a buildup of risk in housing loan portfolios.
Credit Risk
MAS Announces ‘Final’ Extension of Credit Relief Measures
By Editors | 24/06/2021
MAS says this is likely the final extension and that loan repayments must start normalising to minimise debt accumulation.
Trading & Investment
Citadel Securities Offers Best Practices to Address Exchange Outages
By Manesh Samtani | 24/06/2021
Common issues that have compounded the impact of recent outages continue to be largely overlooked by some exchanges.
Resolution & Recovery
CBSL to Require Banks to Maintain Recovery Plans from 2022
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/06/2021
Starting in 2022, Sri Lankan banks with assets above LKR 1 trillion must formulate and submit their recovery plans to the CBSL annually.
Liquidity Risk
NZ FMA Unimpressed With Liquidity Practices at Funds
By Manesh Samtani | 24/06/2021
The FMA says liquidity stress tests are not being performed frequently enough and fund managers do not have sufficient liquidity management tools.
Credit Risk
Korea to Introduce 40-Year Mortgages from 1 July
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/06/2021
Young adults and newly married couples will be eligible to apply for 40-year home mortgage loans under a government-sponsored programme.
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