Prudential Risk

    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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