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Liquidity Risk
RegTech Asia 2020: Liquidity Risk During a Crisis
By Editors | 29/09/2020
How has Covid-19 impacted liquidity risk management at banks, and how they can better prepare for future market volatility and ongoing credit demands?
Capital Adequacy
BNM to Allow Banks to Add-back ECL to CET1 Capital
By Manesh Samtani | 29/09/2020
Banks which elect to apply the transitional arrangements are allowed to add back a portion of Stage 1 and Stage 2 provisions for ECL to CET1 capital.
DeFi & Web3
Ant Group Launches New Digital Trade, Financing Platform
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/09/2020
DBS, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Deutsche Bank and StanChart have partnered with Ant Group to help optimise cross-border processes on the new blockchain powered platform.
Liquidity Risk
SEBI Considers ‘Backstop Facility’ for Debt Mutual Funds
By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 29/09/2020
The backstop facility would have to be able to buy relatively illiquid investment-grade corporate bonds from mutual funds in times of stress.
Payments & Settlements
The New Cold War Is Financial
By Tom Keatinge | 29/09/2020
Banks and financial infrastructure are emerging as an expanding front in geopolitics, writes RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.
Emerging Prudential Risks
IBOR Phase-out Plans on Track Despite Covid: Moody’s
By Manesh Samtani | 29/09/2020
But challenges remain, including limited liquidity in ARR markets, uncertainties on term rates and credit spread adjustments, and operational issues.
Credit Risk
Malaysia Extends Margin Financing Flexibilities to Year-end
By Editors | 29/09/2020
The temporary margin financing relief measures due to expire on 30 September will be extended to 31 December 2020.
Credit Risk
MAS in Talks with Banks on Extending Relief for Borrowers
By Editors | 29/09/2020
MAS may extend relief measures announced in March which allowed principal and interest payments on loans to be postponed until year-end.
Structural Regulation
Taiwan FSC Issues New Rules on Domestic OBU Accounts
By Editors | 28/09/2020
About 90,000 of Taiwan’s 130,000 OBU accounts are owned by overseas firms that are actually Taiwanese companies.
Credit Risk
Australia Prepares to Abolish Responsible Lending Obligations
By Manesh Samtani | 27/09/2020
Lenders will no longer have to assess borrowers’ earnings and expenses to determine whether they can afford to repay their debt without hardship.
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