Prudential Risk

    Liquidity Risk

    Vietnam Further Restricts Use of Short Term Deposits for Loans

    By Editors | 28/11/2019

    Currently, 60% of medium- and long-term loans can be financed with short term deposits. This ratio reduces to 40% in January.

    Capital Adequacy

    RBNZ to Adopt More Intensive Supervisory Approach to Banking

    By Editors | 28/11/2019

    The RBNZ’s financial stability report says it will bolster bank resilience with higher capital requirements and a “more intensive supervisory approach“.

    Capital Adequacy

    BCBS Issues Guidance on Sectoral Countercyclical Capital Buffer

    By Editors | 28/11/2019

    The SCCyB is a targeted tool that national authorities can use to temporarily impose additional capital requirements that directly address the build-up of risks in a specific sector.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    China Publishes Draft Framework for D-SIB Assessments

    By Editors | 28/11/2019

    Moody’s says the regulation may widen credit divergences between large and small banks, as the latter are less likely to receive less government support.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    UK Regulator Penalises Citigroup for Reporting Failures

    By Editors | 28/11/2019

    Citi’s UK failings led to “significant errors” in the firms’ returns, preventing the Prudential Regulation Authority from obtaining an accurate picture of its capital or liquidity position.

    Credit Risk

    Quota Depletion Forces Mortgage Lending Halts in Shenzhen

    By Editors | 27/11/2019

    China Construction Bank, Bank of China and Ping An Bank have reportedly halted mortgage lending in Shenzhen, having depleted their 2019 quotas.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    China Economy Still Resilient, Despite Risk Factors: PBOC

    By Editors | 27/11/2019

    Financial risks have gradually shifted from rapid accumulation to high-level mitigation in the past few years, the PBOC says in its annual financial stability report.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    Banking Supervisors Support Proportionality in Basel Implementation

    By Editors | 27/11/2019

    A proportionate regulatory framework should not reduce the resilience of banks or dilute the prudential regulatory framework.

    Credit Risk

    Vietnam Banks to Include ESG Factors in Credit Risk Analysis

    By Editors | 26/11/2019

    The State Bank of Vietnam has directed all Vietnamese banks to include ESG risk assessments in credit risk analysis and establish dedicated ESG analysis units by 2025.

    Operational Risk

    APRA Proposes Best Interests Duty for Insurance in Superannuation

    By Editors | 26/11/2019

    Superannuation funds which use related parties to deliver insurance will need to certify that the arrangements are in the best interests of members.

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