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Capital Adequacy
US Fed Finalises Easier Capital, Liquidity Rules for Banks
By Editors | 14/10/2019
Banks that present less risk, including foreign banks, will have reduced requirements. An idea to subject US branches of foreign banks to new liquidity requirements has also been dropped.
Data Privacy
FSB, IMF Report Progress on G20 Data Gaps Initiative
By Editors | 14/10/2019
The report notes that China is one of the countries that has outstanding issues with removing barriers to full trade reporting and access to trade repository data.
Trading & Investment
Redemptions Halted at Korean Hedge Fund Amid Probe
By Editors | 11/10/2019
An FSS probe into alleged unfair trading has triggered investor redemptions which Lime Asset Management has not been able to meet.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Thailand Banking Sector Resilient to Severe Shocks: IMF
By Editors | 10/10/2019
Stress tests results and sensitivity analysis indicate that Thailand’s largest banks can withstand a shock broadly “as severe as the Asian financial crisis”.
Credit Risk
SEBI Prescribes New Limits for Debt Fund Exposures
By Editors | 10/10/2019
The regulatory has prescribed new limits for debt mutual funds’ investment in unlisted, unrated and credit enhanced securities, and tightened sector and group level exposure limits.
Structural Regulation
Volcker Rule Rewrite Gets Final Approval After Fed Sign-off
By Editors | 10/10/2019
The revisions continue to prohibit proprietary trading, while providing greater clarity and certainty for activities allowed under the law.
Capital Adequacy
ISDA Chief Calls for Specific Changes to CVA Framework
By Editors | 09/10/2019
The current CVA rules due for implementation in January 2022 could lead to an inappropriately sharp increase in capital requirements for derivatives businesses.
Market Risk
Initial Margin Challenges Confronting Asian Markets
By Purtini Joshi | 08/10/2019
DTCC’s Purtini Joshi outlines three key challenges firms need to address to ensure compliance with Phase 5 and Phase 6 implementation of initial margin regulations.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ABA Backs Proposal for Bank-Funded Financial Counselling
By Editors | 07/10/2019
A review of Australia’s financial counselling sector has recommended that the big four banks fund half of the initial contributions immediately needed to expand delivery of such services.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Philippines Amends Framework for Identifying D-SIBs
By Editors | 04/10/2019
The BSP will give more importance to a bank’s size and interconnectedness when deciding which lenders should be classified as D-SIBs.
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