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Clearing & Post-Trade
SEBI Grants QCCP Status to MCX Clearing Corporation
By Editors | 01/08/2019
SEBI has granted qualifying central counterparty status to Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corporation.
Liquidity Risk
RBI Eases Rules on Overseas Borrowing for NBFCs
By Editors | 01/08/2019
NBFCs can use overseas borrowings to fund working capital, repay rupee loans, and on-lend to domestic customers. Banks can also sell distressed loans to eligible overseas lenders.
Credit Risk
China to Support Banks that Swap Corporate Debt for Equity
By Editors | 01/08/2019
The new measures encourage banks to set up subsidiaries to invest in debt-for-equity swaps, helping them to offload distressed debt and ease rising NPL pressures.
Liquidity Risk
Malaysia to Implement NSFR from July 2020
By Editors | 01/08/2019
From 1 July 2020, banks will be required to maintain a minimum NSFR of 100% at all times and to submit NSFR reports to BNM on a quarterly basis.
Resolution & Recovery
US Regulators Approve 82 Foreign Banks’ Resolution Plans
By Editors | 31/07/2019
The Fed and FDIC have accepted the resolution plans of 82 foreign banks, and granted an extra year extension before the next resolution plans need to be submitted.
Operational Risk
Taiwan Issues First Three Digital Bank Licences
By Editors | 31/07/2019
The three digital only bank licences went to conglomerates led by Japan’s LINE Group; Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom; and Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc.
Structural Regulation
ISDA Unveils Preliminary Results of 2nd IBOR Fallbacks Consultation
By Manesh Samtani | 31/07/2019
For USD LIBOR, HIBOR and CDOR fallbacks, respondents prefer ‘compounded setting in arrears’ for the adjusted RFR and the ‘historical mean/median approach’ for spread adjustments.
Capital Adequacy
ANZ Adjusts Risk Weights on New Zealand Loan Portfolios
By Editors | 30/07/2019
The changes follow the RBNZ’s revocation of ANZ’s right to model its operational risk capital requirements in May.
Resolution & Recovery
ICBC, Cinda, Great Wall to Restructure Troubled Bank of Jinzhou
By Editors | 29/07/2019
An ICBC unit will invest up to 3 billion yuan for a more than 10% stake in Bank of Jinzhou, whose auditor quit in May citing loan inconsistencies.
Market Risk
BSP Approves New Risk Management Guidelines for Banks
By Editors | 29/07/2019
The guidelines seek to ensure that risks from banks’ investment activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored and controlled.
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