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Credit Risk
Bangladesh Imposes Limits on Bank Exposures to Non-Listed Securities
By Editors | 30/05/2019
The move comes just after the central bank allowed banks to exclude investments in non-listed securities from their capital market exposure calculations.
Capital Adequacy
Vietnam Banks Allowed to Retain Dividends to Boost Capital
By Editors | 30/05/2019
State-owned banks will be allowed to retain dividends or pay them in shares to help them meet Basel II capital adequacy requirements by January 2020.
Structural Regulation
Philippines Revises Framework Governing Bank Auditors
By Editors | 29/05/2019
The revised framework lays out criteria for banks to select external auditors as well as key guidelines for auditors in their assessment of banks.
Operational Risk
CFFEX to Set Aside 20pc of Fee Income as Risk Reserve
By Editors | 29/05/2019
Effective from 24 May, the CFFEX will set aside 20 percent of its service fee income as risk reserves, to be maintained in a special account and managed under separate accounting.
Anti-Money Laundering
Japan FSA Orders Seibu Shinkin Bank to Improve Loan Screening
By Editors | 27/05/2019
The bank reportedly extended loans to persons connected to ‘antisocial forces’, and potentially executed over 100 fraudulent real estate loans.
Liquidity Risk
RBI Proposes Liquidity Risk Management Norms for NBFCs
By Editors | 27/05/2019
Under the draft rules, NBFCs will have to meet to a 60% LCR requirement from April 2020, increasing each year to the full 100% LCR in April 2024.
Credit Risk
UPDATED – PBOC, CBIRC Take Control of Inner Mongolia Bank
By Editors | 27/05/2019
The PBOC and CBIRC have said they are taking control of Baoshang Bank, a small privately-owned bank whose owner disappeared two years ago.
Operational Risk
BCBS 239 – What Lies Ahead?
By Irene Liu | 27/05/2019
There is clear fatigue in the industry around BCBS 239 compliance, but the exercise has also enabled other capabilities, say PwC’s Irene Liu, David Yakowitz and Catherine Lee.
Resolution & Recovery
FSB Seeks Feedback on Effects of Too-Big-To-Fail Reforms
By Editors | 27/05/2019
The FSB is asking if too-big-to-fail reforms have reduced the systemic and moral hazard risks associated with SIBs, and if they affect the functioning of overall the financial system.
Liquidity Risk
BSP Cuts RRR for Thrift, Rural, Cooperative Banks
By Editors | 25/05/2019
The move follows RRR cuts for large banks, as the BSP looks to mitigate lowering price expectations and inflation.
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