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Credit Risk
Myanmar’s First Credit Bureau to Become Operational Within a Year
By Editors | 17/12/2018
Using software from Equifax, the new credit bureau will enable lenders to use credit histories to calculate bad debt risk and potentially lower the need for collateral.
Capital Adequacy
New Zealand Proposes to Nearly Double Bank Capital Requirements
By Editors | 17/12/2018
The proposal would set a Tier 1 capital requirement equal to 16% of risk-weighted assets for the big four banks, and 15% for other banks, up from 8.5% currently.
Credit Risk
KDIC to Enhance Defences Against Defaults by Financial Firms
By Editors | 14/12/2018
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp will upgrade its risk assessment and monitoring system in 2019 to protect against the credit risks of financial firms.
Capital Adequacy
Basel Committee Consults on Leverage Ratio Disclosure Enhancements
By Editors | 14/12/2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision seeks to revise leverage ratio disclosure requirements to address arbitrage and window-dressing by banks.editors
Credit Risk
Rural Banks in China Found Hiding Bad Loans – Report
By Editors | 14/12/2018
China’s National Audit Office has reportedly found that five financial institutions concealed a combined $189mn in bad loans by misclassifying them as performing.
Credit Risk
SEBI Allows Mutual Funds to Segregate Distressed Assets in Portfolios
By Editors | 13/12/2018
At its latest board meeting, SEBI approved a plan to allow mutual funds to create segregated portfolios for assets experiencing credit events, among a number of other proposals.
Capital Adequacy
Philippines to Introduce Basel III Countercyclical Capital Buffer
By Editors | 13/12/2018
The CCyB will initially be set at 0% but is subject to upward adjustment – up to a maximum of 2.5% – when warranted by systemic conditions.
Capital Adequacy
FRTB Capital Requirements Set for Further Delays – Report
By Editors | 12/12/2018
European legislators have reportedly agreed to initially introduce only the reporting requirements under FRTB and delay the capital requirements.
Capital Adequacy
IMF Commends Hong Kong for Strong Buffers, Robust Policy Frameworks
By Manesh Samtani | 12/12/2018
Years of prudent macroeconomic policies and robust financial regulation and supervision will help Hong Kong weather possible domestic and external shocks, the IMF says.
Capital Adequacy
Basel Committee Finalises Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements
By Editors | 12/12/2018
The updated framework accounts for finalised post-crisis reforms under Basel III and includes new disclosure requirements for asset encumbrance and capital distribution constraints.
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