Prudential Risk

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Strategy, Management, Governance: Lessons from the Hayne Interim Report

By Matthew Chan | 08/10/2018

Institutions, regulators and policymakers across Asia Pacific should take heed of the lessons of Australia’s Royal Commission if they are to avoid similar problems, says Matthew Chan.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Japan’s Suruga Bank Ordered to Halt Property Lending

By Manesh Samtani | 08/10/2018

The bank was found to have extended inappropriate loans to businesses related to its founding members based on falsified proof of income and assets.

Liquidity Risk

China Announces RRR Cut as Markets Resume Trading

By Editors | 08/10/2018

Announced at the end of a week-long national holiday, the RRR cut will free up $175bn in liquidity for banks to repay MLF funding and boost business lending.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Financial Institutions on Digitalisation Journey Should Look Within

By Arnaud Picut | 05/10/2018

With digitalisation becoming a mainstay concept, it’s time for financial institutions to rethink and take a holistic view on their digital transformational journeys.

Capital Adequacy

G-SIBs Meeting Minimum Capital Levels Under Basel III

By Garima Chitkara | 05/10/2018

Basel Committee semi-annual bank monitoring report found that most banks, including all the large G-SIBs were meeting their capital requirements.

Capital Adequacy

Regulators Must Resist Pressures from ‘Reform Fatigue’ – IMF

By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2018

IMF economists urge for resistance against pressures to roll back regulation, as the post-crisis reform agenda is not yet complete and new risks continue to emerge.

Emerging Prudential Risks

India Govt Seizes Control of Troubled Lender to Reassure Markets

By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2018

The government has appointed a new board to revive the systemically-important infrastructure financier IL&FS and committed to ensuring liquidity to prevent further defaults.

Structural Regulation

Giancarlo Proposes Multilateralism in CFTC Cross-border Approach

By Manesh Samtani | 03/10/2018

In a white paper, Giancarlo proposes an alternative cross-border framework that pursues multilateralism and gives deference to non-US jurisdictions with comparable G20 swaps reforms.

Structural Regulation

China Tightens Rules on Offshore Operations of Brokerages, Funds

By Garima Chitkara | 01/10/2018

Brokerages and fund houses should ensure a “concise and transparent” network of overseas subsidiaries and ensure foreign units focus on the core business and not conduct any non-financial business.