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Capital Adequacy
Vietnam Banks Face Capital Raising ‘Headache’ in 2019
By Manesh Samtani | 15/01/2019
Listed commercial banks in Vietnam will need to raise an estimated $10bn in capital this year to meet Basel II capital requirements by 1 January 2020.
Market Risk
Basel Committee Eases Trading Book Capital Requirements for Banks
By Editors | 15/01/2019
The final revisions to the market risk framework reduces the amount of total market risk capital for banks’ trading books by almost half compared to the 2016 version.
Payments & Settlements
Singapore Parliament Passes Payment Services Act
By Editors | 15/01/2019
The law represents a framework to streamline payment services regulation in Singapore under a single legislation and bring payment activities under the remit of the MAS.
Capital Adequacy
HKMA Banking Securitisation Code Takes Effect
By Editors | 14/01/2019
The Code provides guidance on the qualifying conditions to use the internal assessment approach for calculating the capital requirement for certain securitisation exposures.
Capital Adequacy
India Delays Implementation Of Capital Conservation Buffer By One Year
By Editors | 11/01/2019
The RBI has announced the final tranche of the capital conservation buffer will be applicable from 31 March 2020 instead of 31 March 2019.
Credit Risk
RBI Turns Down Bank Requests for Special Classification of IL&FS Loans
By Editors | 10/01/2019
Banks will need to provision for IL&FS assets at the standard rate of 15% in the first year in the December quarter and will not get the six month reprieve they had asked for.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
China Mulls New Rules to Prevent Conflict of Interest at Ratings Agencies
By Editors | 09/01/2019
The new rules would prohibit firms from providing consulting services to companies they rate and require disclosures of any conflicts of interests.
Structural Regulation
New Zealand Banks Called Out for High Priority Amounts on Mortgages
By Editors | 09/01/2019
By setting mortgage priority amounts almost three times the home loan principal, banks are preventing borrowers from shopping around for a second mortgage.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Regulatory Reporting Pressure in APAC: A 2019 View
By Wouter Delbaere | 09/01/2019
In the year ahead, banks will have to focus on seamless data integration and regtech adoption to cope with increasingly complex regulatory reporting requirements, says Wolters Kluwer’s Wouter Delbaere.
Trading & Investment
PBOC Expected to Allow Banks More Flexibility in Setting Rates – Report
By Editors | 08/01/2019
The central bank is expected to allow financial institutions greater flexibility in setting interest rates for loans and deposits in the year ahead.
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