Prudential Risk

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    Chinese Government Approves WMP Clampdown

    By Editors | 30/03/2018

    New rules to reduce leverage, ban guarantees; financial court to be set up in Shanghai will jurisdiction over major legal cases.

    Capital Adequacy

    Indonesian D-SIBs Ordered to Boost Capital

    By Editors | 29/03/2018

    Regulator has imposed a Tier 1 capital surcharge between 1 and 3.5 percent on the country’s systemically important banks.

    Operational Risk

    Malaysia to Make Specialist Compliance, Risk Management Qualifications Compulsory

    By Editors | 29/03/2018

    BNM to introduce code of conduct for senior FI personnel, regulatory standards to govern banks’ increased outsourcing of functions.

    Resolution & Recovery

    Vietnam Establishes Early Intervention Mechanism for Ailing Banks

    By Editors | 26/03/2018

    New mechanism provides guidelines for SBV directors to take action as a credit institution profile weakens to contain risk.

    Credit Risk

    A Quarter of Loans at Bangladesh State Banks Non Performing

    By Garima Chitkara | 26/03/2018

    Current and former regulators have voiced concern over the the accumulation of bad loans in the banking sector; value of bad loans has trebled in the past six years.

    Credit Risk

    India to Implement Early Warning System for Broker Defaults

    By Garima Chitkara | 26/03/2018

    SEBI consulting on draft measures on norms on early detection of potential default among stock brokers through an Intelligent and Specific Early Warning System.

    Capital Adequacy

    Decline of the House of Basel

    By Peter Guy | 26/03/2018

    The Basel regime has shown itself to be incomplete and not universally applicable. With the Trump administration seeking to allow a return to proprietary trading, profound implications for global banks’ risk management are only just beginning to surface.

    Structural Regulation

    Taiwan Drafts Rules for Internet Only Banks

    By Editors | 25/03/2018

    FSC may authorise Japan’s Line Corp and Rakuten to operate as full-service banks in Taiwan.

    Market Risk

    Basel Committee Revises Capital Rules Under FRTB

    By Manesh Samtani | 25/03/2018

    Proposals include enhanced risk sensitivity and reduced risk weights for standardised approach; eased assessment process for internal models.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    India Releases Risk Management Norms for Clearing Commodity Derivatives

    By Garima Chitkara | 22/03/2018

    Clearing corporations to maintain liquid assets after margins of INR5 million.

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