Prudential Risk

Credit Risk

Bangladesh Banking Sector Faces Bad Loan Crisis

By Editors | 07/03/2018

Speakers at banking conference call for an immediate solution to Bangladesh’s 10 percent NPL ratio, the highest in the region.

Credit Risk

APRA Mulls Removal of Mortgage Lending Cap

By Editors | 06/03/2018

Removing the 10 percent growth cap would enable banks to increase mortgage lending, ease mortgage rates for investors and boost competition in the sector.

Credit Risk

Vietnam Banks Receive Fitch Ratings Upgrades

By Editors | 06/03/2018

Positive rating action for Military Bank, Vietcombank and Vietinbank reflect improvements in asset quality and declining rates of bad debt.

Liquidity Risk

China to Cap Money Market Fund Redemptions

By Editors | 04/03/2018

The limit for same-day redemptions will be set at CNY10,000, according to Bloomberg sources.

Resolution & Recovery

FSB Publishes Hong Kong Peer Review

By Manesh Samtani | 03/03/2018

Completion of reform implementation and greater transparency needed for OTC derivatives market; resolution framework can be improved.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan Brokers Set to Issue Exchange Traded Notes

By Editors | 03/03/2018

Brokers with capital adequacy exceeding 250 percent and net value over NTD10 billion will be allowed to issue the new debt instruments.

Capital Adequacy

China Grants Banks New Capital Raising Tools

By Garima Chitkara | 03/03/2018

China will allow allow banks to raise capital through convertible bonds and variable maturity securities in a bid to help them maintain required cash reserves.

Emerging Prudential Risks

RBNZ Focused on Public Disclosure Regime

By Garima Chitkara | 03/03/2018

Reserve Bank of New Zealand is working to improve its disclosure regime to uphold three regulatory pillars: self-discipline, market discipline and regulatory discipline.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

APRA Faces Questioning on Mortgage Fraud Risk Review

By Garima Chitkara | 01/03/2018

APRA chairman to answer questions on unreleased mortgage risk review findings in Australian Senate this week.