Prudential Risk

Market Risk

Hong Kong Belatedly Joins Singapore in Pushing Back IRRBB

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Implementation delayed by a year as firms say they might not have met original deadline due to having to make substantial changes to reporting systems.

Structural Regulation

State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.

Credit Risk

Vietnam Raises Credit Growth Limits for Commercial Banks

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Vietnam’s central bank has extended credit growth limits for several commercial banks in a bid to support the country’s economic growth and amid massive demand.

Credit Risk

Philippine Central Bank Seeks to Capture Property Loan, Project Financing Risks

By Editors | 25/09/2017

Lenders face tighter loan, financing reporting requirements as central bank says it will target ‘areas which require supervisory action’.

Emerging Prudential Risks

India Interprets P2P Lenders as Non-bank Finance Companies

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Official central bank report issued last year had suggested P2P lending platforms meet $311,000 minimum capital and leverage ratio requirements.

Operational Risk

New Zealand Raises the Bar for Bank Outsourcing

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Largest banks will be required to have measures in place to survive the failure of a key service provider, according to new outsourcing policy.

Credit Risk

Korea Efforts to Tackle Household Debt Have Little Impact as Boom Continues

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Regulator calls on banks to strictly screen mortgage applications as household debt increases by $15.9bn over July and August.

Trading & Investment

HK SFC Inquiries Reveal Fund Managers’ Best Execution Failings

By Samuel Riding | 18/09/2017

Investigations of about 250 firms including subsidiaries of US and EU players also find weaknesses in avoiding conflicts of interest and liquidity management.

Capital Adequacy

China Joins US in Leading Bank Profitability as Capital Shortfalls All but Disappear

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2017

BIS report on Basel III finds US and China make up more than half the profits of the world’s Group 1 banks; TLAC shortfall of 12 G-SIBs tumbles to $360mn.