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Liquidity Risk
Indonesia to Boost Bank Lending Through “Flexible” Credit, Liquidity Rules
By Editors | 09/04/2018
New rules reduce reserve requirements, simplify foreign currency deposit rules and allow banks to use their liquidity buffers to raise funding in repo transactions.
Credit Risk
India Defers Bank Adoption of New Accounting Standard One Year
By Garima Chitkara | 09/04/2018
RBI defers banks’ adoption of the Indian version of IFRS by one year; banks deemed unprepared for migration, government is yet to make necessary legislative amendments.
Credit Risk
Moody’s Upgrades Vietnamese Banks on Improved Asset Quality
By Editors | 09/04/2018
Asia Commercial Bank shows improvement since imprisonment of former vice chairman for fraud, tax evasion and illegal trade.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Executive Remuneration Practices Need Improvement – APRA
By Editors | 05/04/2018
APRA review of executive remuneration frameworks at twelve financial institutions found remuneration structures do not encourage behaviour focused on risk management or long-term financial soundness.
Resolution & Recovery
Singapore Bank Resolution Regime Favours Bailouts Over Credit Bail-ins – Moody’s
By Garima Chitkara | 05/04/2018
Singapore regulations favour bailouts over creditor bail-ins as bail-in buffers only comprise 1-2% of Singapore bank assets, says Moody’s.
Emerging Prudential Risks
China Launches Crackdown on Unlicensed Online Asset Managers
By Editors | 05/04/2018
Chinese authorities step up focus on the online asset management industry to clean up unlicensed firms.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
PNB Investigation Reveals Systemic Failures at Bank, RBI
By Garima Chitkara | 05/04/2018
PNB allegedly misled the regulator about the progress of its Swift integration. Indian law enforcement noted that an ill-defined risk-based supervisory approach may have caused the RBI to miss the fraud.
Cybersecurity
GFMA Publishes Common Approach for Cyber Penetration Testing
By Manesh Samtani | 05/04/2018
New penetration testing framework establishes process for industry-wide cross-jurisdictional coordination on development and use of existing frameworks.
Market Risk
Indian Banks Can Spread Bond Losses Over Four Quarters
By Garima Chitkara | 05/04/2018
Banks to get a breather from taking immediate losses on rising government yields, as provisioning on NPLs have put pressure on profitability across the industry.
Liquidity Risk
Bangladesh Grants Lifeline to Private Banks Amid Liquidity Crisis
By Manesh Samtani | 03/04/2018
Government cuts cash reserve requirement to free up 100 billion takas, allows state agencies to boost deposits at private commercial banks.
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