Prudential Risk

Capital Adequacy

HK Hikes Capital Buffer Due to High Credit-GDP, Property-Rent Gaps

By Samuel Riding | 15/01/2018

Central bank chief expresses concern about growing gaps between credit and GDP, property prices and rents.

Capital Adequacy

EBA Publishes Final Disclosure Requirements for IFRS 9 Transitional Arrangements

By Editors | 14/01/2018

Uniform disclosure template ensures consistency and comparability of data disclosed by institutions during the transition to full IFRS 9 implementation.

Structural Regulation

Beware Regulatory Fragmentation in 2018 – Deloitte

By Samuel Riding | 11/01/2018

Trend towards more isolated policymaking will challenge the implementation of financial regulations on a worldwide basis.

Emerging Prudential Risks

China Releases Slew of Measures to Control Banking Risks

By Garima Chitkara | 11/01/2018

New rules on entrusted lending practices, banking ownership, large exposures management in banks.

Credit Risk

Singapore Proposes Changes to Large Exposure Rules

By Garima Chitkara | 08/01/2018

MAS to impose large exposures limit of 25 percent of tier 1 capital on any counterparty or single counterparty group; will include large exposures to banks.

Operational Risk

Japan Regulator to Overhaul Supervision and Restructure

By Samuel Riding | 08/01/2018

FSA’s move towards ‘dynamic supervision’ includes scrapping inspection manuals, restructuring governance, internal structure and HR policy.

Structural Regulation

China Details Banking Sector Liberalisation

By Garima Chitkara | 03/01/2018

CBRC will support foreign bank branches entry into government bond-related businesses, loosen RMB retail deposit-taking requirements for foreign bank branches.

Structural Regulation

India Overhauls Credit Rating Agency, Fund Sponsor Regulations

By Editors | 02/01/2018

Securities regulator increases net worth requirement for agencies, requires separate legal entities for ‘non-core business’.

Credit Risk

OJK Takes Over Credit Information Management from BI

By Garima Chitkara | 02/01/2018

Indonesian financial regulator will take over arranging, developing and managing credit information systems from central bank.