Prudential Risk

Credit Risk

China Orders Banks to Clear Lending Barriers

By Samuel Riding | 16/05/2016

CBRC concerned about weak lending to the private sector, asks banks to reduce cost of short-term credit.

Resolution & Recovery

India Passes Bankruptcy Code

By Samuel Riding | 11/05/2016

India passed its Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, seen as a key element in making the country’s corporate bond market more […]

Credit Risk

CBRC Curbs Sale of Classified Asset Management Products

By Samuel Riding | 11/05/2016

Sale of products split into priority and secondary tranches restricted amid rising debt defaults.

Capital Adequacy

Details of Japan’s ‘Dynamic Supervision’ Emerge

By Samuel Riding | 11/05/2016

Financial Services Agency reveals thinking on bank risk models, stress tests.

Emerging Prudential Risks

HSBC Sets up Subsidiary in Singapore to Comply with D-SIB Rule

By Samuel Riding | 10/05/2016

MAS named lender one of four non-local systemically important banks in April 2015.

Credit Risk

Malaysia’s Islamic Banks More Stable than Indonesia’s – Moody’s

By Samuel Riding | 10/05/2016

Regulatory support and deeper market are factors in better asset quality, rating agency says.

Data Privacy

PBOC to Revamp Credit Reference System

By Samuel Riding | 10/05/2016

Central bank to increase personal data protection, strengthen rules on information sharing.

Capital Adequacy

Regulatory Pressure on Banks Boosts Asian PE Lenders

By Samuel Riding | 10/05/2016

Asia-focused private debt funds raised a record USD5.5 billion in 2016, data shows.

Liquidity Risk

Philippines: Adapting to LCR

By Wolters Kluwer Financial Services | 05/05/2016

One of the biggest pain points banks in the Philippines will soon face is the calculation of liquidity coverage, according to Wolters Kluwer.