Prudential Risk

Trade Based Money Laundering

CBRC Warns Banks on Bills of Exchange

By Samuel Riding | 21/04/2016

Regulator’s Shanghai office tells city’s lenders to inspect interbank notes business.

Credit Risk

Debt-Equity Swap Plan Would Hurt Chinese Banks – Fitch

By Samuel Riding | 20/04/2016

Rating agency says lenders have ‘limited ability’ to support plan to alleviate Chinese firms’ debt burden.

Credit Risk

Australian Bank Tightens Rules on Mortgages for Foreigners

By Samuel Riding | 20/04/2016

Commonwealth Bank of Australia follows ANZ in tightening terms amid overheating concerns.

Model Risk

The Model Question: Internal or Standardised?

By Editors | 19/04/2016

Whether to pursue approval for internal models or adopt the standardised approach proposed by regulators is one of the key conundrums for banks today, particularly the major players in OTC markets.

Credit Risk

RBI Set to Impose Strict Conditions on ARCs

By Samuel Riding | 18/04/2016

Central bank aims to prevent lenders from selling loans only to their own restructuring units.

Credit Risk

Korea’s FSS Lists 39 Most-indebted Firms

By Samuel Riding | 18/04/2016

Regulator meets four banks to discuss pre-emptive corporate restructuring.

Resolution & Recovery

The Folly of Living Wills

By Peter Guy | 18/04/2016

Planning for the afterlife, never a pleasant topic for mortals, is even more difficult for ‘too big to fail’ banks.

Capital Adequacy

Australia to Finalise Capital Framework by Year-end

By Samuel Riding | 15/04/2016

APRA to detail components of move towards ‘unquestionably strong’ framework, central bank says.

Operational Risk

How Financial Markets Can Deal with Non-Financial Shocks

By Samuel Riding | 14/04/2016

Highlights of BoJ executive director Masayoshi Amamiya’s keynote speech at the ISDA AGM 2016