Prudential Risk

Emerging Prudential Risks

A Regulator Reflects on Lessons Learned from the Global Financial Crisis

By Peter Guy | 04/01/2016

An exclusive interview with David Wright, secretary general of IOSCO frankly reveals the challenges still facing the financial industry.

Emerging Prudential Risks

PBOC Launches New Risk-prevention System

By Samuel Riding | 04/01/2016

Central bank’s Macro Prudential Assessment a response to asset diversification by FIs.

Credit Risk

India to Tighten Credit Cooperative Rules

By Samuel Riding | 04/01/2016

Cooperatives that fail to repay investors or violate other regulations will be penalised.

Capital Adequacy

Indonesia Sets Capital Requirements for Financial Conglomerates

By Samuel Riding | 30/12/2015

Conglomerates’ aggregate net equity must equal combined required capital of all business units.

Structural Regulation

China Tightens P2P Lending Rules

By Samuel Riding | 30/12/2015

Draft regulation prohibits P2P platforms from taking public deposits, pooling investor money for self-funded projects.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

2015: A Regulatory Christmas Carol, being a Ghost Story of Christmas

By Peter Guy | 24/12/2015

We tell the story of a bitter CEO of a global bank and his reluctant transformation into a gentler person after the Great Financial Crisis.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Financial Inclusion Could Damage Banking Sector: FSDC

By Samuel Riding | 23/12/2015

India’s push for financial inclusion could threaten the profitability of public sector banks, report says.

Structural Regulation

China Revokes Bank Fund Management Qualifications

By Samuel Riding | 23/12/2015

Seventeen domestic banks to be barred from direct equity investments, reversing approvals by fund management association.

Trading & Investment

IOSCO Reports on Trading Venue, Intermediary Continuity

By Samuel Riding | 22/12/2015

Publications cover trading platform risk mitigation, standards for regulation of intermediaries.