Prudential Risk

Resolution & Recovery

Australia Proposes Bankruptcy, Insolvency Reforms

By Samuel Riding | 03/05/2016

Measures designed to boost innovation could have knock-on impact on capital markets.

Structural Regulation

India to Bring P2P Regulation Under Central Bank

By Samuel Riding | 29/04/2016

RBI proposes P2P lending platforms be regulated as non-banking finance companies.

Capital Adequacy

S.Korea Looks to Recapitalise Policy Banks

By Samuel Riding | 28/04/2016

Task force to looks at bank recapitalisation plans amid restructuring of troubled industries.

Liquidity Risk

Vietnam Banks Lobby to Delay Lending Restrictions

By Samuel Riding | 27/04/2016

Commercial lenders ask central bank to push back deadline from 1 January 2017.

Credit Risk

Shanghai CBRC Hits ICBC, BoC, HSBC with Mortgage Lending Ban

By Samuel Riding | 26/04/2016

Seven lenders face two-month ban due to ‘violations of lending rules’.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Another Turn of the Screw for Banker Pay

By Peter Guy | 25/04/2016

Banking remuneration takes a turn for the worse as regulators decide to tie it to risk.

Capital Adequacy

Basel II to Pressure Vietnamese Banks’ Capital Adequacy

By Samuel Riding | 22/04/2016

Expected adoption of from February next year could shave 2-5ppt off some banks’ CARs.

Capital Adequacy

The Challenge of Local Implementation of Basel III

By Peter Guy | 21/04/2016

How India illustrates the issues Asian markets face in implementing new standards.

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.