Prudential Risk

Operational Risk

Vietnam Bank Supervision Failing, Academic Says

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2016

Banking Academy deputy director cites supervision failures; suggests sector restructuring did not have desired impact.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Set to Retain Independence

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2016

Regulator likely to remain standalone watchdog; CBRC and CIRC could still be merged.

Structural Regulation

CFTC Grants Japan Comparability on Un-cleared Swaps

By Samuel Riding | 12/09/2016

US regulator votes 2-to-1 to grant comparability on un-cleared swaps margining, eligible collateral.

Credit Risk

CBRC Asks Banks to Set Up Creditor Committees

By Samuel Riding | 12/09/2016

Committees required to relieve debt burden rather than recall loans, stop lending.

Credit Risk

Taiwan Toughens Derivative Account Rules

By Samuel Riding | 09/09/2016

Applications for retail and institutional client accounts require central bank approval.

Structural Regulation

Asian Fund Managers Seeking Post-Brexit Reassurance: Sean Tuffy

By Samuel Riding | 07/09/2016

BBH’s head of regulatory intelligence suggests more funds are considering locating outside London.

Operational Risk

SGX Creates Working Group after Outage

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Group will seek to increase resilience of the Singapore market.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Raghuram Rajan – An Untimely Departure

By Editors | 01/09/2016

Regulation Asia publishes excerpts from 2005 Jackson Hole speech as a tribute to departing RBI governor.

Operational Risk

HKMA Urges AIs to Enhance Risk Management Controls

By Samuel Riding | 01/09/2016

Reported incidents include underpayment of stamp duty on OTC transactions.