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Emerging Prudential Risks
China Regulator to Allow Banks in Free Trade Zone to Trial New Businesses
By Editors | 25/06/2015
The China Banking Regulatory Commission will allow banks in the free trade zone to try new and innovative businesses under a special regulatory and risk management mechanism.
Payments & Settlements
MAS Reprimands SGX for Market Outages
By Editors | 25/06/2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has reprimanded the Singapore Exchange for lapses related to market outages and is directing it to improve recovery capabilities and processes.
Credit Risk
S. Korea to Lower Max Loan Rate for Subprime Borrowers
By Editors | 25/06/2015
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission announced it will lower the interest rate ceiling for subprime loans later this year, from 34.9 percent to 29.9 percent.
Payments & Settlements
Operating Hours of Yuan Liquidity Facility Extended by HKMA
By Editors | 24/06/2015
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that it will extend the operating hours of the intraday repo under the Renminbi Liquidity Facility from July 20.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Asset Managers Do Not Pose Systemic Risk, Says Medcraft
By Editors | 23/06/2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft dismisses concerns that large asset managers pose a systematic risk to the financial system.
Market Risk
New Governance Code May Help Japanese Banks Reduce Holdings of Client Stocks
By Editors | 23/06/2015
Japan’s new corporate governance code may enable banks to sell off holdings of clients’ stocks and free up their balance sheets.
Liquidity Risk
Moody’s Sees Korean Banks as Credit Positive
By Editors | 23/06/2015
The high liquidity coverage ratios reported by Korean banks with their March quarterly results are credit positive, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.
Credit Risk
IFRS9: A Major Change in Determining Risk
By Peter Guy | 19/06/2015
By January 2018, risk systems will have to revise the way they value and account for hedges and other positions on their books.
Trading & Investment
China Revises Margin Trading and Short-Selling Rules
By Editors | 15/06/2015
The China Securities Regulatory Commission is proposing a ceiling on margin trading at brokerages and for existing margin trade contracts to be rolled over.
Trading & Investment
Chinese Banks to Issue Interbank CDs to Foreign Financial Institutions
By Editors | 12/06/2015
Chinese banks are set to issue interbank certificates of deposit to foreign financial institutions inside the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
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