Prudential Risk

Credit Risk

S. Korea’s UAMCO to Lead Corporate Restructuring from November

By Editors | 21/10/2015

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission says that next month it will expand the role of a leading bad asset management firm in overhauling debt-laden companies, in an effort to speed up corporate restructuring in the country.

Operational Risk

APRA Releases FAQs on Super Fund Governance Consultation

By Editors | 19/10/2015

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a set of FAQs responding to questions raised in relation to its consultation package on super fund governance arrangements.

Capital Adequacy

Japan Seeks to Impose Capital Rules on Insurers

By Editors | 18/10/2015

FSA wants domestic insurance companies to adopt an emerging set of international capital standards sometime around 2020.

Market Risk

S. Korea Probes Four Foreign Banks on Derivatives

By Editors | 15/10/2015

The Financial Supervisory Service is looking into the derivatives transactions of four foreign banks which have jumped abnormally amid a gradual decline among other banks since since last year.

Capital Adequacy

Indonesia to Impose Capital Surcharge on D-SIBs

By Editors | 15/10/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority is proposing a draft regulation that will require the country’s most important banks to set aside more capital as a buffer against financial market volatility.

Operational Risk

Markit Launches KY3P Platform for Third Party Risk Management

By Editors | 14/10/2015

Barclays, HSBC and Morgan Stanley partner to design new service.

Credit Risk

RBI Eases Lending Requirements for Low-Cost Housing

By Editors | 13/10/2015

Announcement of reduction in minimum risk weights and an increase in the loan-to-value ratio is a bid to boost demand for low-cost housing.

Liquidity Risk

Bank of China’s Singapore Branch Appoints AxiomSL for Basel III Liquidity Risk Management and Reporting Solution

By Editors | 13/10/2015

BOC Singapore will deploy the AxiomSL liquidity solution to meet the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 649 liquidity reporting requirements for its Singapore operations.

Credit Risk

Basel Committee to Standardise Credit Risk Modelling

By Editors | 12/10/2015

Global banking regulators have decided to allow lenders to keep using credit rating agencies to help them determine how much capital they need to hold to cover credit risks.