Prudential Risk

    Credit Risk

    RBI Announces New Debt Restructuring Measures to Help Banks Tackle Bad Debt

    By Editors | 11/06/2015

    The Reserve Bank of India announces a new scheme to help banks deal with their mountains of bad debt.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    Vietnam Banking Regulator Clamps down on Excess Holdings at Banks

    By Editors | 11/06/2015

    The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a regulation requiring stakeholders to reduce their excess holdings in local banks to the permitted limits.

    Capital Adequacy

    Korean Regulator to Raise Capital Requirements on Systematically Important Banks

    By Editors | 11/06/2015

    The Financial Supervisory Service will increase capital requirements domestic systemically important banks to comply with international rules.

    Capital Adequacy

    Philippine Central Bank Imposes Higher Capital Requirement on Banks

    By Editors | 08/06/2015

    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has issued a new regulation requiring banks to maintain a minimum of 5 percent leverage ratio.

    Credit Risk

    RBNZ Proposes Tightening Mortgage Lending

    By Editors | 07/06/2015

    The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has published a consultation paper about proposed changes in mortgage lending. Consultation is […]

    Liquidity Risk

    China Mulls Doubling of Local Bond-Swap Programme

    By Editors | 04/06/2015

    Chinese authorities are considering authorising an additional 500 billion yuan to 1 trillion yuan of local government loans for swapping into bonds.

    Credit Risk

    Global Financial Regulators Release New Report on Credit Risk Management

    By Editors | 03/06/2015

    Global financial regulators have cautioned financial institutions against over reliance on internal models for credit risk management and regulatory capital, urging them to evaluate risk with sophisticated modelling techniques.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    When Family Ownership Triumphs Over Compliance

    By Peter Guy | 03/06/2015

    Bank of East Asia faces a challenge from hedge fund revealing the governance shortfalls of family ownership.

    Liquidity Risk

    Analysis on the Deposit Insurance System

    By Wolters Kluwer Financial Services | 03/06/2015

    An analysis of the Deposit Insurance regulation, explaining its main content, its subsequent impact and countermeasures by the banking industry.

    Credit Risk

    Australian Regulators to Investigate Excessive Credit Card Rates at Banks

    By Editors | 02/06/2015

    Financial regulators are expected to investigate the record gap between the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) official interest rate and credit card rates.

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