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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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