Prudential Risk

Capital Adequacy

Australia Regulator Mulls Financial System Inquiry Proposals

By Editors | 11/03/2015

Australia’s banking regulator is considering backing calls for banks to strengthen their balance sheets, saying it is also reviewing the impact bankers’ pay has on breeding work cultures that can potentially harm the stability of the country’s financial system.

Credit Risk

China Allows Local Governments to Issue 1Trln Yuan of Debt

By Editors | 11/03/2015

China will allow local governments to convert up to 1 trillion yuan ($160 billion) in debt into low-interest municipal bonds in a bid to ease the country’s massive debt burden.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Philippine Central Bank Boosts Shadow Banking Monitoring

By Editors | 10/03/2015

Philippine central bank is increasing surveillance on shadow banking to ensure the stability of the financial system.

Structural Regulation

India Plans to Curb RBI Role in Financial Markets

By Editors | 06/03/2015

The government has proposed to take away money market regulatory powers from the central bank and move it to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) under amendments to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act.

Capital Adequacy

New Zealand Plans Tougher Capital Rules on Property Loans

By Editors | 04/03/2015

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand proposes to amend existing rules by requiring all locally incorporated banks to include residential property investment mortgage loans in a specific asset sub-class, and hold appropriate regulatory capital for those loans.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Standard Chartered and RBS: Now Led by Regulators

By Peter Guy | 02/03/2015

The recent appointments of new leaders for Standard Chartered and Royal Bank of Scotland are as risky as they are riskless.

Capital Adequacy

S. Korea’s New FSC Chief Seen Pushing for Deregulation

By Editors | 24/02/2015

Financial Services Commission chairman designate Yim Jong-yong is expected to relax regulations governing asset and capital at financial firms, say officials and analysts.

Credit Risk

Bank Loans to S. Korean Startups Surge Amid Govt Push

By Editors | 23/02/2015

Bank loans to small companies in South Korea increased at the fastest pace in six years in 2014, amid pressure from the government to support startups and firms with high-level technologies.

Credit Risk

India’s SEBI to Review Pricing of Recast-Hit Firms

By Editors | 23/02/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on changes in pricing norms relating to the conversion of bank loans into equity.