Prudential Risk

Capital Adequacy

Indonesia’s Regulator to Revise Capital Rules for Sharia Lenders

By Editors | 24/06/2014

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) is planning to issue a revised regulation on sharia banks’ minimum capital requirement to assist lenders in the face of a wider scope of risks.

Emerging Prudential Risks

China’s Wealth Management Products Total $2.1 trillion in May

By Editors | 23/06/2014

Wealth management products have been growing in China, totalling 12.8 trillion yuan ($2.1 trillion) by the end of May, a senior official of China’s central bank said.

Cybersecurity

IOSCO Survey Cites Cyber Issues as Potential Problems to Stability

By Editors | 20/06/2014

Financial market regulators are increasingly seeing cybercrime and cyber-related issues as potential threat to systemic stability.

Structural Regulation

Taiwan to Ease Rules on Securities Houses

By Editors | 18/06/2014

The Financial Supervisory Commission plans to ease investment restrictions on securities houses, allowing them more flexibility to expand overseas and grow into regional champions.

Operational Risk

Hong Kong Regulator Conducts Business Continuity Drills with Banks

By Editors | 16/06/2014

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has conducted a drill with banks on business continuity plans (BCP) to test the reliability and stability of the communications between the back-up offices of the regulator and the lenders.

Structural Regulation

Philippine Senate Okays Bill Allowing Full Foreign Ownership of Banks

By Editors | 16/06/2014

The Philippine Senate has approved a bill seeking to expand the participation of foreign banks in the Philippine financial sector.

Liquidity Risk

China Mulls New Approach to Banks’ Loan-to-Deposit Ratio

By Editors | 16/06/2014

The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) is considering a more flexible approach to determining the loan-to-deposit ratio so banks can have more money to lend to businesses, an official with the regulator says.

Structural Regulation

IOSCO Intensifies Work on Market-Based Finance

By Editors | 13/06/2014

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions met in Madrid this week to drive forward IOSCO’s work on market-based finance which covers discussion on infrastructure investment and small- and medium-enterprise financing.

Payments & Settlements

China Beefs Up Financial Support for Trade

By Editors | 12/06/2014

China’s central bank has called for more financing channels for the country’s import and export businesses in a bid to stabilize foreign trade.