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Structural Regulation
Taiwan Bank Approved for Consumer Finance JV in China
By Editors | 13/08/2015
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has granted approval for CTBC Bank to become the first Taiwanese bank set up a consumer financing joint venture in China.
Credit Risk
China Licenses More Local Governments to Operate “Bad Banks”
By Editors | 13/08/2015
The China Banking Regulatory Commission has granted new “bad bank” licences to the provincial governments of Ningxia and Guangxi, allowing them to buy up and restructure bad debt from the balance sheets of rural credit cooperatives and local banks.
Liquidity Risk
Certificates of Deposit Push Banks to Shift to New Norm
By Editors | 12/08/2015
The PBOC issued the Interim Measures for the Administration of Certificates of Deposit in June this year, an examination into the impact of the recent notice.
Capital Adequacy
Proprietary Trading: It’s Still Out There
By Peter Guy | 10/08/2015
The Volker rule was supposed to end proprietary trading, but it has only found a new home inside banks.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Pakistan Drafts Regulatory Framework for D-SIBs
By Editors | 10/08/2015
The State Bank of Pakistan has designed a regulatory framework for identifying and overseeing the nation’s Domestic Systemically Important Banks, as part of its commitment to ensure stability of financial system and further strengthen the supervisory and regulatory regime.
Credit Risk
China Further Opens Distressed Market to Asset Managers
By Editors | 07/08/2015
China’s Ministry of Finance has granted “bad bank” licences to three asset management companies (AMCs) allowing them to buy non-financial distressed assets from corporates directly.
Liquidity Risk
Stable Funding is Key to Business Expansion, says Wolters Kluwer
By Editors | 07/08/2015
Banks should be cautious expanding their business and avoid over-reliance on wholesale funding, according to a white paper by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.
Credit Risk
Vietnam Opens Debt Market to Foreign Investors
By Editors | 05/08/2015
The State Bank of Vietnam has issued new rules on debt trading which is expected to encourage foreign investors to buy non-performing loans from local financial institutions.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
The Consequences of Dumbing Down Banks
By Peter Guy | 03/08/2015
Regulators are killing innovation leading to unintended outcomes. Read what Harvard Business School candidates are saying about the dismal career prospects of over regulated banks.
Credit Risk
Australia’s AMP Bank Halts New Loans for Property Investors
By Editors | 03/08/2015
New applications halted with immediate effect, following a regulatory push to slow down such lending.
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