Prudential Risk

Capital Adequacy

Meeting the New Regulatory Challenges – Faster and Deeper Regulatory Reporting Requirements

By Editors | 20/01/2014

Regulation Asia spoke with James Stewart, the General Manager for Asia-Pacific Compliance at Wolters Kluwer Financial, to find out how banks can make changes more effectively in order to meet the new requirements.

Credit Risk

Bank Negara Malaysia to Issue Consultation Paper on Retail Lending Rates

By Editors | 17/01/2014

Bank Negara Malaysia consults the financial industry on a new reference rate framework to replace the base lending rate quoted by financial institutions in the pricing of retail loans.

Anti-Money Laundering

Basel Committee Issues Anti-Money Laundering Risk Guidelines

By Editors | 16/01/2014

Prudent management of these risks together with effective supervisory oversight is critical in protecting the safety and soundness of banks.

Capital Adequacy

Basel Committee Soften Leverage Ratio Requirements

By Editors | 13/01/2014

After pressure from banks, the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision has softened their requirements for calculation of a banks’ leverage ratio.

Credit Risk

PBOC and CBRC Issue Further Regulation on Credit Asset Backed Securities

By Editors | 11/01/2014

The People’s Bank of China (PBC) and the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) jointly announced further regulation to better manage risks associated with credit asset backed securities.

Trading & Investment

Regulation Must Keep Pace with Changing Dynamics of Commodities Market

By Editors | 09/01/2014

The high and volatile global commodity prices have posed considerable challenges to the domestic monetary policy in several commodity importing countries.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Regulators to Identify Further ‘Systematically Important’ Financial Institutions

By Editors | 09/01/2014

Regulators are looking to complement their existing ‘too big too fail’ financial organizations with those from the non-bank, non-insurance sector.

Resolution & Recovery

HK Consultation on Establishing Resolution Regime for Financial Institutions

By Editors | 07/01/2014

Hong Kong Government and regulators have launched the first stage of a public consultation on establishing an effective resolution regime for financial institutions, including financial market infrastructures.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Indonesia Transfers Banking Regulatory Duties to OJK

By Editors | 03/01/2014

Bank Indonesia (BI) transfers banking regulatory and supervisory functions to Financial Service Authority (OJK).