Prudential Risk

Trading & Investment

China Issues Rules on Entrusted Lending, Curbs Margin Trade

By Editors | 19/01/2015

China’s regulators have tightened supervision of entrusted lending and margin finance in a bid to curb excessive leverage in buying mainland stocks.

Resolution & Recovery

Vietnam’s Central Bank to Push for Bank Mergers

By Editors | 18/01/2015

Vietnam’s central bank has intensified its bid to overhaul the country’s banking system to bolster growth, vowing to push for bank mergers and force weak institutions to shut.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Should Bankers Even Be Paid?

By Peter Guy | 15/01/2015

Regulators have embarked on a long and winding crusade to control bankers’ salaries.

Emerging Prudential Risks

China Bank Deposit Rule Unlikely to Stimulate Lending

By Editors | 13/01/2015

The People’s Bank of China has enlarged the deposit base for banks, but money traders are saying the new rule may inject far less cash into the system that many hoped.

Capital Adequacy

Christmas Ghosts of Regulation Past

By Peter Guy | 24/12/2014

Regulations of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come pay us a visit.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Survey Shows Complex Effects of Regulatory Demands

By Peter Guy | 17/12/2014

Global regulatory reform continues to place heavy operational and management pressure on both local and international banks.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Implications of China’s Deposit Insurance Scheme

By Peter Guy | 16/12/2014

Proposed regulation is an important first step in risk management for banks and financial products.

Structural Regulation

Basel Committee, IOSCO Issue Guidelines on Securitization Structures

By Editors | 12/12/2014

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have issued new guidelines to help the financial industry develop simple and transparent securitization structures.

Credit Risk

Australian Regulator Steps Up Monitoring of Banks’ Property Lending

By Editors | 09/12/2014

Australia’s prudential regulator has installed new guidelines for banks’ lending to the property sector to address risks in the country’s housing market.