All posts tagged "capital buffer"
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150Capital RegulationFederal Reserve to Lift Dividend Restrictions from 30 June
If a bank remains above all of its minimum risk-based capital requirements in this year's stress test, the restrictions will end after 30 June.
March 29, 2021 -
154Asia-PacificThai Banks Announce Lower Dividends Amid Declining Profitability
The dividend announcements are in line with the central bank's requirements for banks to limit payouts to 50 percent of 2020 net profit.
March 18, 2021 -
594Australia & NZRBNZ Consults on Implementation of Bank Capital Changes
The RBNZ is consulting on new rules for the instruments that make up a bank’s capital, and proposed actions it will take if banks breach prudential capital buffer requirements.
November 17, 2020 -
605Capital RegulationFSC Korea Identifies 10 D-SIBs for 2021
Shinhan Financial Group subsidiary Jeju Bank has been removed pursuant to April's temporary easing of regulations to exclude small-sized regional banks from the designation.
June 25, 2020 -
461Capital Regulation
S. Korea Eases Capital, Liquidity, Asset Quality Rules for FIs
The FSC expects the regulatory relaxations will boost financial institutions’ capacity to provide up to 400 trillion won in additional financing to businesses.
April 20, 2020 -
518Capital RegulationBCBS Issues Guidance on Sectoral Countercyclical Capital Buffer
The SCCyB is a targeted tool that national authorities can use to temporarily impose additional capital requirements that directly address the build-up of risks in a specific sector.
November 28, 2019 -
898Capital RegulationS. Korea Basel III Adoption is Credit Negative – Moody’s
The reforms will lower the risk weights Korean banks use, resulting in reduced risk-weighted assets and freed-up capital, which will likely be used for new loans or to pay out dividends.
April 17, 2019 -
720Capital Regulation
Sectoral CCyB May be Useful Addition to Existing Tools – BCBS Paper
Sectoral CCyBs increase banking system resilience at a lower cost than the Basel III CCyB, and can serve to reduce excessive credit growth and risks in targeted segments.
April 5, 2019 -
812Australia & NZAPRA Proposes Higher Capital Requirements for Big Four Banks
The banking regulator is seeking feedback on a proposal to increase the Total Capital requirement for Australia's D-SIBs by 4-5% of risk-weighted assets by 2023.
November 9, 2018
