All posts tagged "capital buffers"
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440Capital RegulationUS Banks See Continued Dividend, Buyback Restrictions
The Fed's stress tests found that roughly a quarter of the US big banks would approach the 4.5% minimum CET1 capital requirement in a worst-case scenario, a W-shaped recovery.
June 29, 2020 -
462Australia & NZUsing Capital Buffers Not As Easy As Hoped: APRA Chair
Market expectations of bank capital levels and the knowledge that capital will eventually need to be rebuilt make it difficult for banks to dip into their buffers.
May 28, 2020 -
714Capital RegulationMAS Relaxes Capital Rules, Defers Policy Implementation
MAS has adjusted banks’ capital and liquidity requirements to help sustain their lending activities, while also deferring a host of regulatory initiatives until further notice.
April 8, 2020 -
505Capital RegulationPBOC Cuts Rates as Banks Prepare for More Bad Debt
Small- and mid-sized banks are likely to struggle more as they have less capital in reserve and fewer state borrowers they can call on.
March 31, 2020 -
1.0KAsia-PacificSingapore Banks Among Most Vulnerable to Covid-19 Impacts: Fitch
While Singaporean banks have sufficient loss-absorption buffers to withstand pressure, the impact will depend on the extent and duration of the outbreak.
March 4, 2020 -
530Capital RegulationHKMA D-SIBs List Unchanged, HLA Requirement Adjusted for Two Banks
Compared with the December 2018 list, the HLA requirement has increased for Standard Chartered and decreased for Hang Seng Bank.
December 28, 2019 -
567Australia & NZRBNZ to Adopt More Intensive Supervisory Approach to Banking
The RBNZ's financial stability report says it will bolster bank resilience with higher capital requirements and a “more intensive supervisory approach“.
November 28, 2019 -
665Capital RegulationFSB Adds Toronto Dominion to G-SIBs List
The addition of Toronto Dominion to the list brings the overall number of G-SIBs from 29 to 30. Deutsche Bank was moved to a lower bucket within the list.
November 23, 2019 -
552Big PictureCapital Buffers Are Designed to Be Used: BCBS
Banks that draw down on their buffers in times of stress are not deemed to be in breach of their minimum regulatory capital requirements.
November 5, 2019 -
494Capital Regulation
UPDATED – PBOC Mulls New Rules to Reduce Risk at Smaller Banks
The PBOC will encourage merger talks instead of bankruptcies when dealing with problematic financial institutions.
August 30, 2019
