All posts tagged "commercial banks"
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1.1KAsia-PacificSri Lanka Eases Shareholder Limits on Commercial Banks
Multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and IFC can hold up to 20% of a commercial bank. Other firms or institutions can hold up to 15%.
September 14, 2020 -
1.1KAsia-PacificBSP Cuts Reserve Requirements for Smaller Banks
The move to lower the reserve requirement ratio for thrift, rural and cooperative banks will release an estimated $200mn into the economy.
July 22, 2020 -
1.0KChinaChina Opens Treasury Bond Futures Market to ICBC, BOC, BoCom
Participation by the three banks in the treasury bond futures market will improve liquidity, enhance price discovery, and create a more meaningful yield curve.
April 14, 2020 -
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BSP Announces RRR Cut, Lenders Asked to Grant Debt Relief
The 200 basis point cut will release up to 200bn pesos in bank liquidity. Lenders are encouraged to continue lending and to offer debt relief to borrowers.
March 25, 2020 -
460ChinaPBOC Issues Draft Rules on Standardised Notes Issuance
The draft rules seek to standardise the instrument and improve its utility as a financing channel for SMEs, while also setting out supervisory measures and applicable rights to protect investors.
February 21, 2020 -
566IndiaRBI Issues Operational Guidance for UCB Large Exposure Reporting
Large urban cooperative banks have to report exposures over 50mn rupees to a central repository within one month from the end of each quarter.
January 20, 2020 -
671Asia-PacificPhilippines Adopts Guidelines for Bank Reporting of Intraday Liquidity
Universal banks, commercial banks and their subsidiary thrift banks and quasi-banks are required to submit the 'report on intraday liquidity' by end-June 2021, and every month thereafter.
January 7, 2020 -
723Capital / LiquidityJurisdictions Continue to Strengthen Deposit Insurance Systems: IADI
The International Association of Deposit Insurers says the average coverage per depositor per institution has risen substantially in the last 10 years and that depositor reimbursements have sped up.
December 19, 2019 -
2.7KAsia-PacificEU Shareholder Rights Directive – It’s Time for APAC Firms to Act
Though a European regulation, SRD II will directly impact Asian intermediaries and hundreds of billions of euros in assets held by APAC investors, says Demi Derem at Broadridge.
August 26, 2019 -
907Capital / LiquidityChina to Support Banks that Swap Corporate Debt for Equity
The new measures encourage banks to set up subsidiaries to invest in debt-for-equity swaps, helping them to offload distressed debt and ease rising NPL pressures.
August 1, 2019
