All posts tagged "Stress Test"
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107Asia-PacificBangladesh Bank Issues Guidelines on Country Risk Management
From Q1 2022, banks will need to make general provisions on the net funded country exposures on a graded scale ranging from 0.25 to 20 percent.
April 21, 2021 -
139ChinaPBOC to Extend Stress Tests to All Domestic Banks This Year
Previously, only major banks were stress-tested. The expanded stress tests are meant to improve risk monitoring and early warning systems.
April 19, 2021 -
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 -
169Capital RegulationFSC Korea to Tighten Liquidity Rules for Credit Finance Companies
Specialised credit finance companies will be required to implement new best practice guidelines on liquidity risk management, enhance disclosures, and use less leverage.
February 25, 2021 -
1.1KBig PictureCredit Risk a Growing Threat in Hong Kong: Mazars
Banks need to be more agile in incorporating in their ECL model all latest reasonable and supportable information, including that which is forward-looking, says Pierre Latrobe.
June 2, 2020 -
2.5KCapital RegulationHKMA Support Measures and the Impact to the Banking Industry
Pierre Latrobe at Mazars discusses recent HKMA initiatives taken in response to Covid-19 and their implications for Hong Kong banks, highlighting credit risk as a growing threat.
May 13, 2020 -
836Capital RegulationUK Regulators Defer Majority of Regulatory Initiatives
Incoming Basel requirements and margin rules will be deferred. The transition away from LIBOR will continue as planned. Work is still underway to prepare for Brexit.
May 11, 2020 -
534Hong Kong
Hong Kong Set to Commence Fixed-rate Mortgage Pilot
Under the six-month pilot scheme, participating banks will offer fixed-rate mortgage loans, capped at HK$10mn per loan transaction, and subject to a total aggregate cap of HK$1bn.
May 6, 2020 -
998Hong KongHong Kong Bankers Compare Covid-19 to ‘Nightmare’ Stress Test
The actions being taken to combat the novel coronavirus are reportedly "very close" to those taken in a simulated exercise last October, which involved a pandemic, cyberattack and telecoms breakdown.
February 17, 2020 -
826FeatureMAS to Broaden Range of Climate Risks Included in Stress Tests
The current priority is to collect climate-related data and understand how it impacts FIs in order to conduct a proper stress test, says MAS board member Ong Ye Kung.
February 5, 2020
