Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

Foreign Investors Flee Sri Lankan Bank Stocks Amid Dividend Ban

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 26/05/2020

Exacerbated by a seven-week stock market shut down, foreign investors sold large quantities of Sri Lankan bank stocks following a ban on bank dividends this month.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Issues Guidance on Treatment of Loans Under Relief

By Editors | 26/05/2020

The HKMA’s guidance on the treatment of loans subject to government guarantees and payment moratoriums is largely in line with guidance issued by the BCBS last month.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Cuts Interest Rate Again, Extends Debt Moratorium

By Editors | 24/05/2020

The RBI has also increased the large exposures cap for banks from 25% to 30% and granted FPIs three more months to comply with requirements under the voluntary retention route.

Capital / Liquidity

BOJ Targets Small Businesses with New Lending Facility

By Editors | 24/05/2020

The 30tr yen facility will provide lending to businesses with interest-free funding, while paying a positive 0.1% interest on the amounts they lend to businesses.

Capital / Liquidity

‘Now is the Time’ for Banks to Use Buffers: APRA, RBA

By Manesh Samtani | 21/05/2020

APRA’s Wayne Byres and the RBA’s Philip Lowe said buffers were built up to be used in times of stress, and lower capital ratios are both expected and appropriate.

Capital / Liquidity

Woori to Seek FSS Approval to Use IRB Approach

By Editors | 20/05/2020

Higher expected capital adequacy under the internal ratings-based approach for calculating risk-weighted assets will help to fuel M&A activity at the bank.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Grants Internal Modelling Banks Relief on Market Risk Capital

By Editors | 19/05/2020

APRA will allow internal modelling banks to disregard back-testing exceptions that occurred in March and April when determining capital requirements for market risk.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Opens Special One-Year Repo Facility for Banks

By Editors | 18/05/2020

The new facility will allow lenders to access central bank liquidity for up to 360 days, compared to a maximum 28-day term allowed under existing facilities.

Capital / Liquidity

Sri Lanka Central Bank Bans Dividends, Share Buybacks at Banks

By Editors | 15/05/2020

Foreign banks are prohibited from repatriating profits. LCR and NSFR requirements have been reduced to 90%. Banks are told to refrain from non-essential expenditures.