Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

BOC Wins First-Ever Approval for Perpetual Bond Issuance

By Manesh Samtani | 18/01/2019

Bank of China’s perpetual bond issuance is likely to see participation from foreign investors as China pushes to further open up its bond markets.

Capital / Liquidity

India Liberalises Framework for Overseas Borrowing

By Editors | 17/01/2019

Eligible domestic borrowers can borrow up to $750mn per year in foreign currency or rupees from any entity in a country which is FATF or IOSCO compliant.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Banks Face Capital Raising ‘Headache’ in 2019

By Manesh Samtani | 15/01/2019

Listed commercial banks in Vietnam will need to raise an estimated $10bn in capital this year to meet Basel II capital requirements by 1 January 2020.

Capital / Liquidity

Basel Committee Eases Trading Book Capital Requirements for Banks

By Editors | 15/01/2019

The final revisions to the market risk framework reduces the amount of total market risk capital for banks’ trading books by almost half compared to the 2016 version.

Capital / Liquidity

HKMA Banking Securitisation Code Takes Effect

By Editors | 14/01/2019

The Code provides guidance on the qualifying conditions to use the internal assessment approach for calculating the capital requirement for certain securitisation exposures.

Capital / Liquidity

India Delays Implementation Of Capital Conservation Buffer By One Year

By Editors | 11/01/2019

The RBI has announced the final tranche of the capital conservation buffer will be applicable from 31 March 2020 instead of 31 March 2019.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Turns Down Bank Requests for Special Classification of IL&FS Loans

By Editors | 10/01/2019

Banks will need to provision for IL&FS assets at the standard rate of 15% in the first year in the December quarter and will not get the six month reprieve they had asked for.

Capital / Liquidity

New Zealand Banks Called Out for High Priority Amounts on Mortgages

By Editors | 09/01/2019

By setting mortgage priority amounts almost three times the home loan principal, banks are preventing borrowers from shopping around for a second mortgage.

Capital / Liquidity

SFC Fines FWD Life for Noncompliance with Key Personnel Requirements

By Editors | 09/01/2019

FWD Life also failed to maintain satisfactory internal controls and written compliance procedures as required under the SFC Code on MPF Products and the Fund Manager Code of Conduct.