Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Expected to Allow Banks More Flexibility in Setting Rates – Report

By Editors | 08/01/2019

The central bank is expected to allow financial institutions greater flexibility in setting interest rates for loans and deposits in the year ahead.

Capital / Liquidity

PBOC Announces First Reserve Requirement Cut of 2019

By Editors | 07/01/2019

A 100 basis point RRR cut will be implemented in two phases this month, releasing $218bn of liquidity into the banking system.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Banking System Stable Despite Outside Challenges

By Editors | 07/01/2019

The Philippine banking system “remained robust and continued to exhibit strong capital position and sustained growth in core earnings”, says BSP deputy governor Chuchi Fonacier.

Capital / Liquidity

China Lowers Bank Reserve Requirement for SME Lending

By Editors | 04/01/2019

The central bank has tweaked its definition of SMEs to include more firms and reduced reserve requirements for banks lending to these firms.

Capital / Liquidity

Easing Bank Capital Requirements Would Hurt Economy – RBI

By Editors | 03/01/2019

The RBI says that current provisioning is inadequate to cover future losses from bad loans, which have been underrecognised by Indian banks.

Capital / Liquidity

Chinese Banks Will Face Capital, Liquidity Shortfalls Under Stress

By Editors | 03/01/2019

Stress tests indicate Chinese banks would face capital and liquidity shortfalls under adverse conditions, according to the PBOC’s latest financial stability report.

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – RBI Allows Lenders One-Time Restructuring of MSME Loans

By Editors | 01/01/2019

Banks and NBFCs will be allowed to restructure defaulted loans not yet classified as NPAs, provided the borrower has aggregate exposures less than $3.6mn.

Capital / Liquidity

China Promotes Perpetual Bonds to Replenish Bank Capital

By Manesh Samtani | 31/12/2018

The FSDC has given the green light to allow commercial banks to replenish their capital through issuing perpetual bonds. Bank of China likely to be the first to do so.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI ‘Expert Committee’ to Determine Best Use of Central Bank Reserves

By Editors | 30/12/2018

The committee is tasked with suggesting an adequate level of reserves for the central bank and proposing a policy for distributing dividends to the government.