Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

US Fed Vice Chairman Suggests Lower Capital Requirements for Foreign Banks

By JP Reimann | 21/05/2018

Vice chairman proposes lowering capital requirements, streamlining resolution rules of failing foreign banks, in acknowledgment of steps taken by other regulators.

Capital / Liquidity

China Boosts Offshore RMB Liquidity as MSCI Inclusion Looms

By Garima Chitkara | 21/05/2018

PBOC allows offshore clearing banks to access mainland liquidity, cuts RMB reserve ratio of clearing banks to zero percent, among other measures.

Capital / Liquidity

Hong Kong Bank Exposure Rules Gazetted

By Garima Chitkara | 21/05/2018

Government close to finalising legislative framework that will enable the HKMA to set concentration limits for banks’ equity exposures.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Mandates 100pc NSFR for Banks

By Garima Chitkara | 21/05/2018

The Indian central bank finalised its liquidity guidelines for banks requiring a 100% Net Stable Funding Ratio, in line with Basel III rules.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Raises Bank Deposit Insurance Protection 50pc

By Editors | 21/05/2018

Deposit Insurance Scheme coverage to increase to protect up to SGD75,000 per depositor, up from SGD50,000, starting from 1 April 2019.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS, IOSCO Target Simple, Transparent Securitisation Structures

By Garima Chitkara | 16/05/2018

Preferential regulatory capital treatment to be applied for banks acting as investors in or as sponsors of short-term securitisations that meet ‘simple, transparent and comparable’ criteria.

Capital / Liquidity

Fitch Downgrades HK Banks due to China Exposure

By Garima Chitkara | 16/05/2018

Fitch Ratings cut its assessment of Hong Kong banks’ operating environment from A+/negative to A/stable because of growing influence of Chinese economy on the industry.

Capital / Liquidity

SFC Fund Manager Code of Conduct – What You Need to Know

By Derek McGibney | 16/05/2018

The ten key points you need to know about the SFC’s consultation conclusions on changes to the Fund Manager Code of Conduct, due to be implemented in six months’ time.

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – RBI Freezes Lending, Hiring at Indian Banks Amid Rising NPAs

By Garima Chitkara | 14/05/2018

Central bank imposes lending and hiring freeze on Dena Bank, a public sector bank that reported a four-fold increase in gross NPAs and negative ROA for the quarter ending March 2018.