Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.

Capital / Liquidity

Vietnam Raises Credit Growth Limits for Commercial Banks

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Vietnam’s central bank has extended credit growth limits for several commercial banks in a bid to support the country’s economic growth and amid massive demand.

Capital / Liquidity

Philippine Central Bank Seeks to Capture Property Loan, Project Financing Risks

By Editors | 25/09/2017

Lenders face tighter loan, financing reporting requirements as central bank says it will target ‘areas which require supervisory action’.

Capital / Liquidity

India Interprets P2P Lenders as Non-bank Finance Companies

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Official central bank report issued last year had suggested P2P lending platforms meet $311,000 minimum capital and leverage ratio requirements.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Efforts to Tackle Household Debt Have Little Impact as Boom Continues

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Regulator calls on banks to strictly screen mortgage applications as household debt increases by $15.9bn over July and August.

Capital / Liquidity

APRA Delays Economic and Financial Statistics Reform

By Douglas Cheung | 13/09/2017

Banks should still devote time to correctly budget, resource and plan technology projects for EFS based on the new timelines.

Capital / Liquidity

China Joins US in Leading Bank Profitability as Capital Shortfalls All but Disappear

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2017

BIS report on Basel III finds US and China make up more than half the profits of the world’s Group 1 banks; TLAC shortfall of 12 G-SIBs tumbles to $360mn.

Capital / Liquidity

Don’t Expect New EU Equivalency Decisions for Asia

By Samuel Riding | 07/09/2017

Ben Pott, head of government affairs at NEX Group, suggests Brexit and the time taken to resolve US-EU CCP issue, make equivalency rulings unlikely.

Capital / Liquidity

Japan’s Low Interest Rate Environment Suffocates Regional Banks

By Editors | 07/09/2017

FSA’s commissioner ‘embarrassed to see regional banks’ balance sheets in their core businesses deteriorate more quickly than we expected.’