China’s top banks bulk up liquidity as global peers trim buffers

- By Joshua Walker
- 24 Apr 2025

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The median liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) across the 29 global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) fell by 2.14 percentage points in 2024 to 131% – the lowest level since Q1 2020.

A Risk Quantum analysis of the latest publicly available LCR disclosures shows that only two of the seven jurisdictions home to G-Sibs posted increases in their median LCRs over last year: Canada, with a modest rise of 0.5pp to 133%, and China, where the median surged 11.8pp to 140.3% – the country’s highest reading

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