Liquidity
Risk Europe: 'Humble' Basel Committee open to liquidity rule changes
The Basel Committee's Stefan Walter says door is open to changing LCR and NSFR - but it's not open wide
Asian regulators get tough on liquidity ring-fencing
Ring-fencing liquidity
Risky funding with counterparty and liquidity charges
Risky funding with counterparty and liquidity charges
Structured products versus ETFs: Which is best?
Blurring the boundaries
HKMA’s Yuen urges banks to take action now on Basel III LCR; warns of negative impact for corporate debt markets
Banks should begin preparing in earnest to meet the Basel III liquidity requirements as regulators begin the process of supervising banks’ compliance with the new rules, according to the deputy chief executive of the HKMA.
Japan injects ¥7 trillion; expands asset purchase programme by ¥5 trillion
Bank of Japan makes largest-ever same-day funds operation in bid to subdue market panic following Tohoku earthquake
BoJ leaps to action to soothe quake fears
Bank of Japan moves to assure investors that financial infrastructures are still working; central bank will work to maintain smooth liquidity, settlement conditions
HKEx to launch renminbi secondary market facility to support IPOs
The exchange says the new offshore renminbi secondary market liquidity pool will not introduce additional counterparty or forex risk, thanks to a back-to-back arrangement with interested partner banks and brokers
Experts discuss need for commodity speculation
Squeezing out speculative capital will affect commodity market liquidity, regulator must engage with market to prevent unintended consequences
Risky funding with counterparty and liquidity charges
Risky funding with counterparty and liquidity charges
Goldman Sachs & Alon Refining Krotz Springs deal
Goldman Sachs & Alon Refining Krotz Springs crude deal
Revised Basel III liquidity rules force Asia into uncharted territory
Uncharted territory
One-way collateral agreements with sovereign leave banks exposed
A call for collateral
Collateral could add billions to European debt figures
Swedish debt figures set to grow by Skr15 billion as country falls in line with EU guidelines on collateral reporting - Belgium resisting two-way CSA over possible debt impact
DBS to debut CNH structured notes in Singapore; close-out settlement backstop in place to deal with China policy u-turn
DBS is set to become the first financial institution to offer renminbi structured notes and unit trust to private banking clients in Singapore on February 28. The bank has also drawn up contingency plans to address the policy risk of Beijing changing its…
Securities regulators at odds over OTC shift to trading platforms
Iosco members fail to agree on whether organised trading platforms for derivatives should source liquidity from multiple institutions.
Bank amends collateral rules for sovereign debt
Revisions adjust ‘narrow’ and ‘wide’ bands for eligible collateral; change is for liquidity reasons
Central banks accused of collateral hypocrisy
Despite the funding risk it creates, central banks still refuse to sign two-way collateral agreements
Dealers face funding time-bomb from one-way CSAs
Five banks disclose $30 billion obligation from one-way collateral agreements - and dealers warn costs could soar as interest rates rise
One-way CSAs pile up funding risk for banks
A call for collateral
Sponsored statement: Royal Bank of Scotland
Liquidity – a new asset class? New opportunities for insurance and pension funds
Emerging markets: braced for the end of the party?
Emerging markets: braced for the end of the party?
S&P launches social responsibility index for Middle East and North Africa
S&P launches social responsibility index for Middle East and North Africa