Loan loss reserves
IFRS 9 transitional measures save Lloyds £572 million
Capital relief equivalent to 30 basis points uplift to CET1 ratio
Bank of Japan cautions on low loan-loss reserves
Lenders vulnerable to reverse in benign economic conditions
Fed to ease CECL capital impact
Phase-in of capital impacts over three years proposed
ECL regimes a volatile brew of risk and accounting
Fed asks banks to propose a solution to address CECL-CCAR mismatch
Banks grapple with IFRS 9 and CECL loan loss forecasting
Ambiguity in rules sets up potential clash between banks and auditors over “reasonable and supportable” projections
Singapore’s banks frontload IFRS 9 provisioning hit
UOB, OCBC announce $1.4 billion set-asides in Q4 results to account for oil and gas loan exposures
Doubts cast on Europe’s IFRS 9 transition period
Dynamic transition viewed as too complicated for banks to use or investors to understand
IFRS 9 prompts Asian banks to downgrade loan books
DBS raises provisioning on weaker energy loans fourfold in third quarter, citing rules impact
Banks seek capital relief for ECL reserves
Capital rules fail to recognise risk-reducing effect of loss reserves, lenders say
Multiple NPL models better than single models, research finds
Combinations of models produce better NPL estimates in study of Greek crisis
IFRS 9 packs bigger punch than Basel changes, say bankers
Capital hit from new loan loss accounting rules to rival incoming Basel regulations
Banks struggle to crack 'very complex nut' of IFRS 9
Move to expected loss impairment regime brings major challenges, say banks and accountants
Banks struggling with IFRS 9 impairment rules
Firms seek clarity on use of probabilistic scenarios ahead of January 2018 deadline
OCC 'disappointed' at lack of accounting convergence
FASB and IASB must keep trying to unite standards, say bank regulators
The death of an accounting dream
IASB and FASB have failed to bring standards together, stakeholders say
IASB + FASB = FAIL
Stakeholders have given up hope of accounting convergence
Basel II implementation in Vietnam by 2015 remains challenging
While the Vietnam regulator is consulting on setting up an asset management company to take on NPLs to help clean up domestic banks' balance sheets, slow progress is being made towards Basel II
Asia Risk Congress 2011: ‘Strong baseline supervision’ a domestic priority, says CBRC head
Chinese banking watchdog director-general Luo Ping says China should continue with its conservative regulatory approach, which insulated it against the worst effects of the global financial crisis
New loan-loss reserve requirement under Basel III set to crimp profits at Chinese banks
A new 2.5% minimum loan-loss reserve requirement to be implemented in China under Basel III is likely to reduce the ability of banks to distribute profits to shareholders
Credit expert findings should help revise new impairment standard, says IASB
A proposed new approach to loan loss accounting is proving a tough nut to crack, but standard-setters say progress has been made.
IASB positive about progress on new loan loss standard as consultation ends
The findings of a group of credit risk experts should help IASB staff find a way to make its proposals operational, board member John Smith tells Risk
No accounting for tastes
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has been robust in its defence of fair-value accounting, and is now set to ruffle regulatory feathers by proposing the approach be expanded to cover all financial instruments. Risk speaks to the standard-setter’s…