S.Korea says to guide banks to retain more profits
SEOUL, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The South Korean government will guide local banks to retain more profits next year, instead of paying dividends to shareholders, to help bolster their capital. “In...
View ArticleBREAKINGVIEWS-FSA too weak on hybrid capital
– The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own – By George Hay LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) – The Financial Services Authority needs to be...
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China banks need $73 bln capital in 2010 -regulator
Chinese banks need more capital By Samuel Shen and Edmund Klamann SHANGHAI, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Chinese banks may need to raise about 500 billion yuan ($73 billion) from the capital markets next...
View ArticleTurkey plans to pass capital reforms by end-March
ISTANBUL, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Turkey plans to pass a European Union-sought capital markets reform bill through parliament before the end of March at the latest, the Capital Markets Board chairman...
View ArticleRegulatory cloud hangs over bank hybrid bonds
By Jane Merriman LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – European regulators want banks to boost their capital to protect against shocks but uncertainty about what type of hybrid bonds will qualify as Tier 1...
View ArticleBanks should hold more capital for risk -Santander
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Spain’s Santander <SAN.MC>, Europe’s second biggest bank, said forcing banks to hold more capital to cover riskier activities would be better than forcing the...
View ArticleBREAKINGVIEWS – Where’s America’s home equity loan Armageddon?
– The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own – By Rolfe Winkler NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) – The biggest U.S. banks hold tens of billions of...
View ArticleCOLUMN-Stress tests and cargo cults: James Saft
(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By Jim Saft HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 8 (Reuters) – How are European officials orchestrating the bank stress tests like Pacific...
View ArticleANALYSIS-Implementation key to Basel III success
By Huw Jones LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The global “Basel III” deal on bank capital standards was reached at lightning speed by usually glacial regulators — substantive negotiations took about a year,...
View ArticleBasel III: Chinese banks saving for new capital adequacy ratio
By Helen H. Chan HONG KONG, Aug. 26 (Business Law Currents) – New capital adequacy rules from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) are prompting banks to hit up investors in Hong Kong and...
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