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Risky road ahead for South Korean banks
Weakening ROAs, risky NPLs, and funding exposures may prove to be stumbling blocks in the banks’ quest to seek compliance with Basel III.
ING aims to beef up trade finance capabilities by centralising operations in Asia
Date: Oct 11, 2012
Author: Foo Boon Ping
Categories: China, Trade Finance, Transaction Banking
Keywords: ING, AIA, Juultje van der Wijk, Basel III
ING seeks to capitalise on the increased trade flows into Asia, as the current recession in Europe continues to drive European companies to shift their exports to the region.
DataWorld 2012: Towards greater bank cost-efficiency and process optimisation
The Asian Banker’s DataWorld 2012 will address utilisation of social and predictive analytics as well as the impact of regulations on data and analytics, amongst various important issues.
Barclays and LIBOR – is operational risk management relevant?
David Millar, risk consultant, trainer and former COO at global risk management association, PRMIA, discusses the Barclays-LIBOR rigging case, the bank’s survival chances, and whether ORM could have impacted the case.
Leading regulators and risk practitioners gather at Risk & Regulation Conference 2012
This year’s conference offered insightful discussions and debates addressing key risk and regulation issues including the implementation of Basel III, banks' stress-testing efforts, and the importance of identifying one's risk appetite and management
Compliance for the sake of compliance: Basel III in Asia
The challenges faced in Basel III’s implementation in Asia are significant, as regulators play the important role of adapting Basel III within their respective environments, to the needs of their respective local banks.
"Canada is still a better bet than the US"
In a video interview, Gordon Nixon, CEO, Royal Bank of Canada explains how RBC stays healthy, expansion into Asia, and the development of a culture around a risk-reward system.
Basel III will change competitive landscape for trade finance
John Ahearn, Global Head of Trade, Citi GTS, explains how the capital requirements in Basel III will cause a drastic increase in the price of trade financing and will affect the number of banks that can effectively compete in this sector.
Basel III will limit the trade finance capability that banks can provide
Andrew Long, head of Global Transaction Banking at HSBC, explains intra-Asia trade flows, and how Basel III liquidity proposals on trade finance will impact these flows.




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