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South Korean banks will need to boost risk tolerance levels to comply with Basel III rules
Date: Jan 18, 2013
Author: Baron Laudermilk
Categories: Basel III, Credit Risk, Markets & Exchanges, Operational Risk, Regulation, Risk and Regulation, Trading & Data
Keywords: Counterparty Risk, Market Risk, G-SIFIs, FATCA, Volcker Rule, ERM Systems
Proceedings report from The Asian Banker’s "The Korea Banking Risk Dialogue 2012" on South Korean banks' exposure to international funding and the domestic OTC derivatives market.
Interview transcript: Koichi Miyata, President and CEO, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Part 1
Date: Aug 30, 2012
Author: Editorial
Categories: Cash, Treasury & Trade, Consumer Credit, Japan, Retail Banking, Transaction Banking
Keywords: Koichi Miyata, SMFG, NPL, Bank of Scotland, G-SIFI, JGB, Cash Management, Treasury Services, Citibank, HSBC Bank, Deutsche Bank, CDS, Sovereign Bonds, GE Finance, GE
Koichi Miyata, President and CEO of SMFG discusses the five main goals of SMFG, managing the group’s treasury functions, and the three major differences separating SMFG from western financial institutions.
Are G-SIFIs really practical?
Date: May 24, 2012
Author: Tiah Wen Li
Categories: Asian Banker Summit 2012, Capital & Strategic Issues, Operational Risk, Regulation, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: G-SIFI, D-SIFI, FSA UK, IMF, BIS, FSB, Christian Hunt, Andrew Kerr, AmBank, Systemic Risk
Regulators’ ultimate aim is for banks to manage their businesses appropriately, implement sensible risk management, and have sustainable business models.
Could SIFIs have totally the wrong effect?
David Millar, risk consultant and trainer and former COO at global risk management association, PRMIA, looks at the impact of local SIFIs in Asia and questions whether the designation is achieving what was hoped for.
Big banks need culture more than capital to prevent potential collapse
Date: Jan 04, 2012
Author: Peter Hoflich
Categories: Capital & Strategic Issues, Regulation, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: Financial Stability Board, G-SIFI, G-20, GDP, Financial Services Authority, Colin Lawrence, David Millar, Basel 1, Basel II, 2008 Financial Crisis
One of the prescriptions of the FSB’s G-SIFI definition is to recommend more capital, but regulators like the FSA want a more holistic approach.
How important is globally systemically important?
Date: Dec 13, 2011
Author: David Millar
Categories: Capital & Strategic Issues, Regulation, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: G-SIFI, FSB, BCBS, Cross Jurisdictional Activity, Interconnectedness, Substitutability, Bank of China, Systemic Risk
David Millar, former COO of PRMIA, feels that the creation of G-SIFIs will have a greater impact than just extra capital buffer and new reporting requirements.
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