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Financial Regulation
 
This site contains Moody’s Investors Service research on banking regulation and risk management across all geographical franchises. We endeavour to provide our subscribers with up to the date commentaries on the latest developments in banking regulation and what they mean for banks ratings. We also provide commentaries on evolving risk management and risk governance practices and their credit implications.
  

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  • 3 May 2013
    • Bank of England funding for lending extension credit positive
      The Bank of England announcement that it would extend its Funding for Lending Scheme to January 2015 is credit positive for participating UK banks and building societies because it extends lower funding costs into 2015, thereby contributing to the availability of cheaper credit and thus bolstering returns... Full Report
  • 8 Apr 2013
    • Mortgage Insurers' Settlement with US Regulator Is Credit Positive
      The $15.4 million settlement announced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ends an investigation into allegations that four mortgage insurers made improper payments to captive reinsurers owned by mortgage lenders. It is credit positive for the mortgage insurers because it ends the five-year investigation for an immaterial amount. It also shelters the mortgage insurers from pressure to enter into captive reinsurance arrangements that do not have clear economic value in our view... Full Report
  • 4 Apr 2013
    • China's Banks and Insurers Will Benefit from Tighter Regulation on Wealth Management Product
      The new guidance on wealth management products (WMP) from the China Banking Regulatory Commission is credit positive for the Chinese banks as it will help to reduce the systemic risk WMPs pose to the banking system and improve the quality of WMPs the banks offer. The guidance requires banks set up separate accounting books for individual products to provide more transparency; places caps on WMPs that invest in “non-standardized debt assets,” set at the lower of 35% of a bank’s total WMP balance or 4% of its total assets; and bans banks’ practice of offering guarantees or repurchase agreements on their WMPs that invest in non-standardized debt assets or equity assets… Full Report

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