Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
HKMA’s Pang says Chiang Mai crucial to maintaining financial stability
Hong Kong Monetary Authority deputy chief executive Peter Pang says Chiang Mai agreement central to safeguarding financial stability
China and HK central banks close to finalising new CNH clearing arrangement
Market participants are close to completing the legal and operational details relating to a new custodian account arrangement that would allow the city's participating banks in offshore renminbi to take credit risk against the People's Bank of China…
Loan-to-value ratios effective macroprudential tool: HKMA paper
Hong Kong Monetary Authority study finds evidence in support of loan-to-value ratios as a macroprudential tool
Mortgage lending falls: HKMA survey
Hong Kong Monetary Authority January 2011 residential mortgage survey reports decline in lending
HKMA plans launch of new HK$500 note
Hong Kong Monetary Authority says banknote will enter circulation next week
Credit card transactions rise: HKMA lending survey
Results of Hong Kong Monetary Authority Fourth Quarter 2010 Credit Card Lending Survey show increase in credit card transactions
HKMA end-of-year review says banking sector resilient
Hong Kong Monetary Authority end-of-year review says banking sector remains resilient; plans to step up regulation of banks in 2011
Central Banking’s advisory board adds Stern, Sheng, Heikensten
Gary Stern, Andrew Sheng and Lars Heikensten join Central Banking Publications’ editorial advisory board
What Basel III means to us
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the final text of Basel III on December 16, which introduces new minimum capital requirements, two liquidity ratios, a charge for credit value adjustment and a leverage ratio, among other things. Risk…
Hong Kong lawmakers to enforce mandatory CCP by the end of 2012
Hong Kong joins Japan in mandating central counterparty clearing for OTC derivatives with CCPs and a central repository expected to be set up in the coming months.
HKMA unveils measure to smooth burgeoning renminbi flows
Hong Kong Monetary Authority reveals four measures to steady renminbi flows into territory; renminbi flows rocket over 200% compared to end-2009
Reaffirming HK’s position as wealth management hub
Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Meena Datwani on what has been done in order to preserve the territory’s reputation as a regional wealth management hub
HKMA – Quarterly Bulletin (December 2010)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority quarterly surveys selected debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures
Chinese house prices overvalued in some places: HKMA research
Hong Kong Monetary Authority study shows prices outstrip fundamentals in some market segments; points to importance of early warning mechanism
HKMA’s Chan stresses importance of SME financing
Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Norman Chan unveils central bank’s new financing scheme for small and medium enterprises
HKMA measures cost of regulatory reform
Hong Kong Monetary Authority finds positive effect from Basel III
Chinese sovereign debt to be issued using HKMA platform
Hong Kong Monetary Authority and China’s finance ministry reach agreement to allow issuance of renminbi bonds using central bank tendering platform
HKMA, PBoC react to QE2
Hong Kong Monetary Authority and People’s Bank of China counter Fed’s quantitative easing programme with regulatory and monetary policy measures
HKMA’s Yue on offshore renminbi business in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Monetary Authority deputy chief executive Eddie Yue says development of offshore renminbi business will continue to boost Hong Kong financial services industry
QE2 criticisms “baffling”: King
Attacks on the Federal Open Market Committee’s latest round of asset purchases meet with scorn from Bank of England governor
Broaden renminbi use to curb dollar influence: ex-HKMA’s Yam
Former Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Joseph Yam calls for more renminbi internationalisation; says Hong Kong a vital portal in the effort
Hong Kong will not abandon dollar peg: HKMA’s Chan
Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Norman Chan says central bank will maintain dollar peg
Abandon theory, Sheng urges central bankers
Andrew Sheng says current generation of central bankers became so enamoured with models they missed bigger picture; says there will be a great need for discretion, not rules, in future
ADB launches landmark renminbi bond in Hong Kong
Asian Development Bank launches ground-breaking international renminbi bond in Hong Kong; Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Peter Pang hails likely effects on renminbi trade, settlement