SK FSC, SK FSS PF Loan No-Action


On Jul. 1, SK FSC, SK FSS issued remaining no-action statements.


  • SK FSC, SK FSS issued no-action statements for the second round of temporary financial de-regulation re the real estate project finance (PF) soft landing policy.
  • Follows SK FSC May 2024 issued no-action statements for PF loan, see #214052.
  • Also follows SK FSC, FSS Jun. 2024 2nd meeting soft landing measures, see #214750.
  • No-Action Statements
  • Where a financial company supplies new funds to a restructured business that meets all the special requirements for soundness classification by Dec. 31, 2024, the classification can be upgraded by separating it from existing loans in the business.
  • For PF business sites restructured with the supply of new funds or equity-to-equity conversion, feasibility evaluation may take into account such revamped fund structure.
  • For PF loan exposures newly handled by insurance firms via syndicated loans until Dec. 31, 2024, credit risk coefficient is reduced when calculating the solvency margin ratio; the exposures are excluded from the measurement of real estate concentration risk.
  • Where insurance firms sell repurchase agreement (RP) for raising funds for a syndicated loan by Dec. 31, 2024, it may be recognized as meeting borrowing requirements for maintaining appropriate liquidity as per the Insurance business act.
  • Effectiveness
  • The four no-action statements will be effective until Dec. 31, 2024.
  • Plan
  • SK FSC, SK FSS will identify additional necessary incentives in close communication with the industry, implement required deregulation measures in a timely manner.

Regulators SK FSC
Entity Types Bank; CU; Ins; Inv Co; MSB
Reference PR 7/1/2024; Law 19211, 12/31/2022;
Functions Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Product Administration; Risk; Treasury
Countries South Korea
Category
State
Products ABS; Banking; Fund Mgt; Insurance; Loan; Repo/Reverse; Securities
Regions AP
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 7/1/2024
Effective Date 12/31/2024
Rule Id 217705
Linked to Rule :214750
Reg. Last Update 7/1/2024
Report Section International

Last substantive update on 07/03/2024