‘BSP regulatory relief credit negative for banks’

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas temporary regulatory relief for banks may help cushion capital ratios from market volatility, but Moody’s Ratings warned that the move is credit negative as it reflects rising pressure from higher bond yields and unrealized losses on investment securities. In a report, Moody’s said the BSP’s relief measure allows banks to exclude valuation losses on peso-denominated government securities measured at fair value through other comprehensive income from the computatio