Company: SHG
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-089950
Chunk: 216

Company: SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: 20-F
Chunk 216
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 the Financial Services Commission has required domestic systemically important banks to maintain an additional capital buffer of 1.00%, and we and Shinhan Bank have each been designated by the Financial Services Commission since July 2021 as a domestic systemically important bank holding company and domestic systemically important bank, respectively. Accordingly, we and Shinhan Bank are subject to this additional capital buffer of 1.00%. The Financial Services Commission may also, upon quarterly review, determine and require banks to accumulate a level of countercyclical capital buffer within the range of 0% to 2.5% of risk-weighted assets, taking into account factors such as the degree of increase in credit relative to the gross domestic product. As announced by the Financial Services Commission in May 2023, banks and their holding companies, including us and Shinhan Bank, have been required to accumulate a counter-cyclical capital buffer of 1.00% since May 1, 2024. The Financial Services Commission also announced in September 2024 the introduction of a stress buffer capital regulation, which may require banks and their holding companies to accumulate up to 2.5% of additional capital (in addition to, and separate from, the aforementioned minimum capital ratios) depending on the results of stress testing and evaluation of risk management status by the Financial Supervisory Service. On December 19, 2024, the Financial Services Commission announced that the introduction of the stress buffer capital regulation will be delayed until at least the second half of 2025 and that the timing and other details of implementing the stress buffer capital regulation will be determined during 2025. Liquidity All banks are required to match the maturities of their assets and liabilities in accordance with the Banking Act in order to ensure adequate liquidity. Banks may not invest in excess of an amount exceeding 100% of their Tier I and Tier II capital (less any capital deductions) in stocks and other securities with a period remaining to maturity of over three years. However, this restriction does not apply to government bonds or to Monetary Stabilization Bonds issued by the Bank of Korea. The Financial Services Commission requires Korean banks to maintain a liquidity coverage ratio of at least 90.0% as of January 1, 2017, 95.0% as of January 1, 2018 and 100.0% as of January 1, 2019. The Financial Services Commission defines liquidity coverage ratio as high quality liquid assets that can be immediately converted into cash with little or