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CHINA PRESS
CHINA PRESS: Provision coverage ratios and reserves for bad loans are both to be
lowered to encourage banks to convert more off-balance-sheet assets, like
non-standard assets, to loans, reported the Securities Times on Thursday. These
changes are not to boost banks' profits; rather, with new regulation boosting
banks' capital, banks are able to convert more non-standard assets to loans and
will no longer fail to meet regulators' requirements, the report said. This move
also suggests regulators are encouraging banks not to hide their risks and to be
transparent with regulators, the report said. 

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