International

    Capital / Liquidity

    BCBS Gives Banks Just 2.5 Years to Work-out Step-in Risk

    By Editors | 26/10/2017

    Step-in risk guidelines due to be implemented by 2020 will require reporting rather than additional liquidity or capital charges.

    BCBS Set to Finalise Last Two Elements of Global Policy Agenda

    By Editors | 16/10/2017

    BCBS secretary general tells IMF it will publish step-in risk guidelines next month, leaving capital output floor as final element of policy agenda.

    Market Infrastructure

    US, Europe Agree Margin Requirement, Trading Venue ‘Comparability’

    By Editors | 16/10/2017

    Swap dealers or major market participants subject to EC margin rules can assume ‘substituted compliance’ when dealing in US.

    AML / KYC

    Communication Breakdown

    By Peter Guy | 09/10/2017

    WhatsApp et al have widened a grey area in compliance rival financial messaging services are trying to exploit.

    Fintech / Regtech

    CPMI, IOSCO Call for Uniformity in UPI Creation, Reporting

    By Editors | 02/10/2017

    Report proposes that each UPI maps to reference data which indirectly describes an OTCD product without identifying transaction details.

    Fintech / Regtech

    DLT Not Yet a Solution for Large Central Bank Applications – BOJ

    By Samuel Riding | 11/09/2017

    Japanese central bank and European counterpart conclude from ‘Project Stella’ tests of DLT in RTGS that the technology is not yet mature enough.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Don’t Expect New EU Equivalency Decisions for Asia

    By Samuel Riding | 07/09/2017

    Ben Pott, head of government affairs at NEX Group, suggests Brexit and the time taken to resolve US-EU CCP issue, make equivalency rulings unlikely.

    AML / KYC

    Top CBRC Adviser Flags Failures to Address Operational Risks

    By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2017

    CBRC chief adviser and former SFC chief Dr Andrew Sheng says regulation risks pro-cyclicality when real economy requires structural change.

    Enforcement

    BCBS Says Supervisors Should Boost Fintech Training, Regtech Use

    By Samuel Riding | 04/09/2017

    Taskforce says regulators will need to start upskilling staff; adopt artificial intelligence, machine learning and other tech to ensure effective supervision.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Japanese Banks Call for Narrower OTCD Reporting Requirements

    By Samuel Riding | 04/09/2017

    Japanese Bankers Association says data elements should be narrower; concerned about cost of reporting given different collateral settlement timings.

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