Financial Stability Board

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FSB Warns of Emerging Vulnerabilities, Financial Stability Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/04/2022

    Global financial stability cannot be taken for granted going forward, FSB Chair Klaas Knot said in a letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

    Market Infrastructure

    FSB Applauds ‘Smooth Transition’ Away from LIBOR

    By Editors | 05/04/2022

    The FSB highlights a need to continue building liquidity in RFR-based products, use SOFR across global markets, and plan for the remaining USD LIBOR settings to cease.

    Big Picture

    FSB Publishes Work Programme for 2022

    By Editors | 31/03/2022

    Key focus areas include work to address Covid-19 scarring effects, enhance cross-border payments, and address financial risks from climate change.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FSB Calls for Academic Papers Covering Crypto, DeFi Risks

    By Editors | 24/03/2022

    The FSB is inviting authours to submit papers analysing the structures and evolving linkages between crypto-asset markets for an upcoming plenary session.

    Big Picture

    Financial Stability Risks from BigTech May Be Increasing: FSB

    By Editors | 21/03/2022

    The FSB warns that bigtechs could become so large or dominant that their failure could have a severe impact on economic activity and financial stability.

    Big Picture

    Standard-setters Assess Adequacy of CCP Resolution Tools

    By Editors | 10/03/2022

    New report analyses default and non-default loss scenarios potentially extreme enough to require the use of CCP recovery and resolution tools.

    Market Infrastructure

    IMF to Launch New Data Gaps Initiative Later This Year

    By Mark Johnston | 01/03/2022

    A draft work plan for the new Data Gaps Initiative, which seeks to improve the availability of data for policymaking, focuses on four topics including climate change.

    FSB Seeks Market Views on Resolving Debt Overhang Issues

    By Editors | 23/02/2022

    Debt overhang of corporates could create a drag on economic recovery of jurisdictions and pose risks to financial stability, the FSB says.

    Market Infrastructure

    FSB Updates G20 on 2022 Priorities, Including Work on Crypto-assets

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/02/2022

    The FSB has started to examine regulatory and supervisory issues and approaches to address risks stemming from unbacked crypto-assets.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Crypto-related Financial Stability Risks are Increasing: FSB

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/02/2022

    Crypto-related financial stability risks could “rapidly escalate”, underscoring the need for “timely and pre-emptive” evaluation of possible policy responses.

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