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Liquidity Risk
New Zealand FMA Issues Liquidity Risk Management Guide
24/04/2024
The new guide emphasises the importance of effective liquidity risk management at “all stages of fund management”.
Trading & Investment
PBOC May Start Participating in Treasury Bond Market – Reports
24/04/2024
PBOC may start buying and selling government bonds as a way to manage financial system liquidity and monetary policy.
Payments & Settlements
PBOC Issues Draft Implementation Rules for New Payments Regulations
24/04/2024
Non-bank payment institutions will be allowed to transition to the new regulations depending on the validity of their existing licences, which can be up to five years.
PEPs & Sanctions
JPMorgan Sues Russia’s VTB Over Blocked Funds – Report
23/04/2024
JPMorgan said VTB Bank has filed a lawsuit in Russia that may enable it to seize the US bank’s assets abroad.
PEPs & Sanctions
Data is Key to Making Sanctions Work – RUSI Report
23/04/2024
Banks would be able to better identify red flags and stop illicit transactions if certain fields in SWIFT such as HS trade codes were made mandatory.
Trading & Investment
CSRC Issues New Rules on Investment Fund Fees and Disclosures
22/04/2024
The rules prohibit passive stock funds from using commissions to pay for research and lower the concentration of transaction fees that can be distributed to a single brokerage.
Structural Regulation
Shanghai to Merge Two State-owned Investment Firms – Report
22/04/2024
The merger will create a $18.2bn investment company, controlled by Shanghai’s government, to back innovation and technology startups.
Trading & Investment
NYSE Considers Introducing Round-the-clock Stock Trading
22/04/2024
NYSE is surveying the market on whether round-the-clock trading should take place only through the five-day work week or over weekends as well.
Anti-Money Laundering
HKMA Fines Hua Nan Commercial Bank Over AML/CFT Controls
22/04/2024
HKMA identified deficiencies in the bank’s ability to continuously monitor some customer relationships over a six-year period.
PEPs & Sanctions
ECB to Order UniCredit, Raiffeisen to Cut Russia Business – Reports
22/04/2024
Italy’s UniCredit and Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International are expected to be ordered by the ECB to pare back their Russia business.
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