Posts By Peter Guy, Regulation Asia
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572AML / KYCPostcards from the Crypto Frontier
Like a wild west cowboy town, Asian crypto-trading has overwhelmed regulatory efforts to control and discourage its growth. But regulatory confusion and misunderstanding have created opportunities and pitfalls.
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749ChinaAnt Financial – A Disruptive Force for Regulators
Blurring the regulatory distinction between banking and financial technology creates both opportunity and pitfalls.
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666AML / KYCOutsourcing Compliance and Cybersecurity is Increasingly Risky Business
Recent FCA case highlights cost of mismanaged outsourcing. Potential IT problems are brewing for private equity GPs too as big deals systemically overlap banking system.
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594InternationalMiFID II Could Kill Quality Investment Research
If almost all communications between sales-traders and clients is classified as “research”, severe distortions will hit the economics of quality investment insights.
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730Capital RegulationDecline of the House of Basel
The Basel regime has shown itself to be incomplete and not universally applicable. With the Trump administration seeking to allow a return to proprietary trading, profound implications for global banks’ risk management are only just beginning to surface.
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676ChinaChina’s Bold Regulatory Reorganisation
Super regulator’s major obstacle will be resisting the cycles of international financial history while meeting the challenges of a big, fast-growing economy.
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842International
Who’s Picking up the MiFID II Bill?
MiFID II’s rollout into the middle of a market reversal and complaints about asset manager fees couldn’t have come at a worse time.
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651Fintech / RegtechProfitability through Compliance Technology: Dreaming the Impossible Dream
Large technology investments to improve compliance performance have not yielded desired results almost ten years after the global financial crisis.
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576Capital RegulationPre-crisis Bank Resolution Model Makes an Unwelcome Return
The Trump administration’s Chapter 14 – a misguided attempt to end “too big to fail” by sending bank resolutions to court – will only heighten systemic risk.
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733AML / KYCBorder Cash Declarations Won’t Halt HK Money Laundering
For the first time, visitors to Hong Kong will soon have to declare cash they bring in. But money laundering will continue to flourish.
