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    Enforcement

    SFC Bans Guosen Fund Manager for Violating Staff Trading Policies

    29/05/2020

    The fund manager concealed his beneficial interests, direct control and trading activities in securities accounts held at an external brokerage.

    Fintech / Regtech

    IOSCO Consults on Updated Set of Outsourcing Principles

    28/05/2020

    The principles include selection due diligence, information security, confidentiality issues, outsourcing risk concentration, and access to data, among others.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SSE Considers Overhaul of Index Methodology – Report

    28/05/2020

    The SSE is considering using free float rather than total outstanding shares to calculate a company’s market value for the index, which would reduce the weightings of SOEs.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Using Capital Buffers Not As Easy As Hoped: APRA Chair

    28/05/2020

    Market expectations of bank capital levels and the knowledge that capital will eventually need to be rebuilt make it difficult for banks to dip into their buffers.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Singapore to Develop Metrics to Assess Fairness of AI-driven Decisions

    28/05/2020

    UOB and Element AI will develop fairness metrics for credit risk scoring; HSBC, IAG Firemark Labs and Gradient Institute will develop fairness metrics for customer marketing.

    Fintech / Regtech

    FSC Korea to ‘Reshape’ Regulations, Infrastructures to Boost Innovation

    28/05/2020

    In a welcome speech for Online Korea Fintech Week, FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo said the regulator will pursue innovation based on three main pillars.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Taiwan Defers Basel III, Eases Provisioning Norms

    28/05/2020

    The FSC has also clarified its expectations on ECL estimates under IFRS 9 and reiterated its relaxation of the D-SIB surcharge requirement.

    Market Infrastructure

    NGFS Publishes Climate Risk Best Practices of Supervisors, Banks

    27/05/2020

    Most banks have undertaken an operational commitment towards greening their balance sheets, consider their actions to be part of their corporate social responsibility or risk mitigation measures.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Japanese FIs to Be Granted Easier Access to State Aid

    27/05/2020

    Applicant financial institutions will no longer have to set profit targets as a condition for receiving state aid, and the 15-year repayment deadline will be scrapped.

    Big Picture

    Higher Skin-in-the-game Linked to Lower CCP Model Risk

    27/05/2020

    A new BIS paper finds that a higher amount of CCP skin-in-the-game is associated with more careful risk modelling and less frequent margin breaches.

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