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Anti-Money Laundering
Upbit’s Azman Hamid Discusses Travel Rule Adoption in APAC
21/03/2023
Upbit’s Azman Hamid discusses the UAE’s addition to the FATF grey list and APAC’s implementation of the FATF recommendations on virtual assets.

Reporting & Disclosures
ASEAN Regulators to Strengthen Collaboration with ISSB
21/03/2023
The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum will release v2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy and launch a Sustainable Finance Knowledge Hub this month.

Trading & Investment
CSRC Issues Draft Rules to Advance Derivatives Market Development
21/03/2023
The rules encourage central clearing and pave the way for new margin and reporting requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.

Liquidity Risk
US Banks Consider Fresh Efforts to Stabilise First Republic Bank
21/03/2023
The 11 banks which agreed to deposit $30bn into First Republic Bank last week are considering a direct capital infusion into the bank.

Resolution & Recovery
Flagstar Bank to Assume Signature Bank Deposits, FDIC Says
21/03/2023
The New York Community Bancorp subsidiary will assume “substantially all” the deposits of Signature Bank and buy $12.9bn of its loans at a discount.

Anti-Money Laundering
Star Entertainment Admits to Breaking QLD Casino Laws
20/03/2023
Star pleaded guilty to seven charges of allowing customers to buy chips with credit cards at its Queensland casinos.

Liquidity Risk
US Bank Body Calls for Backstop to Cover All Midsized Lenders
20/03/2023
A group of midsized US lenders is calling on regulators to extend deposit protection to all deposits for the next two years to prevent a wider run on banks.

Emerging Prudential Risks
CBIRC Overhauls Regulatory System for Trust Industry
20/03/2023
Trust companies have three years to adapt to the new rules, but plans for how they will do so need to be submitted to the CBIRC within 30 days.

Liquidity Risk
Multiple Reviews in 2021 & 2022 Identified Deficiencies at SVB
20/03/2023
Deficiencies were identified in 2021 but left unaddressed. Last year, Fed officials warned SVB executives about liquidity and the models used to calculate capital.

Market Abuse
India Supreme Court Orders SEBI to Refund NSE
20/03/2023
Supreme Court quashes SEBI’s orders against NSE for alleged lapses in network systems that favoured high-frequency traders.
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