ADVERTISEMENT
BIG PICTURE
ESG / Sustainability
Climate Finance Held Back by VCM Participation Barriers – Report
By Manesh Samtani | 26/03/2024
Companies say they would substantially boost their investments in decarbonisation if purchases of carbon credits were recognised and incentived by standard-setters.
AML / KYC
Bring Environmental Crime Back into Policy Spotlight: World Bank
By Editors | 26/03/2024
World Bank blog post calls for increased coordination between money-laundering prevention and environmental protection agencies.
Capital / Liquidity
APAC Banking Sector Well-prepared for Basel III Adoption: Fitch
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 26/03/2024
APAC banking groups are well-prepared due to prevailing conservative regulatory approaches and less extensive use of internal models within the region.
Big Picture
ESMA Publishes Industry Feedback on Adoption of T+1 in Europe
By Mark Johnston | 26/03/2024
The feedback was mixed. ESMA will seek to better understand the suitability, costs and benefits of a shorter settlement cycle and publish a final report by Jan 2025.
Big Picture
New Mediums of Exchange Will Add to HK’s GDP: Report
By Manesh Samtani | 25/03/2024
BCG, DLA Piper, HKT Payment Limited, paywith.glass, VSFG and ZA Bank say CBDC, tokenised deposits and stablecoins will add HK$160bn to Hong Kong’s GDP by 2032.
Crypto / Digital Assets
OECD Assesses DeFi’s Role in ASEAN to Promote Financial Inclusion
By Manesh Samtani | 20/03/2024
Innovation associated with DeFi, provided in a regulated and compliant form, could offer possible financial inclusion benefits such as in MSME financing.
Big Picture
US Move to T+1 Settlement Poses Systemic Risk to Europe
By Mark Johnston | 20/03/2024
EFAMA says in a policy paper that the US move to a T+1 settlement cycle could dmea European fund managers would be unable to meet CLS cut-off times.
Big Picture
Emerging Tech is Raising Cyber Risk in Financial Industry – Report
By Mark Johnston | 18/03/2024
A new IIF-McKinsey report offers a roadmap for mitigating cyber risks amidst the rapid adoption of emerging technologies in finance.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA Paper Offers Justification for Lower IRB Risk Weights
By Manesh Samtani | 18/03/2024
APRA explains why the difference in risk-weights for housing lending between IRB and standardised banks is appropriate.
Big Picture
BIS Paper Calls for Stronger Oversight of Non-bank Retail Lenders
By Mark Johnston | 17/03/2024
The paper proposes a three-pronged regulatory approach to help guide the prudential oversight of NBFI retail lenders and mitigate risks.
JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER
A daily selection of top stories from the Regulation Asia editorial team