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Asset Managers Need to Collaborate on Risk, Compliance – IA

By ESG Investor | 15/07/2022

New report from the Investment Association and Deloitte offers recommendations for asset managers on net zero transition.

AML / KYC

Fraudulent Transactions Cost 4x the Loss Amount on Average

By Editors | 14/07/2022

Every $1 lost to fraud costs organisations an average of $3.99 in APAC, and around $6.33 for digital banks and alternative lenders, LexisNexis Risk Solutions finds.

Crypto / Digital Assets

New Report Offers Guidance to Central Banks on CBDC Design

By Editors | 12/07/2022

A report from CPMI, BISIH, IMF and World Bank assesses the options for access to and interoperability of CBDCs, to ensure they improve cross-border payments.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Issues Op Resilience Guidance for Markets, Intermediaries

By Editors | 12/07/2022

IOSCO has set out observations and lessons learned from the pandemic response to help inform future operational resilience arrangements.

Big Picture

IMF Calls for Strengthening of Capital Markets Regulation

By Editors | 07/07/2022

Securities regulators have generally not seen increases in their resources despite their expanding regulatory perimeters and raised supervisory expectations.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto Industry Seeks Public Sector Support on Sanctions Issues

By Manesh Samtani | 06/07/2022

More than 15 million crypto addresses have been linked to criminal activity with a nexus in Russia, a new GDF report says.

Big Picture

WEF Offers Guidance to Policymakers on DAO Structures, Risks

By Editors | 28/06/2022

DAOs may disrupt whole sectors but they also confront challenges of cybersecurity, governance, and regulatory uncertainty, says a new WEF report.

Market Infrastructure

BIS Warns Central Banks of Inflation Threat

By Editors | 28/06/2022

The BIS warns that the dangers of stagflation “loom large” due to lingering disruptions from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and soaring commodity prices.

ESG / Sustainability

Listed Equities’ Carbon Well Exceeds Paris Target

By ESG Investor | 26/06/2022

Stock exchanges’ listing rules are putting investors at risk, a new report from think tank Carbon Tracker finds.