BIG PICTURE

    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.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Moody’s Finds ESG Risk Mitigation Delivers Higher Returns

    By ESG Investor | 25/06/2022

    Controversial events can cause lasting damage to shareholder value, analysis from Moody’s Analytics suggests.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    BIS Innovation Hub Outlines Lessons from CBDC Experiments

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/06/2022

    The report covers four experiments, Project Inthanon-LionRock, Project Jura, Project Dunbar, and Project mBridge.

    Big Picture

    BIS Bulletin Raises Concerns Over Front-running by Crypto Miners

    By Editors | 20/06/2022

    Crypto miners can choose which transactions they add to ledgers and in which order, allowing them to front-run markets.

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