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Crime Becoming Smaller Part of Crypto Ecosystem: Report
By Manesh Samtani | 17/01/2022
Chainalysis estimates that illicit wallet addresses received $14bn throughout 2021, but this represented just 0.15% of total transaction volumes in crypto during the year.
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IOSCO Outlines Pandemic Lessons on Operational Resilience
By Editors | 14/01/2022
The pandemic highlighted that greater automation of compliance and supervisory processes may better accommodate a remote workforce.
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FRTB Will Turn Banks Away from Fund Investment Activity
By Manesh Samtani | 13/01/2022
The FRTB treatment of equity investments in funds is “excessively conservative” and could prompt banks to reduce their activity in the sector, ultimately weakening the market.
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Policy Reforms Needed for Platform-based Financial Services: BIS
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/01/2022
A BIS paper says platform-based business models can lower costs and aid financial inclusion, but they can also give rise to digital monopolies and oligopolies.
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WEF Calls for Global Coordination to Address Emerging Risks
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/01/2022
The climate crisis, growing social divides, heightened cyber risks, an uneven global recovery and competition in space were cited as key risks.
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FSB Publishes Papers on Insurer Resolution Planning
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/01/2022
The FSB requests feedback on two papers that seek to address issues for insurers related to resolution planning and interconnectedness.
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DPRK Sanctions Evasion Not Being Captured by Regulation
By Manesh Samtani | 07/01/2022
Gatekeeper professions play an important role in facilitating North Korean sanctions evasion, RUSI says in a new paper.
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Trade Misinvoicing a Persistent Problem Across Nations: GFI
By Manesh Samtani | 22/12/2021
GFI says countries need to make trade misinvoicing illegal at the national level and strengthen law enforcement capacities of customs authorities.
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ISSA Explores CBDC Impacts to Post-Trade Settlement
By Editors | 21/12/2021
CBDC is a critical and likely enabler for DLT-based securities settlement and collateral management, with stablecoins providing a possible alternative, the paper says.
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ISDA Outlines Next Steps to Develop China Derivatives Markets
By Manesh Samtani | 20/12/2021
China’s draft Futures and Derivatives Law will remove a major barrier to international participation in China’s derivatives markets, ISDA says.
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