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Capital / Liquidity
When Deposit Insurance Isn’t Insurance
By Peter Guy | 06/11/2017
Calls for EU wide deposit insurance are supposed to herald banking union. But regulatory enforcement, national policies and financial technology stand in the way.
Capital / Liquidity
FSB Reports on ‘Rise of the Financial Machines’, Backs Regtech
By Samuel Riding | 02/11/2017
Report suggests AI and machine learning could create new systemically important players, warns on opacity, audit difficulty.
Capital / Liquidity
Hong Kong Sets out Internal Audit Requirements for Authorised Institutions
By Editors | 02/11/2017
HKMA says audit functions must be separate from risk and compliance; will only allow outsourcing ‘under very limited circumstances’.
Capital / Liquidity
Korea Introduces ‘Sarbanes Oxley’ in Response to Accounting Scandals
By Samuel Riding | 02/11/2017
Move is part of President Moon Jae-in’s Chaebol clean-up campaign, follows proposal to make agencies liable for ‘defective ratings’.
Capital / Liquidity
HK SFC Launches Thematic Review of Prime Brokerage, Equity Derivatives
By Editors | 01/11/2017
Regulator says prime brokerage a growing revenue stream for institutions as Hong Kong’s asset management, hedge fund sectors expand.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Targets ‘Shadow Financing’ by Tech Firms
By Editors | 01/11/2017
Central bank says many firms representing as technology providers are in fact providing finance for clients who can’t access conventional resources.
Capital / Liquidity
Singapore Proposes Liquidity Risk Management Rules for Fund Managers
By Samuel Riding | 30/10/2017
MMFs will face more enforceable requirements than other portfolios, including rules on average maturity, 1-day/5-day redemption.
AML / KYC
Philippines to Ease Forex Rules, Ending Registration System
By Editors | 30/10/2017
Central bank governor says rules will be relaxed so inbound investment, private sector foreign currency borrowing require reporting, not registration.
Capital / Liquidity
Here’s Sand in Your Eye
By Karen Chiu | 26/10/2017
**Why fintech (financial technology) sandboxes aren’t necessarily the child’s play they’ve been made out to be by banks and disrupters alike.
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Capital / Liquidity
BCBS Gives Banks Just 2.5 Years to Work-out Step-in Risk
By Editors | 26/10/2017
Step-in risk guidelines due to be implemented by 2020 will require reporting rather than additional liquidity or capital charges.
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