CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    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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