CAPITAL / LIQUIDITY

    Capital / Liquidity

    Europe Tightens Rules on Overseas Credit Rating Endorsements

    By Editors | 20/11/2017

    Regulator says about two thirds of credit ratings used for regulatory purposes in the EU cover non-EU issuers of financial instruments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Trapped Liquidity Optimisation – Solutions for Asia

    By Matthieu Sachot | 09/11/2017

    Regulators in the region are introducing ever-tighter rules on the movement of cash and assets. Firms need to find innovative solutions.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Australia to Loosen Fundraising Rules for Mutuals in Bid to Boost Competition

    By Editors | 09/11/2017

    Credit unions, building societies will be able to raise funds without having to forego their status as customer-owned entities.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Philippines Signs up to ASEAN Fund Passport Scheme; Green Bond Standards Introduced

    By Garima Chitkara | 09/11/2017

    ASEAN conference also hears of plans to allow cross-border transfer of capital markets professionals without additional license requirements.

    Capital / Liquidity

    India to Require Biggest Corporate Borrowers to Use LEIs

    By Editors | 06/11/2017

    Corporate borrowers which do not satisfy LEI requirement will not be allowed any more credit amid continued efforts to clean up bad debt.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China to Clampdown on Money Laundering via Property Market

    By Editors | 06/11/2017

    **Developers to conduct due diligence checks on sources of funding, buyers must use their own accounts to make property purchases in AML drive.
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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’.

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