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Big Picture
NBFI Vulnerabilities “Broadly Stable” Year-to-year: FSB
By Editors | 17/12/2021
Largely unchanged measures of credit intermediation, maturity and liquidity transformation, and leverage highlight the rapid response and impact of official sector intervention.
ESG / Sustainability
NGFS Issues Guidance for Central Banks on Climate Disclosure
By Editors | 17/12/2021
The ‘how-to’ guide allows central banks to take their own specificities into account and to flexibly decide on the scope and depth of their disclosure, the NGFS said.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA Publishes New Set of Fallbacks for IBOR Derivatives
By Manesh Samtani | 17/12/2021
The new fallbacks cover IBORs in India (MIFOR), Malaysia (KLIBOR), New Zealand (BKBM), Norway (NIBOR), the Philippines (PHIREF) and Sweden (STIBOR).
Market Infrastructure
HKMA, SFC Consult on Calculation Periods for OTC Derivatives Clearing
By Editors | 16/12/2021
The existing list of calculation periods will be exhausted in about one year’s time. The HKMA and SFC propose to add eight similar calculation periods to the clearing rules.
Market Infrastructure
Vietnam Debuts New Umbrella Entity to Manage Stock Exchanges
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/12/2021
VNX, or Vietnam Stock Exchange, will serve as a new umbrella entity to manage the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh stock exchanges.
Big Picture
ESG Data, Regulation and the APAC Fragmentation Challenge
By Manesh Samtani | 16/12/2021
Panellists at Regulation Asia’s ESG Tech & Data event discussed the need for methodology transparency and better company reporting.
Market Infrastructure
Shanghai Bourse Set to Launch New Bond Trading System
By Manesh Samtani | 15/12/2021
The new system – to be launched on Monday – adds a night trading session, uses RTGS settlement, and allows multilateral netting, the SSE says.
Big Picture
CPMI Reviews Developments in Retail Fast Payment Systems
By Editors | 14/12/2021
The implementation of retail FPS across the globe has risen from under a dozen jurisdictions in 2010 to around 60 in 2021.
ESG / Sustainability
BOJ to Assess Market Functioning in Relation to Climate
By Editors | 14/12/2021
The BOJ will gather stakeholder views on how climate-related risks and opportunities are reflected in stock and bond prices and how to develop the ESG bond market.
AML / KYC
IMF, WB Propose Framework for Assessing Remittance Corridor Risk
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/12/2021
Corridor risk assessments will help to simplify AML/CFT and CDD measures in lower-risk remittance transactions.
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