Market Infrastructure

    Fintech / Regtech

    BIS, Swiss National Bank to Issue CBDC Proof of Concept by Year-End

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/10/2020

    CBDC research provides an “essential opportunity” to pool knowledge and resources and help enhance cross-border payments, says Benoît Coeuré, head of the BIS Innovation Hub.

    Capital / Liquidity

    PBOC Issues Draft Law Aimed at Modernising Central Bank System

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/10/2020

    The draft law expands the PBOC’s role in preventing financial risks, assigns it responsibilities to society, and provides a legal basis for its CBDC, among other changes.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Australian Treasury Orders Review of Domestic Payments Regulation

    By Shruti Khairnar | 27/10/2020

    The review comes after two decades of the regulatory architecture of the domestic payments system being largely unchanged.

    Market Infrastructure

    Australia: New Report Proposes Changes to Financial Advice Rules

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/10/2020

    The FASEA regime has created a barrier to many people who seek to provide advice services and to consumers who seek to access them, says a new Rice Warner report.

    Market Infrastructure

    Singapore Publishes Timelines, Guidance to Support Transition to SORA

    By Manesh Samtani | 27/10/2020

    Under the timelines, all lenders and borrowers will stop issuing SOR-linked loans and securities that mature after 2021 by end-April 2021.

    Market Infrastructure

    China to Issue Additional Quotas for Outbound Investment via QDII

    By Editors | 26/10/2020

    The move, estimated to release quotas by $2-3bn per quarter, is being called one of the biggest relaxations in capital controls in recent years.

    Capital / Liquidity

    MAS Proposes Amendments to RMO Capital Requirements

    By Manesh Samtani | 26/10/2020

    MAS proposes to introduce a direct liquidity requirement for recognised market operators, and to revise downward the solvency requirement.

    Market Infrastructure

    ISDA Launches IBOR Fallbacks Supplement, Protocol

    By Editors | 25/10/2020

    The implementation of fallbacks for derivatives will help to mitigate the systemic risk that could occur following the disappearance of LIBOR.

    Market Infrastructure

    GFXC to Complete FX Global Code Review by Mid-2021

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/10/2020

    Among the key issues in the FX market has been settlement risk, given the increasing number of trades being settled without PvP protection, says RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle.

    Market Infrastructure

    GBA Wealth Management Connect to Operate With Quota System

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/10/2020

    The scheme will be capped at 150 bn yuan in each direction, and an individual quota of 1 mn yuan will be imposed on Greater Bay Area residents.

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