MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

BNM Updates Regulatory Framework for Digital Banks in New Draft

By Editors | 03/03/2020

The new exposure draft incorporates a simplified regulatory framework for digital banks applicable during the initial three to five years of operations.

Big Picture

ASIFMA Calls for Global Coordination of Sustainability Efforts

By Manesh Samtani | 03/03/2020

Fragmented approaches to sustainable finance may ultimately undermine the development of sustainable finance through increased complexity and lack of coordination.

Market Infrastructure

Cross-border Payments Front and Center in BIS Quarterly Review

By Editors | 02/03/2020

The BIS is exploring how to solve key shortcomings related to access and cross-border payments, including to address the global decline in correspondent banking.

Market Infrastructure

BOJ Begins Publishing Securities Financing Transaction Data

By Editors | 02/03/2020

The data is collected monthly from approximately 50 financial institutions with the largest SFT trading volume, including transactions with overseas counterparties and intra-group transactions.

Market Infrastructure

MAS 610/1003 Pilot Testing Gateway Set for April Launch

By Manesh Samtani | 02/03/2020

A six-month parallel reporting phase for the new MAS 610/1003 returns was meant to start from 1 April, but this was pushed forward by three months earlier in the year.

Market Infrastructure

Thailand Raises Currency Repatriation Threshold Five-Fold to $1m

By Editors | 02/03/2020

The move is aimed at achieving more balanced capital flows and at easing the strength of the Thai baht, which hurt the domestic economy last year.

Market Infrastructure

WFE: Exchanges, CCPs Implementing Advanced, Embedded ERM

By Editors | 01/03/2020

Market infrastructures – exchanges and CCPs – are implementing advanced and embedded enterprise risk management right across their organisations, the WFE says.

Market Infrastructure

ICMA Publishes High-Level Guidance on IBOR Transition

By Editors | 01/03/2020

The ‘Quick Guide’ provides a high-level overview of 11 key areas relating to the transition from IBORs (including LIBOR) to risk free rates in the international bond market.

Market Infrastructure

Trade Bodies Publish EMIR Reporting Best Practices Matrix

By Editors | 01/03/2020

The best practice matrix is aimed at providing an agreed and standardised market guide for firms to use to comply with EMIR trade reporting requirements.