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Market Infrastructure
Central Banks Act to Mitigate Covid-19 Economic Threat
By Editors | 04/03/2020
The HKMA has responded to the US rate cut with a cut of its own. The RBA and BNM have also cut their key policy rates, while the BOJ focuses on asset purchases.
Market Infrastructure
Covid-19 Presents Greatest Economic Danger Since GFC: OECD
By Editors | 03/03/2020
The OECD recommends providing banks with liquidity to allow them to help companies with cash-flow problems, and to consider reducing reserve requirements.
Market Infrastructure
SWIFT Reports Near Doubling of Year-on-year gpi Traffic
By Editors | 03/03/2020
Nearly two-thirds of all payments traffic on SWIFT is now sent via gpi, with the majority of transactions credited to end beneficiaries within 30 minutes or less.
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.
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