Big Picture

Credit Suisse's "too big to fail" emergency plan would have triggered an "international financial crisis", according to Swiss finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter.

The investor network has issued recommendations for policymakers to create an “enabling environment” for stewardship activity.

Upbit's Azman Hamid discusses the UAE’s addition to the FATF grey list and APAC's implementation of the FATF recommendations on virtual assets.

There is sufficient global capital to rapidly reduce GHG emissions if existing barriers are reduced, the IPCC says in a new report.

Rahul Advani, Policy Director for APAC at Ripple, discusses the regulatory landscape for digital assets and the potential for a globally harmonised framework.

Jarek Jakubcek, Head of Law Enforcement Training at Binance, discusses working with law enforcement and how the technology used in investigations has evolved over time.

“We witnessed a perfect storm in 2022 of so many negative pressures culminating to bring immense pressure on global stock markets," said WFE CEO Nandini Sukumar.

A survey of FIs found that some GBA transactions are still processed manually. Other challenges relate to differing messaging formats, regulatory requirements and investment quotas.

An IEEFA study has found “no direct relationship” between ESG credit scores and credit ratings, due to ratings providers still “evaluating companies the traditional way”.

A global marketplace for trading tokenised money such as CBDCs would reduce the need for bilateral trust relationships and improve cross-border payments.