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FSB Takes Stock of Covid-19 Lessons on Financial Stability
By Manesh Samtani | 13/07/2021
Covid-19 may yet test the resilience of the global financial system, as lenders could still face additional losses as support measures are unwound, the FSB warns.
AML / KYC
Covid-19 Forced Companies to Short-cut KYC, Due Diligence
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 13/07/2021
A new Refinitiv report has found that Covid-19 substantially increased customer and third-party risks. Yet it also increased focus on ESG and green crime.
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Multilateral Collaboration Essential for CBDC Development
By Editors | 13/07/2021
A new report from CPMI, BIS Innovation Hub, the IMF and the World Bank highlights the need for multilateral collaboration and interoperability between CBDCs.
Capital / Liquidity
‘Noisy’ Stress Tests Can Promote Risky Bank Behaviour
By Manesh Samtani | 11/07/2021
When supervisory stress tests are less accurate, capital surcharges and disclosure of outcomes can amplify risk-taking by banks, says a BIS working paper.
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Corporate Governance Policy Frameworks Need Strengthening: OECD
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 04/07/2021
The OECD says significantly fewer companies are using public equity markets, but that strengthening corporate governance policies and frameworks can help.
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Consortium Proposes to Create Impact Reporting Rules for Banks
By Editors | 01/07/2021
Harvard Business School, Impact Institute, ABN AMRO, Danske Bank, DBS and UBS aim to create new social and environmental impact reporting rules for banks.
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We Are Not Out of the Woods Yet: Agustín Carstens
By Manesh Samtani | 01/07/2021
While economic disaster was averted, the BIS warns that considerable uncertainty remains that will present significant challenges for policymakers.
Big Picture
FSB Offers Policy Options to Enhance MMF Resilience
By Manesh Samtani | 01/07/2021
Requirements for MMFs could include capital buffers, higher liquidity requirements, or the removal of the stable NAV, among other options.
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Investors Call for Mandatory Climate Disclosures in Australia
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/07/2021
Paper outlines suggestions for mandatory climate risk disclosures to be introduced in Australia over the next four years.
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Japan’s Amended Banking Act to Have Limited Impact: Fitch
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 30/06/2021
The amendment is expected to contribute only marginally to addressing Japanese banks’ structural profitability challenges, Fitch Ratings says.
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