International

New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore received the best ML/TF risk scores among APAC jurisdictions in the latest Basel AML Index.

Prudential regulators should increase the risk weighting applied to major banks’ fossil fuel assets, Finance Watch says in a new report.

ISDA working groups are transforming CFTC swap data reporting rules into machine-executable code ahead of implementation on 5 December.

New report offers recommendations to target bankers, lawyers, and accountants who provide advice and support to violent kleptocracies and corrupt networks.

One option is to group financial activities into a dedicated subgroup under an FHC structure. A second is to create a new regulatory category for big tech financial groups.

Japan Bankers Association says the proposed infrastructure risk add-on will discourage banks from developing new DLT businesses.

A special feature in the latest Basel III monitoring report reveals that crypto exposures are small, around 0.14% of total exposures on a weighted average basis.

The sanctions are a response to Putin's attempt to annex four regions of Ukraine, after holding referendums that have been denounced as illegal and coercive.

The FCA is still considering when to cease the 3-month synthetic GBP LIBOR setting, and whether to compel IBA to produce synthetic USD LIBOR settings after mid 2023.

The spotlight review details the key challenges of VCMs and offers recommendations to help in their transition into a mature asset class.