Operational Risk

    News on frameworks, regulations, and major events related to risks arising from internal processes, systems failures, human errors, or external disruptions.

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    Operational Risk

    Credit Suisse Identifies “Material” Financial Reporting Weaknesses

    By Editors | 15/03/2023

    The weaknesses related to a “failure to design and maintain an effective risk assessment process to identify and analyse the risk of material misstatements”.

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    Cybersecurity

    CFTC to Develop Stronger Rules to Address Cyber Risk

    By Editors | 12/03/2023

    The CFTC is seeking to require derivatives dealers to exercise more due diligence and oversight of the third-party service providers.

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    Cybersecurity

    FIA to Form New Global Taskforce in Response to ION Outage

    By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2023

    The taskforce will assess existing cyber protections, response protocols, and safeguards around third-party service providers.

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    Credit Risk

    CBIRC Amends Policy on Joint Lending by Banking Institutions

    By Editors | 08/03/2023

    The move is aimed at stopping companies from using multiple banks to obtain “excessive financing”, and helping banks to strengthen credit management and risk controls.

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    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BIS Paper Takes Stock of Individual Accountability Regimes

    By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2023

    The paper introduces the concept of the “accountability stack”, which presents a broad range of regulatory instruments and supervisory tools that target individual accountability.

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    Cybersecurity

    SEBI Issues New Advisory on Cybersecurity Practices

    By Editors | 28/02/2023

    The advisory calls on firms to take into account concentration risk when outsourcing multiple critical services to the same third party vendor.

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    Liquidity Risk

    China Tightens Rules for ‘Major’ Money Market Funds

    By Editors | 21/02/2023

    Money market funds with over CNY 200 billion in net assets or over 50 million investors will have to meet additional regulatory requirements and enhance their ability to resist risks.

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    Capital Adequacy

    China Drafts Revised Capital Management Rules for Banks

    By Editors | 20/02/2023

    The new rules propose to classify banks into three categories based on their business scale and risk levels and treat them differently based on their classification.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    US SEC, CFTC Penalise OCC Over Internal Rule Violation

    By Editors | 19/02/2023

    As a result of certain deficiencies, the Options Clearing Corp’s clearing fund was “underfunded” at various times between October 2019 and May 2021.

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    Clearing & Post-Trade

    UK CCPs Directed to Update Outsourcing Agreements by Feb 2024

    By Mark Johnston | 19/02/2023

    New supervisory statement requires UK CCPs to update legacy outsourcing agreements by by 9 February 2024.

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