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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    Credit Risk

    China Tightens Risk Classification Rules for Banks’ Financial Assets

    By Editors | 13/02/2023

    Banks must classify “all financial assets that bear credit risk” according to the degree of risk, including bond investments, interbank assets, receivables, and off-balance-sheet assets.

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    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    Korea FSS to Target Bank Governance in 2023 Workplan  

    By Editors | 09/02/2023

    Among the key tasks in the workplan, the FSS will work to strengthen governance structures, compensation systems, and internal control capabilities of banks.

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    Operational Risk

    APRA Imposes Licence Conditions on Super Fund Trustee

    By Editors | 25/01/2023

    In APRA’s 2022 ‘MySuper Heatmap’, only one other super fund trustee charged more in administration fees than Diversa Trustees’ product.

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    Trading & Investment

    NYSE System Issue Causes Trading Halts on Major Stocks

    By Editors | 25/01/2023

    The regular opening auction “did not occur” for a number of stocks so no opening price was printed. Executed trades will be declared “null and void”.

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    Operational Risk

    NZ FMA Publishes First Risk Assessment of Fund Management Sector

    By Editors | 23/01/2023

    Risk management practices and controls used by fund managers reduce overall risk but “pockets of relatively higher risk” still exist.

    Resolution & Recovery

    India Proposes Changes to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

    By Editors | 19/01/2023

    The simplified process currently available to small firms under the IBC will be expanded to some larger firms, among other changes.

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    Payments & Settlements

    SEBI Issues New Standards for Handling Stock Exchange Outages

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/01/2023

    Outages must be reported within 15 minutes. Updates must be provided every 45 minutes. Trading hours can be automatically extended for other exchanges.

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    Structural Regulation

    LME Blocked from Resuming Nickel Trade During Asia Hours

    By Editors | 12/01/2023

    The FCA thinks the LME does not have adequate supervisory controls for Asia market hours. The Oliver Wyman review has also been released.

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    Credit Risk

    CBIRC Drafts Revisions to Loan Management Rules for Banks

    By Editors | 10/01/2023

    Among other measures, the rules set requirements on the maximum term of different types of loans, to help banks guard against maturity mismatch risks.

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    Operational Risk

    BaFin Orders Deutsche Börse Entities to Remedy Deficiencies

    By Editors | 10/01/2023

    Business organisation and risk management deficiencies were identified at Eurex Clearing, Clearstream Banking and Clearstream Holding.

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