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Market Risk
TAIFEX to Raise Margin Levels on All Futures Contracts
By Editors | 23/01/2022
Margin levels on equity index, commodity, FX and ETF contracts will be raised by 10 percent from 26 January.
Structural Regulation
Ant Group Faces Continued Regulatory Pressure
By Darien Choong | 23/01/2022
Regulators asked Ant Group to remove a new fund investment advisory service just a week after its official launch.
Payments & Settlements
Singapore, Indonesia to Deepen Cooperation on Payments, AML
By Editors | 22/01/2022
MAS and Bank Indonesia will deepen cooperation on payments innovation, monetary policy, macroprudential policy, financial stability, and AML/CFT.
DeFi & Web3
OECD Examines Policy Implications of DeFi in New Report
By Mark Johnston | 22/01/2022
An increased use of stablecoins constitutes “one of the greatest points of vulnerability of the DeFi market” and a potential channel of risk transmission to the traditional financial markets.
Operational Risk
Chinese Private Banks Violating New Online Lending Rules
By Editors | 21/01/2022
New rules which took effect from 1 January prohibit local and regional banks from extending online loans to borrowers outside of their operating territories.
Liquidity Risk
PBOC Cuts Benchmark Rates to Spur Lending, Economy
By Editors | 21/01/2022
The LPR was lowered for the first time since April 2020 after data showed a worsening outlook for the property sector and weaker consumer activity.
Credit Risk
China to Launch Nationwide Credit Risk Classification System
By Darien Choong | 21/01/2022
Every enterprise will be categorised according to their risk profiles. The grades will be used to signal risk and early warnings.
Credit Risk
New Zealand to Probe Lenders on Application of New Lending Rules
By Mark Johnston | 20/01/2022
The government has asked the Council of Financial Regulators to bring forward an investigation into whether lenders are implementing the new lending rules as intended.
Cybersecurity
FS-ISAC Initiative to Bolster Financial Sector Supply Chain Security
By Editors | 20/01/2022
The initiative fosters continuous collaboration and information sharing between financial institutions and critical network infrastructure and services providers.
Operational Risk
RBNZ Proposes to Reduce ‘Burden’ of Preparing Assurance Reports
By Editors | 20/01/2022
The RBNZ proposes changes to make assurance reports on bank disclosure statements easier to navigate, more readable, and easier to prepare.
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