Prudential Risk

Trading & Investment

Asia Weighs Trade-Off Between FX Market Openness and Stability

By Blake Evans-Pritchard | 12/02/2026

Indonesia’s equity shock underscores the dangers of liberalising FX markets without careful structural reform.

Trading & Investment

MAS Proposes Raising Share Financing Cap to Boost Market Participation

By Nithya Subramanian | 12/02/2026

MAS has proposed the change after reviewing the existing framework and said the higher 90 percent cap would better support investor participation and market vibrancy.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan Unveils Major Financing Programme for Five Key Industries

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/02/2026

The multi-year programme sets a TWD 120 billion initial lending target and offers significant regulatory incentives for banks and insurers.

Market Risk

ISDA Urges EMDEs to Develop Interest Rate Derivative Markets

By Manesh Samtani | 12/02/2026

New paper argues that robust interest rate derivative markets are crucial for financial stability and economic development in EMDEs

Credit Risk

RBI Proposes Easing Lending Norms for Co-operative Banks

By Editors | 11/02/2026

The draft rules would raise the aggregate ceiling for unsecured loans and deregulate housing loan terms for some lenders.

AI Risk & Governance

FIX Offers Recommendations to Strengthen Singapore’s AI Risk Rules

By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2026

FIX proposes ten key recommendations for regulating AI, calling for greater board accountability, new systemic risk tests, and a clearer definition of "material change" for AI models.

Structural Regulation

Australia Launches Review of Sovereign Debt Manager AOFM

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/02/2026

Independent review to assess operations, capability and governance of the Australian Office of Financial Management following a recent internal restructure.

Climate Risk

ISDA Adapts NGFS Climate Scenarios for Trading Books

By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2026

ISDA has translated NGFS short-term scenarios into market shocks but notes they are less severe than supervisory stress tests.

Supervision & Enforcement

Korea to Expand Inspections, Toughen Sanctions on Credit Cooperatives

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/02/2026

Regulators will nearly double the number of joint inspections and can now penalise officials for negligence even without financial loss.