Prudential Risk

    Cybersecurity

    China Launches 2nd Cyber Insurance Pilot Targeting Key Sectors

    By Mark Johnston | 10/11/2025

    Regulators aim to improve standards and integrate financial and cyber services, with banks, asset managers, and insurers named as key targets.

    Structural Regulation

    CPMI, IOSCO Target 'Serious' Gaps in FMI Business Risk Rules

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/11/2025

    An assessment of 34 financial market infrastructures reveals significant shortcomings, prompting new draft guidance on capital, recovery, and wind-down plans.

    Credit Risk

    FSC Korea Issues Rule Amendments for Savings Bank

    By Mark Johnston | 07/11/2025

    FSC Korea has approved amendments targeting credit concentration, asset classification, and project finance (PF) evaluation criteria.

    Structural Regulation

    Japan Confirms Plan to Amend Foreign Investment Law, Close Loopholes

    By Editors | 07/11/2025

    The Finance Ministry is preparing a 2026 bill to amend FEFTA, targeting indirect acquisitions and streamlining the review process.

    Liquidity Risk

    PBOC Resumes Bond Buying Programme after 10 Month Haitus

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/11/2025

    The bond purchases, the first this year, signals the revival of a long-term liquidity tool amid ongoing economic challenges.

    Custody & Infrastructure

    HK Wealth Industry Calls for Reforms to Boost Competitiveness

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2025

    New report urges Hong Kong to reform complex product rules, virtual asset custody, and cross-border schemes to maintain its edge.

    Resolution & Recovery

    Loss-absorbing Rules for Non-G-SIBs Are Too Complex: BIS Paper

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2025

    New paper reviews diverging approaches to loss-absorbing capacity requirements for systemic banks other than G-SIBs.

    Capital Adequacy

    'Unarmed' Regulators Lack Power to Push Reforms: BOJ Deputy

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2025

    Ryozo Himino says fading political will has stalled the Basel III endgame, leaving the global financial system exposed to new risks.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    IAIS Warns of Stability Risk from NatCat Protection Gaps

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2025

    IAIS report says uninsured losses in emerging economies could shift systemic risk onto the banking sector, threatening financial stability.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    ASIC Warns of 'Minsky Moment' in Australian Private Credit Market

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/11/2025

    ASIC is calling for urgent market innovation and warns of potential law reform if industry practices in the AUD 200 billion sector do not improve.

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