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    Reporting & Disclosures

    ICGN Releases Sustainability Assurance Guidance

    By ESG Investor | 17/07/2024

    The ICGN said many companies and markets are in the early stage of sustainability reporting, and much of the information is not “ready for assurance”.

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    Trading & Investment

    ESMA Consults on MiFID II Order Execution Policies

    By Editors | 17/07/2024

    The consultation seeks input on draft technical standards for how investment firms establish and assess the effectiveness of their order execution policies.

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    Custody & Infrastructure

    GDF, GLEIF Announce Digital Asset Industry Partnership

    By Editors | 17/07/2024

    GDF said the partnership with GLEIF aims to raise awareness of the value of consistent party identification via the LEI.

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    AI Risk & Governance

    FSB to Update 2017 Paper on AI-related Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/07/2024

    FSB Chair Klaas Knot said this work is not currently aimed at developing policy options or regulatory standards.

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    Payments & Settlements

    FSB Proposes Measures to Address Cross-border Payment Frictions

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/07/2024

    Two new FSB reports offer policy recommendations to address legal, supervisory and regulatory frictions in cross-border payments.

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    Market Risk

    BCBS Finalises Targeted Adjustments to IRRBB Standard

    By Editors | 17/07/2024

    The BCBS adjusted the specified interest rate shocks in the IRRBB standard and the methodology used to calculate the shocks.

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    Climate Risk

    IAIS Launched Final Public Consultation on Climate Risk

    By Editors | 16/07/2024

    The fourth and final consultation includes proposed new supporting material to better reflect climate-related risk as part of effective supervisory practice.

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    CBDCs

    World Bank Paper Explores Interoperability Between CBDC and FPS

    By Editors | 16/07/2024

    The paper says internal experimentation demonstrated how CBDC systems could interoperate with retail payment systems through an interlinking bridge.

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    Canada Issues Draft Amendments to AML/CFT Regulations

    By Editors | 15/07/2024

    The proposed amendments will require firms to report sanctioned property and suspected sanctions evasion offences, among other changes.

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    Japan Makes First Arrest for Russia Export Control Violation

    By Editors | 15/07/2024

    A Russian national operating a trading company in Osaka was arrested for illegally exporting restricted goods to Russia via South Korea.

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