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    Reporting & Disclosures

    EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Passes Key Committee

    By Editors | 20/03/2024

    Compared to the initial proposal, the number of companies in scope has been scaled back, and the financial industry is excluded, among other changes.

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    Climate Risk

    Charting a New Course for Climate Risk Management

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 20/03/2024

    The BCBS’ proposed Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks highlights the need for broader consensus on such issues.

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    Climate Risk

    BIS Demonstrates the Use of GenAI in Climate Risk Analysis

    By Manesh Samtani | 20/03/2024

    Project Gaia delivered a platform that can extract data from corporate climate-related disclosures and generate harmonised metrics, despite differences in disclosure frameworks.

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    Data Privacy

    ECB, EBA Form Joint Committee to Streamline Bank Reporting

    By Mark Johnston | 19/03/2024

    The committee will create a common data dictionary, which will standardise concepts and definitions across new and existing reports.

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    Resolution & Recovery

    FSB Updates Guidance on Operational Continuity in Resolution

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/03/2024

    A supplementary note was added to address today’s dependencies on third-party providers for critical shared services, and the digitalisation of such services.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    EU Commission Revises List of High Risk Third Countries

    By Nithya Subramanian | 19/03/2024

    Barbados, Gibraltar, Panama, Uganda and UAE have been removed from the list, while Kenya and Namibia were added.

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    Microsoft, Amazon Suspend Russian Access to Cloud Products

    By Editors | 18/03/2024

    The move is a response to the EU’s 12th package of Russia sanctions, which prohibits companies from supplying enterprise or design software to companies in Russia.

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    Cybersecurity

    Emerging Tech is Raising Cyber Risk in Financial Industry – Report

    By Mark Johnston | 18/03/2024

    A new IIF-McKinsey report offers a roadmap for mitigating cyber risks amidst the rapid adoption of emerging technologies in finance.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    UNDP, MAS, GLEIF Launch Whitepaper on Project Savannah

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 18/03/2024

    The whitepaper details Project Savannah’s goals and strategy for empowering MSMEs in sustainability reporting through three key pillars.

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    Emerging Prudential Risks

    BIS Paper Calls for Stronger Oversight of Non-bank Retail Lenders

    By Mark Johnston | 17/03/2024

    The paper proposes a three-pronged regulatory approach to help guide the prudential oversight of NBFI retail lenders and mitigate risks.

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