International

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Warns of Risks from Bank Exposures to Leveraged NBFIs

By Editors | 30/11/2022

Bank exposures to NBFIs, particularly highly leveraged firms, could lead to excessive risk concentration and potential liquidity issues.

Crypto / Digital Assets

IOSCO to Develop Regulatory Guidance for Crypto Market

By Editors | 30/11/2022

IOSCO chair Jean-Paul Servais said new standards for regulating “crypto conglomerates” are an “obvious necessity.”

AML / KYC

Turkish Authorities Seize FTX Assets Amid Criminal Probe

By Editors | 29/11/2022

Turkish investigation found that FTX failed to safely store user funds, embezzled customer funds, and manipulated market supply and demand.

Big Picture

COP27: What Lies Ahead for the Future of Climate Finance?

By Michael Sheren | 29/11/2022

MVGX President Michael Sheren discusses key takeaways from COP27 and the importance of regulation and high-integrity standards for carbon markets.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto Lender BlockFi Follows FTX Into Bankruptcy

By Editors | 29/11/2022

BlockFi said its liquidity crisis was due to its exposure to FTX as well as cryptocurrencies held on FTX’s platform that became trapped.

Crypto / Digital Assets

VASPs Propose Measures to Improve Regulatory Mechanisms for Crypto

By Editors | 28/11/2022

The proposals include a mechanism to allow VASPs to discover one another, so as to better manage counterparty risk and enhance compliance requirements.

AML / KYC

Authorities from Ten Countries Take Down Spoofing Website

By Editors | 28/11/2022

Europol says the website offered services that enabled fraudsters to impersonate companies including banks to access sensitive information from victims.

ESG / Sustainability

ISDA Identifies Opportunities to Standardise SLD Terms

By Editors | 26/11/2022

ISDA describes sustainability-linked derivatives as typical derivatives transactions with an ESG add-on that affects payment flows.

Securities / Derivatives

Canada Study Shines Spotlight on How Gamification Influences Investors

By Mark Johnston | 25/11/2022

In the study, participants who were rewarded with points for buying and selling stocks made 39% more trades, even though the points had “negligible value.”