International

    Market Infrastructure

    Fed Consults on Default Rules for Legacy LIBOR Contracts

    By Editors | 24/07/2022

    The rules would implement a law enacted earlier this year that provides a uniform solution for replacing LIBOR references in contracts without adequate fallback provisions.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    ISSA Finds ‘Major Upsurge’ in DLT Use in Financial Markets

    By Editors | 24/07/2022

    Over 30% of the industry using DLT in live production, finds ISSA survey, conducted by the ValueExchange with support from Accenture, Broadridge and VMWare.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Central Bank Liquidity Bridges Lower Costs of Cross-border Payments

    By Editors | 24/07/2022

    CPMI says central bank liquidity bridges can help reduce funding costs, FX costs, credit risks and operational risks for payment system participants.

    ESG / Sustainability

    FMSB Publishes Spotlight Review on ESG Ratings

    By Editors | 21/07/2022

    The review seeks to help support increased transparency around collection processes and methodologies as a means of facilitating comparability of ESG ratings.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Fraud Risk: An Industry Priority for the Crypto Space

    By Editors | 20/07/2022

    Experts say crypto firms have a responsibility and moral obligation to have anti-fraud controls in place, and that this will help create trust in the industry.

    ESG / Sustainability

    IMF Outlines Approaches to Climate Risk Analysis in FSAPs

    By Manesh Samtani | 18/07/2022

    Climate risk analysis in FSAPs typically entails the development of scenario-based stress tests for assessing bank solvency and liquidity, using bank level data.

    AML / KYC

    How North Korean Cryptocurrency Abuse Is Expanding

    By Sasha Erskine | 18/07/2022

    Countries must secure new and emerging gateways that are used to circumvent sanctions, as North Korea’s exploitation of cryptocurrency continues.

    Capital / Liquidity

    BCBS Treatment of Banks’ Crypto Exposures Still Constraining: ISDA

    By Manesh Samtani | 18/07/2022

    ISDA chief executive Scott O’Malia says the new group 2 exposure limit presents a “significant constraint” on the extent to which banks can participate.

    AML / KYC

    Sanctions Over-Compliance Causes Human Rights Violations: UN Expert

    By Editors | 18/07/2022

    UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan says governments and FIs should be doing more to ensure over-compliance with sanctions does not negatively impact human rights.

    Big Picture

    Asset Managers Need to Collaborate on Risk, Compliance – IA

    By ESG Investor | 15/07/2022

    New report from the Investment Association and Deloitte offers recommendations for asset managers on net zero transition.

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