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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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