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Nature & Biodiversity
Risk Monitoring Needed for Non-Climate ESG Risks: FSA
By Manesh Samtani | 09/10/2022
Risk practitioners should establish risk monitoring systems that cover sustainability themes beyond climate change, said the FSA’s Satoshi Ikeda.
Cryptocurrency
CME to Launch New Crypto Reference Rates, Indices
By Editors | 08/10/2022
New reference rates and real-time indices will be introduced for AVAX, FIL and XTZ. The launch will not include tradable futures products.
Liquidity Risk
IMF Calls on Policymakers to Address Fund Redemption Risks
By Editors | 08/10/2022
Policymakers should provide guidance on how open-ended funds should calibrate swing pricing and similar tools, and monitor their implementation.
Capital Adequacy
Industry Says BCBS Cryptoasset Treatment is Prohibitive for Banks
By Manesh Samtani | 08/10/2022
The cap on banks’ exposures to cryptoassets should be raised from 1% to 5% of tier 1 capital, and based on net rather than gross exposures. The infrastructure risk add-on should be scrapped.
Cryptocurrency
Russia Seeks to Legalise Crypto Mining in Some Regions
By Editors | 06/10/2022
The bill may be rejected by Russia’s parliament, because it does not specify tax procedures or requirements for data centres and mining operators.
Capital Adequacy
BCBS Calls for Greater Use of CCyB by National Authorities
By Editors | 06/10/2022
Authorities should adopt a positive CCyB rate in normal times. A report evaluating the impact and effectiveness of implemented Basel reforms has also been released.
CBDCs
SWIFT Publishes Results of CBDC, Tokenised Asset Experiments
By Editors | 06/10/2022
The experiments show SWIFT can enable central banks to connect their CBDC networks to all other payment systems in the world through a single gateway.
Capital Adequacy
Further Progress Made to Adopt Basel III Standards: BCBS
By Editors | 05/10/2022
The latest update highlights progress to implement the Basel III standards from APAC jurisdictions including Australia, Indonesia, Japan and China.
Anti-Money Laundering
Basel AML Index: Progress in AML/CFT Remains “Paralysed”
By Editors | 05/10/2022
New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore received the best ML/TF risk scores among APAC jurisdictions in the latest Basel AML Index.
Capital Adequacy
Capital Rules Can Cushion Banks’ Fossil Fuel Exposure: Report
By ESG Investor | 04/10/2022
Prudential regulators should increase the risk weighting applied to major banks’ fossil fuel assets, Finance Watch says in a new report.
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