International

    Market Infrastructure

    FS-ISAC Warns Banks of Growing Threat from Cyber Attacks

    By Editors | 01/04/2021

    Nation-states and cybercriminals may be wittingly leveraging each other’s tools and tactics, leading to an increase in cross-border attacks targeting financial services suppliers.

    Market Infrastructure

    BCBS Issues Principles for Operational Resilience and Risk

    By Editors | 01/04/2021

    Increasing banks’ resilience to absorb shocks from operational risks will provide additional safeguards to the financial system as a whole, the BCBS says.

    ESG / Sustainability

    IOSCO Forms Working Group to Aid IFRS Sustainability Project

    By Editors | 31/03/2021

    The MAS and US SEC will co-lead the new technical working group, which will help develop technical recommendations needed for new sustainability reporting standards.

    Market Infrastructure

    DSB Seeks Provider of OTC Derivatives Reference Data for UPI

    By Editors | 29/03/2021

    Underlier identifiers representing the instrument, index, or reference rate for an OTC derivative are attributes used to define a UPI.

    Big Picture

    NGFS Offers Climate Risk Guidance for Central Bank Monetary Operations

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/03/2021

    The report outlines nine options for central banks to adjust their operational frameworks for monetary policy to account for climate-related risks.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BIS, SWIFT Announce Winners of ISO 20022 Hackathon

    By Editors | 25/03/2021

    The winners were Atomic Wire, Mojaloop, Virtusa and AWS for solutions that help to enhance cross-border payments using ISO 20022 and APIs.

    Securities / Derivatives

    IOSCO Highlights Need for Reliable Going Concern Disclosures

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/03/2021

    Securities regulators will continue to enforce requirements to recognise, measure and disclose uncertainties about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

    ESG / Sustainability

    ICMA Calls for ESG Metrics, Standards for Securitised Assets

    By Editors | 25/03/2021

    Unless ABS investors have better access to standardised and relevant data, they will be unable to appraise ESG risks and satisfy sustainability objectives.

    ESG / Sustainability

    ISLA Pledges to Support ESG Objectives in Securities Lending

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/03/2021

    ISLA says it will lead workstreams on five key action points to help share the securities lending market’s response to ESG challenges.

    Group of Seven Agrees to ‘Sizeable’ Increase in IMF Reserves

    By Editors | 24/03/2021

    The G7 has also agreed to work with the IMF to enhance transparency and accountability around the usage of SDRs.

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