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Reporting & Disclosures
IOSCO Offers Guidance on Educating Investors About ESG
By Editors | 01/09/2022
Regulators should help investors better understand ESG certifications, labels and scores, and facilitate financial advisor anti-greenwashing training.
Operational Risk
ORX, McKinsey Launch Operational Risk Control Library
By Editors | 01/09/2022
The ORX Reference Control Library contains 761 typical operational risk controls based on data collected from nearly 50 banks and insurers.
Payments & Settlements
SWIFT Applies Data Intelligence to Remove Payment Friction
By Editors | 01/09/2022
SWIFT says its new capability ensures payments will go through regardless of whether the parties have transacted with each other before.
Cryptocurrency
Iran Passes Law Authorising Use of Crypto for Imports
By Editors | 01/09/2022
The new law formally allows government and local businesses to use cryptocurrencies as payment for imports.
Structural Regulation
IBA Consults on Cessation of USD LIBOR ICE Swap Rate
By Editors | 31/08/2022
USD SOFR ICE Swap Rate settings are available for the same tenors for use as a benchmark in financial contracts and instruments.
Cryptocurrency
CME Group Launches Bitcoin, Ether Futures in Euro
By Editors | 31/08/2022
CME says the new contracts will provide institutional investors precise tools to trade and hedge their crypto exposures.
Operational Risk
BIS Examines Adequacy of Operational Resilience Requirements
By Editors | 31/08/2022
Bigtech groups that are interconnected within the financial industry should be subject to group-wide requirements on operational resilience.
Trading & Investment
MOEX Set to Start Listing ‘Replacement Bonds’ – Report
By Editors | 31/08/2022
Replacement bonds are intended to help Russian companies replace Eurobond issuances that are no longer serviceable due to sanctions.
Credit Risk
Financial Stability Institute Publishes Paper on LEX Standard
By Editors | 30/08/2022
The large exposures standard seeks to monitor and limit the loss an internationally active bank can face from a single client or a group of connected counterparties.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Lawmaker Seeks Clarity on Tornado Cash Sanctions
By Editors | 28/08/2022
US Congressman Tom Emmer says the designations against Tornado Cash wallet addresses are a “divergence from previous OFAC precedent”.
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