International

    Structural Regulation

    EU Grants Equivalence to New Zealand's Benchmark Regime

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/12/2025

    The decision ensures continued use of New Zealand benchmarks, including the BKBM, in over EUR 50 billion of EU financial contracts.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    NBFI Growth Creates Uncertainty in Monetary Policy Transmission: BIS

    By Mark Johnston | 04/12/2025

    Rapid growth of investment funds and bond markets requires central banks to adopt gradual yet flexible policy approaches to manage transmission risks.

    Trading & Investment

    Domestic Investors Enhance Market Stability but Reduce Liquidity: HKMA

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/12/2025

    New paper recommends a combination of policy measures to encourage domestic participation and targeted actions to alleviate the negative side effects on liquidity.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Singapore Charges Company Founder for Cheating Digital Finance Firm

    By Nithya Subramanian | 04/12/2025

    The Singaporean businessman was deported from China and charged in court with cheating Funding Societies of SGD 8 million.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    IAIS Warns of Risks Facing Global Insurance Industry

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/12/2025

    Report highlights insurer resilience but calls for enhanced supervision of growing private credit investments and AI adoption.

    Market Risk

    New IASB Model to Improve Accounting for Interest Rate Risk Management

    By Blake Evans-Pritchard | 03/12/2025

    Flexibility provided by the new ‘Risk Mitigation Accounting’ model may help financial institutions better navigate market uncertainty.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Korea Tightens AML Framework to Target Crypto, Transnational Crime

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/12/2025

    Regulator to expand crypto travel rule, freeze suspect accounts, and extend AML duties to lawyers and accountants in a broad crackdown.

    Structural Regulation

    Pakistan Launches Council to Overhaul Capital Market Taxes

    By Mark Johnston | 02/12/2025

    Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb orders comprehensive tax review and establishes working groups to shift economy from bank reliance to market-based financing.

    Payments & Settlements

    IADI Targets E-Money, Crisis Management in 2026 Priorities

    By Manesh Samtani | 02/12/2025

    A key focus is on digital finance, including research addressing the treatment of e-money and its implications for financial stability.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    CME Outage Halts Global Trading, Spurs Calls for More Competition

    By Manesh Samtani | 02/12/2025

    A 10-hour outage caused by a data centre cooling failure trapped traders and highlighted market structure vulnerabilities.

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