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The ‘Great Lockdown’, A Crisis Like No Other: IMF
By Manesh Samtani | 15/04/2020
The IMF estimates the cumulative loss to global GDP over 2020 and 2021 to be around $9tr, which is greater than the economies of Japan and Germany combined.
G20 Agrees to Suspend Debt Payments for Low Income Nations
By Editors | 15/04/2020
The G20 is also calling on private creditors, working through the Institute of International Finance, to participate in the initiative “on comparable terms”.
Big Picture
Hedge Funds Have Sufficient Liquidity, Low Leverage: IOSCO
By Editors | 15/04/2020
Hedge funds were found to have sufficient portfolio liquidity to meet investor redemption demands under normal market conditions, based on end-September 2018 data.
ESG / Sustainability
IOSCO Forms Task Force to Address Sustainable Finance Issues
By Editors | 15/04/2020
The Task Force will work on sustainability and ESG disclosure challenges for investors, including to enhance transparency and address investor protection issues.
G7 Nations Back Debt Relief for Vulnerable Emerging Markets
By Editors | 14/04/2020
The G7 has declared its support for a temporary suspension of debt service payments due on official bilateral claims for all countries eligible for World Bank concessional financing.
Market Infrastructure
FSB Updates G20 on Coordinated Response to Covid-19
By Editors | 14/04/2020
Since mid-March, FSB members have reported about 850 discrete actions to address the financial and economic fallout related to Covid-19.
Big Picture
FSB Offers Recommendations on Regulating Global Stablecoins
By Editors | 14/04/2020
The consultative report proposes 10 high-level recommendations for jurisdictional authorities to advance consistent and effective regulation and supervision of global stablecoin arrangements.
Market Infrastructure
ISDA, IIF Warn G20 of Acute USD Shortage in Emerging Markets
By Editors | 13/04/2020
US dollar shortages could constrain policy responses aimed at cushioning emerging market economies from the Covid-19 shock.
Big Picture
Short Selling May Help Mitigate the Effects of Covid-19 Crisis
By Editors | 13/04/2020
ISLA’s Council for Sustainable Finance says short selling can be a “positive mechanism”, and banning it can harm price discovery and liquidity.
AML / KYC
The Latest Thinking On Beneficial Ownership, Power And Control
By Bureau van Dijk | 13/04/2020
Data is the first line of defence when it comes to protecting one’s business from links to wrongdoing.
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