International

Securities / Derivatives

BIS Survey Reveals Rising Significance of Asian FX Hubs

By Manesh Samtani | 18/09/2019

Sales desks in China, Hong Kong and Singapore all recorded rises in FX trading activity compared to three years earlier. The UK increased its dominance despite Brexit fears.

Fintech / Regtech

Big Data: Who’s Writing the Rules of the Game?

By CorporateTreasurer | 17/09/2019

A recent whitepaper commissioned by Deutsche Bank looks at the need for effective regulations for cross-border data sharing and the ethical use of artificial intelligence.

Big Picture

Climate Risk Resilience Vital for Financial Stability: S&P

By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2019

Banks need to act now to minimise future climate-related costs and the impact on their creditworthiness, says a new report from S&P Global Ratings.

Market Infrastructure

DTCC Outlines ‘No-Touch’ Vision for Post-Trade Processing

By Editors | 13/09/2019

Much of today’s post-trade process is still handled manually, resulting in greater risk, errors and costs, says DTCC in a new white paper, highlighting the need for a new approach.

Market Infrastructure

IOSCO Recommends UTC as Standard Clock for Timestamping

By Editors | 12/09/2019

IOSCO is seeking feedback on a recommendation that all member jurisdictions use UTC as the standard reference time source for timestamping reportable events.

Fintech / Regtech

Half of IT Budgets to Go to Cloud Services in 2020: Refinitiv

By Editors | 10/09/2019

Financial firms say public cloud projects are delivering better-than-expected cost reductions and enabling innovation, but data privacy and regulatory concerns are slowing adoption.

Market Infrastructure

Compliance Training Failing to Deliver Meaningful Outcomes

By Editors | 04/09/2019

Efforts to shape employee behaviour through compliance training have failed to deliver meaningful outcomes, says a new report from Quinlan & Associates.

Market Infrastructure

WFE Warns EMIR 2.2 Could Unduly Fragment Global Markets

By Editors | 29/08/2019

The WFE has issued a letter to the European Commission and ESMA outlining principles it says would support the objectives of EMIR 2.2 while limiting its negative consequences.

Market Infrastructure

WFE Explores Sustainability Standards for Commodity Markets

By Editors | 22/08/2019

In a new white paper, the WFE explores potential ways for commodity derivatives exchanges to address the impact of sustainability.