INTERNATIONAL

Basel Committee Soften Leverage Ratio Requirements

By Editors | 13/01/2014

After pressure from banks, the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision has softened their requirements for calculation of a banks’ leverage ratio.

Regulators to Identify Further ‘Systematically Important’ Financial Institutions

By Editors | 09/01/2014

Regulators are looking to complement their existing ‘too big too fail’ financial organizations with those from the non-bank, non-insurance sector.

SWIFT Creates KYC Registry and Financial Crime Compliance Unit

By Editors | 07/01/2014

SWIFT announces the creation of a Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence process.

IOSCO Publishes Retail Structured Products Report

By Editors | 23/12/2013

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published their report on Regulation of Retail Structured Products. The report will act as a toolkit outlining regulatory options for international securities regulators when regulating retail structured products.

Bloomberg Launches Compliance Center

By Editors | 19/12/2013

With recent controversy surrounding group chat rooms used by financial firms including measures by Barclays, Citigroup and Royal Bank of […]

FSB Publishes Annual Update to Global Systematically Important Banks

By Editors | 12/11/2013

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published their annual update to their group of Global Systematically Important Banks (G-SIBs). The […]

BIS Releases Liquidity Stress Testing Survey

By Editors | 29/10/2013

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a working paper titled “Liquidity stress testing: a survey of theory, empirics […]

Second IOSCO Hedge Fund Survey Published

By Editors | 22/10/2013

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published the Report on the Second IOSCO Hedge Fund Survey. The aim of […]

SEC Halts Worldwide Pyramid Scheme

By Editors | 21/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and asset freezes against the operators and promoters of a worldwide pyramid […]