International

Securities / Derivatives

EU Sets Out Action Plan to Achieve Capital Markets Union

By Editors | 27/09/2020

The Action Plan seeks to make financing more accessible to European companies and integrate national capital markets into a genuine single market.

AML / KYC

Gaming Out Sanctions Risk

By Eric A. Sohn | 27/09/2020

Sanctions specialist Eric Sohn explains how wargaming exercises can be used as a risk management tool to game out threats and enhance strategic planning.

Market Infrastructure

FSB Confirms Governance Body for OTC Derivatives Identifiers

By Editors | 27/09/2020

The Regulatory Oversight Committee of the Global LEI System will be the International Governance Body for the UTI, UPI and CDE as of 1 October.

Market Infrastructure

European Commission Grants 18 Months Equivalence to UK CCPs

By Editors | 25/09/2020

The European Commission says the decision will give financial market participants time to reduce their “excessive” exposures to UK-based CCPs.

Capital / Liquidity

Too Big to Fail: Markets Abhor a Vacuum

By Jamie Lloyd Evans | 24/09/2020

Some characteristics of the TBTF challenge are specific to Asia, but these may be intractable from ‘winner-takes-all’ capitalism and national interests, writes industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans.

Market Infrastructure

FCA Consults on Regulatory Approach for International Firms

By Editors | 24/09/2020

The FCA is seeking views on its approach to authorising international firms that wish to provide financial services in the UK post-Brexit.

ESG / Sustainability

WEF Announces Common Metrics for ESG Reporting

By Editors | 24/09/2020

The metrics were developed with Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC in an open consultation process with corporates, investors, standard-setters, NGOs and international organisations.

Securities / Derivatives

Riding the Tech Wave in a Volatile Derivatives Market

By John Omahen | 23/09/2020

A surge in trading volumes has highlighted the need for brokerage firms to re-engineer their businesses for the future, writes John Omahen at FIS.

Big Picture

A New Zero Tolerance Era for ESG Reporting

By Editors | 22/09/2020

As nations across the globe come to terms with understanding and tackling climate change, mandatory reporting of such risks across capital markets could well become the norm.