International

Anti-Money Laundering

UN Security Council Resolution Targets Terrorism Financing

By Editors | 01/04/2019

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling on member states to beef up efforts to identify, prosecute and penalise those directly or indirectly financing terrorism.

Clearing & Post-Trade

Leading Dealers Adopt DTCC-Euroclear Collateral Management Utility

By Editors | 26/03/2019

The Margin Transit Utility provides straight-through-processing and centralised communications and settlement instructions for collateral transfer.

Data Privacy

Data Localisation Policies Impair Provision of Financial Services – GFMA

By Manesh Samtani | 25/03/2019

The GFMA urges policymakers to develop alternatives to data localisation policies that ensure data protection while still supporting the financial services sector and the end-users it serves.

Structural Regulation

JPX-TOCOM Merger Agreement Expected by End-March

By Editors | 22/03/2019

JPX and TOCOM plan to merge this year to create an all-in-one bourse that handles both stocks and commodity futures, but challenges will remain even after a final agreement is reached.

Market Data & Technology

ISDA Publishes Full Version of Derivatives Lifecycle Blueprint

By Editors | 22/03/2019

The ISDA Common Domain Model for interest rate and credit derivatives has been published, part of a push to standardise global derivatives trading and automate market practices.

Cloud & Infrastructure

GFMA, PwC Identify Technology Challenges for Investment Banks

By Manesh Samtani | 22/03/2019

A new report from the GFMA and PwC says third-party providers could pose a challenge to banks’ core offerings if banks are not keeping pace with innovation.

Capital Adequacy

Basel III Monitoring Reveals Fall in Big Banks’ Capital Ratios

By Editors | 21/03/2019

The latest monitoring exercise indicates that all banks are meeting CET1 and LCR requirements, but that the biggest banks’ capital ratios have fallen for the first time.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

FMSB Reports Progress in Enhancing Market Conduct Standards

By Editors | 20/03/2019

The FICC Markets Standards Board, in its 2018 annual report, highlighted key achievements to enhance standards of behaviour in wholesale FICC markets.

Trading & Investment

MAS Publishes Finalised Mandatory Trading Regulations for Derivatives

By Kai Loon Loh | 19/03/2019

Kai Loon Loh and Patrick Phua at global law firm Ashurst sum up the key takeaways from the MAS response to consultative feedback and the now-finalised mandatory trading regulations.