International

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Blockchain Can Win the War on Financial Misconduct

By Peter Guy | 06/03/2017

The financial sector still struggles to establish ethical conduct. Fintech offers a solution.

Emerging Prudential Risks

FSB to Develop Reform Impact Assessment

By Samuel Riding | 02/03/2017

Framework due to be published before July’s G20 Summit.

Clearing & Post-Trade

IOSCO Issues Guidance on OTC Transaction Identifiers

By Samuel Riding | 01/03/2017

Guidance suggests identifiers could be compatible with other types of transaction.

Capital Adequacy

G-SIBS Cut TLAC Shortfall by 23% – BIS

By Samuel Riding | 01/03/2017

BCBS survey also finds Group 1 banks’ more than halved their Tier 1 capital shortfall.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Fintech at a Regulatory Crossroads

By Peter Guy | 27/02/2017

How financial technology could accelerate and exacerbate the next crisis remains unanswered.

Anti-Money Laundering

FATF Revises CTF Methodology

By Samuel Riding | 27/02/2017

Activities including natural resources trade included in definition of ‘economic support’ to terrorists.

Clearing & Post-Trade

IOSCO Backs VM Transition Period

By Samuel Riding | 23/02/2017

Group of regulators says strict implementation would reduce ability to hedge, damage liquidity.

Capital Adequacy

Capital Requirements – Excess Doesn’t Mean Excessive

By Peter Guy | 20/02/2017

When you consider their ‘too big to fail’ social function, it’s arguable whether banks could ever have too much capital.

Market Risk

OTC Margining – Delaying the Inevitable, Inevitably

By Samuel Riding | 16/02/2017

Regulators, and those they regulate, simply weren’t ready to implement variation margin requirements.