International

Resolution & Recovery

BCBS Finalises TLAC Holdings Treatment

By Samuel Riding | 14/10/2016

Standard aims to reduce risk of contagion within financial system in event of bank collapse.

AI Risk & Governance

Regtech for Regulators – A New Paradigm

By Samuel Riding | 13/10/2016

Study suggests regulators are behind those they regulate in implementing technology.

Cybersecurity

G7 Issues Financial Cybersecurity Guidelines

By Samuel Riding | 12/10/2016

Eight-point guidelines cover governance, risk and control assessment and information sharing.

Capital Adequacy

BCBS to Finalise Reforms by Year-End

By Samuel Riding | 11/10/2016

Committee chief says BCBS aims to reduce RWA and restore credibility to banks’ risk-based capital ratios.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Too Big to Care

By Peter Guy | 11/10/2016

Wells Fargo scandal shows regulation’s failure to protect individual customers.

Capital Adequacy

Deutsche Bank – Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By Peter Guy | 03/10/2016

Share price volatility shows lack of confidence in German lender’s management, and regulators.

Capital Adequacy

BCBS Confirms Leave from Basel to Support Financial Inclusion

By Samuel Riding | 28/09/2016

Committee confirms institutions can be compliant with its Core Principles without implementing Basel I, II or III.

Emerging Prudential Risks

The Idiosyncratic Risks of Financial Groups

By Samuel Riding | 28/09/2016

Paper by OECD’s Takahiro Yasui explores corporate governance responses to five main risks.

KYC & CDD

Accuity Adds Beneficial Ownership Identification to Bankers Almanac

By Samuel Riding | 28/09/2016

Function identifies beneficial ownership interests of 0.1% or more versus regulatory thresholds of 10% or 20%.