Financial Stability Board

    Market Infrastructure

    Singapore to Mandate Central Clearing of OTC Derivatives

    By Editors | 02/05/2018

    Mandatory clearing to apply to SGD and USD fixed-floating interest rate swaps; applicable to banks with OTC derivatives exceeding SGD20 bn.

    Market Infrastructure

    FSB Publishes Second UPI Governance Consultation

    By JP Reimann | 27/04/2018

    Consultation covers fee models and cost recovery, intellectual property, standardisation, competition among UPI service providers, arrangements for UPI reference data library.

    Enforcement

    FSB Publishes Toolkit on Combatting Misconduct

    By Editors | 24/04/2018

    Toolkit offers options on standards and codes of behavior, measures related to wholesale market conduct, guidance on compensation, and tools for strengthening governance.

    Market Infrastructure

    CPMI-IOSCO Publish Multi CCP Stress Testing Framework

    By Editors | 12/04/2018

    Framework supports stress tests examining potential macro-level impact of common stress event affecting multiple CCPs to gauge interdependencies between markets, CCPs and other entities.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Singapore Bank Resolution Regime Favours Bailouts Over Credit Bail-ins – Moody’s

    By Garima Chitkara | 05/04/2018

    Singapore regulations favour bailouts over creditor bail-ins as bail-in buffers only comprise 1-2% of Singapore bank assets, says Moody’s.

    AML / KYC

    Supervisory Flaws Hurting Remittance Providers – FSB

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/03/2018

    Report says AML/CTF and other supervisory shortfalls limit remittance providers’ access to banking services; makes 19 recommendations to address barriers.

    AML / KYC

    FSB Reports Progress on Correspondent Banking Decline

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/03/2018

    Report discusses strengthening due diligence tools to support correspondent banking relationships and improved monitoring.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BIS, CPMI Report Outlines Dangers of Central Bank Digital Currencies

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/03/2018

    Central bank-issued digital currencies can enhance payments, settlement, efficiency; but financial stability implications warrant consideration.

    AML / KYC

    New Initiative to Help Boost Correspondent Banking Relationships

    By Editors | 08/03/2018

    Wolfsberg Group Questionnaire has potential to reduce costs associated with KYC application and streamline the establishment and maintenance of correspondent banking relationships.

    Market Infrastructure

    FSB Report Reveals Scale of Shadow Banking Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2018

    Global shadow banking activities rose 7.6 percent to $45.2tn in 2016, representing 13 percent of total financial system assets; China contributed $7tn to the measure.

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