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Capital / Liquidity
Industry Says BCBS Cryptoasset Treatment is Prohibitive for Banks
By Manesh Samtani | 08/10/2022
The cap on banks’ exposures to cryptoassets should be raised from 1% to 5% of tier 1 capital, and based on net rather than gross exposures. The infrastructure risk add-on should be scrapped.
Fintech / Regtech
ISDA Nears Completion of Work to Digitise CFTC Reporting Rules
By Editors | 04/10/2022
ISDA working groups are transforming CFTC swap data reporting rules into machine-executable code ahead of implementation on 5 December.
Capital / Liquidity
BCBS Cryptoasset Treatment Will Hinder Innovation: JBA
By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2022
Japan Bankers Association says the proposed infrastructure risk add-on will discourage banks from developing new DLT businesses.
Market Infrastructure
ESMA Calls for Greater Use of €STR in Derivatives
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Further develop of €STR products will provide the inputs needed to enable the calculation and provision of €STR term rates, ESMA says.
ESG / Sustainability
ISDA Analyses Regulatory Treatment of SLDs in Hong Kong
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The paper considers how SLDs would be classified and regulated, and the compliance issues for market participants to consider when executing SLDs.
Market Infrastructure
India’s CCIL Proposes to Create Infrastructure for UMR Compliance
By Manesh Samtani | 28/09/2022
CCIL says market participants have expressed a desire since 2016 for it to provide the centralised infrastructure needed for UMR compliance.
Capital / Liquidity
CFTC Extends No-action Relief for Foreign Nonbank Swap Dealers
By Editors | 24/08/2022
Nonbank swap dealers domiciled in Japan, Mexico, the UK and EU can rely on compliance with home country capital and financial reporting requirements until October 2024.
Market Infrastructure
ESMA Calls for Relaxation of BMR Third-country Regime
By Manesh Samtani | 23/08/2022
The current regime could impair the competitiveness of EU investors and, more generally, the EU financial market when the transitional period expires.
Market Infrastructure
Industry Calls for Reforms to EU Benchmarks Regulation
By Manesh Samtani | 15/08/2022
Many non-EU benchmarks won’t qualify under BMR in time for 31 December 2023, disproportionately impacting Asia exposures.
Capital / Liquidity
China New Futures and Derivatives Law Takes Effect
By Manesh Samtani | 02/08/2022
On the same day, ISDA published a netting opinion providing legal certainty that close-out netting is enforceable in China.
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