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.
October 8, 2022The FSC chairman has clarified that the plan is not intended to help those who have lost money on stock and crypto investments funded by cheap loans.
July 24, 2022The American Bankers Association says a CBDC would risk moving 71% of bank deposits to the Fed and undermine the financial system.
May 27, 2022The SA-CCR framework, having been finalised in 2014, does not adequately reflect structural changes in the derivatives market and the overall regulatory framework.
April 27, 2022New Pictet-IIF report says inconsistent disclosures are limiting growth, with ‘climate-aligned’ bonds meeting the supply shortfall.
January 27, 2022The FRTB treatment of equity investments in funds is "excessively conservative" and could prompt banks to reduce their activity in the sector, ultimately weakening the market.
January 14, 2022The prudential framework envisaged by the BCBS consultation would create "material impediments" to regulated bank participation in cryptoasset markets.
September 23, 2021The IIF has developed a set of reference approaches to be used by supervisors and banks as blueprints when designing their SCRM approaches.
July 22, 2021A new governance body will be formed to standardise operations of voluntary carbon markets and unify them behind a consistent set of values and standards.
July 15, 2021The report recognises the actions of central banks, financial authorities and regulatory agencies amid the pandemic, saying they were critical in stabilising markets.
May 27, 2021