A staggered lockup contracts system will be introduced to avoid sell orders being concentrated immediately after the end of the usual six-month lockup period.
February 24, 2022A new BIS paper finds that banks with high shadow loans face higher funding costs in the wholesale market and witness lower returns during market stress.
February 11, 2022The SEC is consulting on draft rules that will prohibit digital asset businesses from enabling merchants to accept crypto as payment for goods and services.
January 26, 2022An increased use of stablecoins constitutes "one of the greatest points of vulnerability of the DeFi market" and a potential channel of risk transmission to the traditional financial markets.
January 22, 2022The pandemic highlighted that greater automation of compliance and supervisory processes may better accommodate a remote workforce.
January 14, 2022The guidelines were issued by the AIMC to align industry practices on the use of liquidity risk management tools by fund managers.
January 11, 2022Intraday short selling will resume on 1 January 2022, with enhanced control measures including the automated application of the “at-tick rule”.
December 20, 2021Largely unchanged measures of credit intermediation, maturity and liquidity transformation, and leverage highlight the rapid response and impact of official sector intervention.
December 17, 2021The legislation will automatically shift tough legacy contracts to a new benchmark, preventing disputes over which rate should apply and how interest is calculated.
December 10, 2021Cyber risk, pandemic, and geopolitical risk cited as the top threats to financial markets, but climate change and inflation are gaining pace.
December 9, 2021