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Crypto / Digital Assets
BoJ Expects Large IT Firms to Become Systemically Important
By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2017
Haruhiko Kuroda says global IT platform providers could pose systemic risk through holding vast amounts of data, adds to warnings on algo contagion.
Market Infrastructure
Singapore Releases SIBOR Benchmark Reform Proposals
By Garima Chitkara | 07/12/2017
Consultation is based on IOSCO principles, FSB recommendations, comes four years after 20 banks disciplined for benchmark manipulation.
Market Infrastructure
MiFID II – Banks Struggle to Survive the Transparency
By Peter Guy | 05/12/2017
Liquidity requires symmetric information, which is easiest to achieve when everyone is ignorant.
Capital / Liquidity
ESMA to Bring 3rd-country CRAs, Trade Repositories Under EU Supervision
By Samuel Riding | 04/12/2017
ESMA executive director Verena Ross says more than 200 non-EU trading venues have asked for exemptions from MiFID II post-trade transparency, position limits.
Capital / Liquidity
Australia to Kick off Long-awaited Royal Commission into Financial Sector
By Editors | 04/12/2017
Inquiry to look into alleged misconduct in financial sector welcomed by banks, securities regulator, but not superannuation scheme operators.
Capital / Liquidity
MAS Warns of ‘Medium-term’ Cross-border Financial Stability Risks
By Editors | 04/12/2017
Annual report into stability of financial system says domestic and regional lending improving, no signs of credit market overheating.
Capital / Liquidity
Asian Firms at Risk of Drowning Under Wave of Regulation from US, Europe
By David Farmery | 30/11/2017
The wave of financial regulation about to wash over Europe and North America could eventually overwhelm Asian institutions.
Market Infrastructure
SGX Revamping Securities Settlement Processes
By Editors | 30/11/2017
Exchange consultation proposes move to T+2 settlement, simultaneous securities, money settlement in bid to prevent systemic risk.
AML / KYC
Singapore, Abu Dhabi to Cooperate on Banking Supervision, Markets, Fintech
By Editors | 27/11/2017
Middle Eastern regulator has already approved one Singapore firm to provide credit services; Singapore firm won Fintech challenge.
Capital / Liquidity
Vietnam to Allow Banks to Go Bankrupt
By Editors | 27/11/2017
Bankruptcy will be a last resort; Vietnamese banking sector has bad debts of 8.6% of total credit, 17.2% NPL ratio; Moody’s outlook ‘positive’
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