Australia

    Enforcement

    ASIC Eyes Accountability for Algorithmic System Operators

    By Samuel Riding | 11/09/2017

    Regulator’s chairman says each algorithmic system must have designated individual responsible for design and outcomes, echoing new bank accountability regime.

    Singapore, Australia and ‘Fundamental Regulatory Overhaul’

    By Samuel Riding | 31/08/2017

    Requirements on balance sheet reporting a stiff challenge for banks despite regulators’ nods to technology’s potential, says Axiom SL.

    AML / KYC

    Australian Regulator Launches CBA Inquiry

    By Samuel Riding | 29/08/2017

    APRA inquiry to look at whether governance, culture and accountability frameworks conflict with ‘sound risk management and compliance outcomes’.

    AML / KYC

    Lawyers Seek to Sue Bank for Share Price Drop after AML Revelations

    By Editors | 24/08/2017

    Firms claim share price would not have suffered as precipitous a decline if claims of money laundering had been revealed earlier.

    Securities / Derivatives

    ISDA Urges EU Not to Force Local Clearing Post Brexit

    By Editors | 23/08/2017

    Trade organisation says move to local CCPs could push up initial margin costs by 20% or more; cites Australian equivalency model.

    AML / KYC

    Australia Signals Currency Status, AML Clampdown for Bitcoin

    By Samuel Riding | 21/08/2017

    Cryptocurrency to be brought under AUSTRAC; proposal to follow Japan in giving bitcoin legal tender status being considered by central bank.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Australia Eyes Provisional Market Access for Aspiring Banks

    By Samuel Riding | 16/08/2017

    Restricted ADI licensees would need only $2.35mn in capital to take deposits; APRA paper does not address budget proposal to remove ‘bank’ capital requirements.

    Capital / Liquidity

    NZ to Embark on Bank Regulation Review Following IMF Assessment

    By Garima Chitkara | 10/08/2017

    IMF views the central bank less fully compliant with the Basel Core Principles and recommended a more prescriptive rule-making approach to regulation.

    Securities / Derivatives

    APRA CPS 226 to Include Framework for Substituted Compliance

    By Garima Chitkara | 10/08/2017

    Update allows for determining the status of a foreign counterparty and use its status under the margin requirements of the relevant foreign jurisdiction.

    AML / KYC

    CBA Responds to AUSTRAC Civil Proceedings

    By Garima Chitkara | 07/08/2017

    Bank claims that the missing TTRs were due to a coding error following a software update in the IDMs since November 2012 until September 2015.

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