INTERNATIONAL

ESG / Sustainability

Taskforce Issues Plan for Scalable Carbon Credit Market

By ESG Investor | 11/11/2020

The voluntary carbon market will need to increase in size by 15 times by 2030 to achieve climate change targets, according to an IIF sponsored taskforce.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Publishes 2020 List of Global Systemically Important Banks

By Editors | 11/11/2020

JP Morgan and China Construction Bank were raised to a higher bucket; Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo were moved to a lower bucket.

Capital / Liquidity

Loan Loss Expectations Prompt Need for Collateral Visibility

By Editors | 11/11/2020

Collateral is one of the more underutilised credit risk mitigation tools available to banks, and likely to become more important as loan losses mount in the year ahead.

Market Infrastructure

IFC, HKMA Launch New Alliance to Address Climate Change

By Editors | 09/11/2020

IFC and the HKMA will bring together FIs, associations, research institutions, and technology providers to build capacity for green finance and promote climate investments.

Market Infrastructure

FSB Advances Dialogue on Outsourcing, Third Party Relationships

By Manesh Samtani | 09/11/2020

An outage or failure at a single third party could create a single point of failure with potential adverse consequences for financial stability, the FSB says.

Big Picture

DLT Projects in Trade, Trade Finance Have Matured: WTO, TFG

By Editors | 05/11/2020

Research from the WTO and TFG suggests a material acceleration of projects, consortiums and companies using DLT and blockchain within trade and trade finance.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Issues Recommendations to Develop Emerging Capital Markets

By Editors | 04/11/2020

IOSCO outlines the main challenges emerging markets face when developing their capital markets, also exploring opportunities offered by sustainable finance and fintech.

Capital / Liquidity

BCBS Updates G20 Leaders on Basel III implementation

By Editors | 03/11/2020

Most member jurisdictions have final rules in place for Basel III standards, though some are yet to come into force. China has progressed on TLAC rules.

Fintech / Regtech

Fintech-related Regulatory Initiatives Accelerated by Covid-19

By Editors | 03/11/2020

Most regulators either accelerated or introduced new innovation initiatives in response to Covid-19. No such initiatives were cancelled, says a report from the World Bank and CCAF.