International

ISDA Launches New Initiative for Derivatives Product Identification Standard

By Editors | 20/09/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has launched a new industry data project aimed at developing an open-source global standard derivatives product identification system.

IOSCO Publishes Report on Investment Risk Education Practices

By Editors | 17/09/2015

The Board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions has published its final report on Sound Practices for Investment Risk Education.

IOSCO Publishes Report on Securitisation Incentive Alignment Progress

By Editors | 07/09/2015

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a final report describing the implementation progress made by 25 jurisdictions in adopting incentive alignment regimes for securitisation.

IOSCO Publishes Peer Review of Regulation of Money Market Funds

By Editors | 05/09/2015

Report describes implementation progress made by 31 jurisdictions in adopting legislation, regulation and other policies in relation to money market funds.

CPMI-IOSCO Consult on Harmonisation of OTC Derivatives Data Elements

By Editors | 05/09/2015

Focuses on a first batch of key data elements, other than UTI and UPI, that are considered important for consistent and meaningful aggregation on a global basis.

Good Regulation vs. Bad Instrument

By Peter Guy | 25/08/2015

Credit default swaps were the market’s equivalent of a nuclear meltdown. Now they are coming back. Will any amount of regulation prevent the next big one?

CPMI-IOSCO Consult on Unique Transaction Identifier Harmonisation

By Editors | 20/08/2015

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have published a consultative report on the harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier for OTC derivatives.

Believe It – More Fund Management Regulation Coming

By Peter Guy | 19/08/2015

Resistance by Fidelity Investments and BlackRock is futile. Large fund managers pose a systemic risk in their own way.

Regulatory Initiatives Responsible for Declining Bond Market Liquidity

By Editors | 13/08/2015

The Global Financial Markets Association and the Institute for International Finance have released a new report from PwC on the state of global debt market liquidity, urging regulators to revisit parts of the post-financial crisis supervisory framework.