International

Credit Risk

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.

Structural Regulation

The AIFMD Review: Potential Impacts for Asia Pacific

By Arthur Carabia | 10/11/2020

While some of the proposals could be harmful to market participants, the review presents an opportunity to clarify certain elements of AIFMD, says ICMA’s Arthur Carabia.

Sustainable Finance

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.

Operational Risk

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.

Trading & Investment

SGX to Launch New Derivatives, Expand CME Clearing Relationship

By Manesh Samtani | 09/11/2020

SGX is launching five new equity futures contracts based on FTSE Russell indices. Two of the contracts will be available under SGX’s mutual offset system with CME Group.

Climate Risk

EBA Consults on Integrating ESG into Risk Management, Supervision

By ESG Investor | 08/11/2020

The consultation paper focuses on counterparty risks and climate change impacts for European investment firms and credit institutions.

Cloud & Infrastructure

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.

Structural Regulation

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.

Supervision & Enforcement

BaFin, FREP Were Deficient in Supervising Wirecard, says ESMA

By Editors | 04/11/2020

ESMA says it identified deficiencies, inefficiencies and legal and procedural impediments in the supervisory response to Wirecard between 2016 and 2018.