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Payments & Settlements
The New Cold War Is Financial
By Tom Keatinge | 29/09/2020
Banks and financial infrastructure are emerging as an expanding front in geopolitics, writes RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.
Anti-Money Laundering
Crypto Industry Responds to FATF Red Flag Report
By Nathan Smale | 28/09/2020
New guidance from the FATF has been welcomed by the crypto industry, despite the compliance challenges it presents, writes Nathan Smale at Emfarsis.
Climate Risk
New Guidance on Integrating Climate Change in Investment Process
By Editors | 28/09/2020
CFA Institute says 75% of global C-level executives in the investment industry believe climate change is important, but only 40% incorporate it in their investment process.
Cryptocurrency
EU Unveils Digital Finance Strategy, Crypto-asset Framework
By Manesh Samtani | 27/09/2020
The package consists of a digital finance strategy, a retail payments strategy, and legislative proposals for regulating the crypto-asset sector.
Structural Regulation
EU Sets Out Action Plan to Achieve Capital Markets Union
By Editors | 27/09/2020
The Action Plan seeks to make financing more accessible to European companies and integrate national capital markets into a genuine single market.
PEPs & Sanctions
Gaming Out Sanctions Risk
By Eric A. Sohn | 27/09/2020
Sanctions specialist Eric Sohn explains how wargaming exercises can be used as a risk management tool to game out threats and enhance strategic planning.
Market Data & Technology
FSB Confirms Governance Body for OTC Derivatives Identifiers
By Editors | 27/09/2020
The Regulatory Oversight Committee of the Global LEI System will be the International Governance Body for the UTI, UPI and CDE as of 1 October.
Clearing & Post-Trade
European Commission Grants 18 Months Equivalence to UK CCPs
By Editors | 25/09/2020
The European Commission says the decision will give financial market participants time to reduce their “excessive” exposures to UK-based CCPs.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Too Big to Fail: Markets Abhor a Vacuum
By Jamie Lloyd Evans | 24/09/2020
Some characteristics of the TBTF challenge are specific to Asia, but these may be intractable from ‘winner-takes-all’ capitalism and national interests, writes industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans.
Structural Regulation
FCA Consults on Regulatory Approach for International Firms
By Editors | 24/09/2020
The FCA is seeking views on its approach to authorising international firms that wish to provide financial services in the UK post-Brexit.
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