International

    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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