International

    Market Infrastructure

    A Liquid Global Swaps Market Relies on Deference: CFTC’s Quintenz

    By Manesh Samtani | 29/10/2019

    Market fragmentation poses serious risks to the liquidity and health of the derivatives markets, said CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz at the ISDA Annual Japan Conference.

    AML / KYC

    FATF Issues Best Practice Paper on Beneficial Ownership

    By Editors | 29/10/2019

    FATF mutual evaluations have shown that many jurisdictions are still finding it challenging to ensure transparency of ownership of legal persons.

    AML / KYC

    It’s Time to Reform and Refocus the FATF

    By Tom Keatinge | 27/10/2019

    The FATF’s responsibilities and the efficiency and effectiveness of its evaluation process must be reassessed, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

    Market Infrastructure

    Regulatory Data: Arrows for the Quiver?

    By Hannah Cassidy | 25/10/2019

    Banks need to be cognisant of how the data they provide to regulators is being used, says Herbert Smith Freehills in its 2019 Global Bank Review.

    Big Picture

    Effective Governance, Regulation Can Mitigate Cyber Risk: Moody’s

    By Manesh Samtani | 25/10/2019

    Regulators can help to mitigate the cyber threat by promoting contingency planning in banking and enabling information sharing among banks and regulators.

    AML / KYC

    FATF Removes Sri Lanka from ‘Grey List’; Pakistan to Remain

    By Editors | 23/10/2019

    Sri Lanka has made “significant progress” to address strategic AML/CFT deficiencies; Pakistan has only largely addressed 5 of 27 action items and has failed to meet agreed deadlines.

    Fintech / Regtech

    Suptech Gains Momentum but Approaches Vary: FSI Paper

    By Editors | 23/10/2019

    Suptech use cases have mainly clustered around misconduct analysis, reporting and data management, according a new paper from the BIS Financial Stability Institute.

    Market Infrastructure

    ISDA Publishes Final Results of IBOR Pre-Cessation Consultation

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/10/2019

    The consultation did not yield a consensus among market participants regarding how to address pre-cessation issues related to a benchmark’s nonrepresentativeness.

    Market Infrastructure

    ASIC, ESMA Sign MOU to Cooperate on Benchmarks

    By Editors | 22/10/2019

    The MoU sets out cooperation arrangements to complement the EU’s July equivalence decision, as well as to ensure effective information exchange and supervisory coordination.

    Securities / Derivatives

    NGFS Publishes Guide to Sustainable Investing for Central Banks

    By Editors | 21/10/2019

    The guide identifies the five most common ‘sustainable and responsible investment’ strategies used in central bank portfolio management.

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