International

Market Risk

Basel III Market Risk Requirement Lower than Expected

By Samuel Riding | 15/01/2016

BCBS says banks will have to increase high-quality capital held against trading books by only 40 percent.

KYC & CDD

Fenergo, Markit and kyc.com Ink Strategic Deal

By Samuel Riding | 14/01/2016

Companies to work on integration of counterparty manager, client lifecycle and data management solutions.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ISDA Tightens Credit Event Committee Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/01/2016

Members of determination committees required to declare conflicts of interest, detail internal voting procedures.

Emerging Prudential Risks

A Regulator Reflects on Lessons Learned from the Global Financial Crisis

By Peter Guy | 04/01/2016

An exclusive interview with David Wright, secretary general of IOSCO frankly reveals the challenges still facing the financial industry.

Capital Adequacy

Indonesia Sets Capital Requirements for Financial Conglomerates

By Samuel Riding | 30/12/2015

Conglomerates’ aggregate net equity must equal combined required capital of all business units.

Trading & Investment

Regulations 2015 – Don’t Look Back

By Peter Guy | 29/12/2015

Financial regulations were as unstable as global markets in 2015. Here are the highlights.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

2015: A Regulatory Christmas Carol, being a Ghost Story of Christmas

By Peter Guy | 24/12/2015

We tell the story of a bitter CEO of a global bank and his reluctant transformation into a gentler person after the Great Financial Crisis.

Trading & Investment

IOSCO Reports on Trading Venue, Intermediary Continuity

By Samuel Riding | 22/12/2015

Publications cover trading platform risk mitigation, standards for regulation of intermediaries.

Cloud & Infrastructure

2015: Fintech is Taken Seriously – Finally

By Peter Guy | 21/12/2015

Regulatory and market factors have forced financial institutions to make fintech part of their business strategy. Here’s how the banking landscape might change for better or worse.