Financial Stability Board

    Capital Adequacy

    Basel Rules for Cryptoassets to Take Effect in Jan 2025

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2022

    1,250% risk weight not applicable to custodied assets. Infrastructure risk add-on no longer mandatory. Gross limit on total Group 2 exposures raised from 1% to 2%.

    Liquidity Risk

    FSB to Revise Recommendations on Fund Liquidity Management

    By Editors | 15/12/2022

    Open-ended funds with illiquid assets should only be allowed to offer daily dealing if they use tools that pass on redemption costs to redeeming investors.

    Capital Adequacy

    Global Banking System More Resilient After Basel Reforms: BCBS

    By Editors | 15/12/2022

    Banks that were more heavily affected by the Basel III reforms saw a greater reduction in their cost of capital, the BCBS said.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    FSB Announces Decision to Discontinue Annual G-SII Identification

    By Editors | 12/12/2022

    The FSB will instead use assessments available through the IAIS Holistic Framework to inform its considerations of systemic risk in the insurance sector.

    Resolution & Recovery

    More Work Needed on Resolution Plans for CCPs, Insurers: FSB

    By Editors | 09/12/2022

    The FSB said resolution planning for G-SIBs is maturing but more progress is needed on the development of resolution plans for CCPs and insurers.

    Resolution & Recovery

    PBOC Calls on Chinese D-SIBs to Improve TLAC

    By Editors | 30/11/2022

    The G-SIBs are encouraged to improve their TLAC internal planning and management mechanisms and issue TLAC non-capital bonds in offshore markets.

    Cryptocurrency

    VASPs Propose Measures to Improve Regulatory Mechanisms for Crypto

    By Editors | 28/11/2022

    The proposals include a mechanism to allow VASPs to discover one another, so as to better manage counterparty risk and enhance compliance requirements.

    Reporting & Disclosures

    UK, Singapore to Deepen Collaboration on FinTech, Sustainable Finance

    By Editors | 26/11/2022

    The UK and Singapore agreed to deepen cooperation on FinTech and sustainable finance, including to explore a global framework for regulating ESG ratings and data providers.

    Capital Adequacy

    FSB Publishes 2022 List of Global Systemically Important Banks

    By Editors | 22/11/2022

    Bank of America will have to meet a higher capital buffer requirement, while China Construction Bank and BNP Paribas will have to meet a lower buffer requirement.

    Liquidity Risk

    IOSCO Reviews Liquidity Risk Management Measures at Funds

    By Editors | 19/11/2022

    IOSCO’s 2018 recommendations to strengthen liquidity risk management practices in open-ended funds are “broadly well implemented”.

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