Financial Stability Board

    Securities / Derivatives

    IOSCO Issues Final Fund Liquidity Risk Management Principles

    By Samuel Riding | 05/02/2018

    Group of regulators says document represents ‘last step’ in its move to address systemic risk from open-ended funds.

    Market Infrastructure

    Singapore Releases SIBOR Benchmark Reform Proposals

    By Garima Chitkara | 07/12/2017

    Consultation is based on IOSCO principles, FSB recommendations, comes four years after 20 banks disciplined for benchmark manipulation.

    Big Picture

    Private Sector Leverage Remains Key Risk for Asian Banks – Moody’s

    By Garima Chitkara | 30/11/2017

    Report suggests private sector debt has risen in 12 of 14 Asian countries; FSB addressing risks from housing market, rising household debt in Asia.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Asian Firms at Risk of Drowning Under Wave of Regulation from US, Europe

    By David Farmery | 30/11/2017

    The wave of financial regulation about to wash over Europe and North America could eventually overwhelm Asian institutions.

    Fintech / Regtech

    The Final Frontier of Financial Regulation

    By Peter Guy | 20/11/2017

    FSB’s recent paper on artificial intelligence and machine learning reveal how far we are from managing its unknown effects on financial markets.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Japanese Banks Call for Simplified UPI Rules

    By Editors | 20/11/2017

    Bankers Association says its members already provide legal identifiers under local regulation and the rules of countries in which they operate.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Playing Catch-up on Hedge Fund Data Sharing – IOSCO

    By Editors | 09/11/2017

    Although China has set up supervisory mechanisms, it has not yet established an information sharing mechanism to help establish global systemic risk.

    Capital / Liquidity

    FSB Reports on ‘Rise of the Financial Machines’, Backs Regtech

    By Samuel Riding | 02/11/2017

    Report suggests AI and machine learning could create new systemically important players, warns on opacity, audit difficulty.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HK Legco to Consider Recovery Planning, Large Exposures Bill

    By Editors | 19/10/2017

    Banking Ordinance already includes resolution, but not recovery, requirements; HKMA to retain ‘general power’ on exposure limits.

    Fintech / Regtech

    CPMI, IOSCO Call for Uniformity in UPI Creation, Reporting

    By Editors | 02/10/2017

    Report proposes that each UPI maps to reference data which indirectly describes an OTCD product without identifying transaction details.

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