Financial Stability Board

Resolution & Recovery

Hong Kong to Establish Resolution Regime This Year

By Editors | 12/10/2015

Majority of respondents supportive of the proposal to establish local resolution regime in line with FSB standards.

Trading & Investment

FX Benchmark Reforms Make Good Progress, says FSB

By Editors | 03/10/2015

The Financial Stability Board has published a progress report on implementation of its September 2014 recommendations for reforms to foreign exchange benchmarks.

Resolution & Recovery

FSB Pledges to Finalise TLAC by November Deadline

By Editors | 28/09/2015

FSB soon to finalise rules which seek to tackle banks being “too big to fail” and prevent taxpayers from having to bail out troubled institutions.

Clearing & Post-Trade

Global Regulators Release Progress Report on CCP Workplan

By Editors | 25/09/2015

The FSB, BCBS, CPMI and IOSCO have released a progress report on their work to enhance the resilience, recovery planning and resolvability of central counterparties.

Structural Regulation

IOSCO Publishes Report on Cross-Border Regulation

By Editors | 20/09/2015

Final report published from the IOSCO Task Force on Cross-Border Regulation.

Market Data & Technology

CPMI-IOSCO Consult on Unique Transaction Identifier Harmonisation

By Editors | 20/08/2015

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have published a consultative report on the harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier for OTC derivatives.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Believe It – More Fund Management Regulation Coming

By Peter Guy | 19/08/2015

Resistance by Fidelity Investments and BlackRock is futile. Large fund managers pose a systemic risk in their own way.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Pakistan Drafts Regulatory Framework for D-SIBs

By Editors | 10/08/2015

The State Bank of Pakistan has designed a regulatory framework for identifying and overseeing the nation’s Domestic Systemically Important Banks, as part of its commitment to ensure stability of financial system and further strengthen the supervisory and regulatory regime.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Banking on Good Behaviour

By Peter Guy | 24/07/2015

Conduct risk is proving to be the most frustrating crusade for regulators to lead as no one really understands what it means.