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Fintech / Regtech
IOSCO Drafts Guidance on Supervising AI/ML in Financial Markets
By Editors | 25/06/2020
IOSCO proposes six measures to assist members in creating appropriate regulatory frameworks to supervise market intermediaries and asset managers that use AI and ML.
Market Infrastructure
RBI Updates Oversight Framework for FMIs, Retail Payment Systems
By Editors | 14/06/2020
The framework details the oversight objectives, supervisory processes and assessment methodology the RBI will apply to financial market infrastructures and retail payment systems.
Fintech / Regtech
IOSCO Consults on Updated Set of Outsourcing Principles
By Editors | 28/05/2020
The principles include selection due diligence, information security, confidentiality issues, outsourcing risk concentration, and access to data, among others.
Securities / Derivatives
SFC Defers IM Rules, Maintains 1 September for VM Requirements
By Editors | 07/05/2020
While variation margin requirements will still take effect from 1 September 2020 as planned, initial margin requirements for non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives will be deferred by one year.
Capital / Liquidity
S. Korea Defers Initial Margin Requirements by One Year
By Editors | 06/05/2020
The move is in line with the BCBS-IOSCO decision announced in April, and will help to ease the compliance burden on financial institutions amid the Covid-19 crisis.
Market Infrastructure
Industry Bodies Request Margin Exemption Extensions under EMIR
By Manesh Samtani | 06/05/2020
ISDA and other industry associations are asking for equivalence decisions for all jurisdictions that have implemented margin rules in line with the BCBS-IOSCO framework.
Enforcement
CSRC Vows Cross-border Cooperation in Luckin Fraud Case
By Editors | 28/04/2020
The CSRC has been communicating with US regulators, looking to deepen cross-border cooperation to combat misconduct and fraud and to protect investors.
APRA Announces New Commencement Dates for Prudential Standards
By Editors | 16/04/2020
The new commencement dates relate to initial margin requirements and APRA’s prudential standards on information security, credit risk management and related entity exposures.
Big Picture
Hedge Funds Have Sufficient Liquidity, Low Leverage: IOSCO
By Editors | 15/04/2020
Hedge funds were found to have sufficient portfolio liquidity to meet investor redemption demands under normal market conditions, based on end-September 2018 data.
ESG / Sustainability
IOSCO Forms Task Force to Address Sustainable Finance Issues
By Editors | 15/04/2020
The Task Force will work on sustainability and ESG disclosure challenges for investors, including to enhance transparency and address investor protection issues.
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