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Securities / Derivatives
IOSCO Unveils Framework for Monitoring Leverage-related Risks in Funds
By Editors | 16/12/2019
IOSCO has developed a framework for monitoring leverage across all types of investment funds globally, to help regulators assess leverage-related risks that can undermine financial stability.
Market Infrastructure
LSEG to Provide Post Trade Technology for Philippine Bourse
By Editors | 12/12/2019
The Securities Clearing Corporation of the Philippines will use LSEG technology to enhance its clearing, settlement, risk and collateral management capabilities.
Market Infrastructure
CPMI, IOSCO Share Lessons of Supervisory Cooperation on Market Infrastructures
By Editors | 12/12/2019
Among the key features of successful cooperative arrangements are strong, trusted relationships between authorities and a willingness to exchange information.
AML / KYC
SFC Unveils Regulatory Framework for Crypto Exchanges
By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2019
Under the new framework, announced at Hong Kong Fintech Week, platform operators that offer trading in virtual assets classified as securities may seek Type 1 and Type 7 licences from the SFC.
Market Infrastructure
A Liquid Global Swaps Market Relies on Deference: CFTC’s Quintenz
By Manesh Samtani | 29/10/2019
Market fragmentation poses serious risks to the liquidity and health of the derivatives markets, said CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz at the ISDA Annual Japan Conference.
Big Picture
Effective Governance, Regulation Can Mitigate Cyber Risk: Moody’s
By Manesh Samtani | 25/10/2019
Regulators can help to mitigate the cyber threat by promoting contingency planning in banking and enabling information sharing among banks and regulators.
Market Infrastructure
FSB Reports on OTC Derivatives Reform Progress
By Editors | 16/10/2019
Comprehensive trade reporting requirements are in force in 23 of 24 FSB member jurisdictions, and authorities are increasingly making use of trade repository data.
Securities / Derivatives
Governance of OTC Derivatives Data Elements Finalised
By Editors | 10/10/2019
The FSB has now published the final governance arrangements for both the UTI and UPI, while CPMI-IOSCO has published the same for the other critical data elements.
Capital / Liquidity
Initial Margin Challenges Confronting Asian Markets
By Purtini Joshi | 08/10/2019
DTCC’s Purtini Joshi outlines three key challenges firms need to address to ensure compliance with Phase 5 and Phase 6 implementation of initial margin regulations.
Market Infrastructure
Indonesia Announces Rules for the Establishment of CCPs
By Editors | 04/10/2019
The new rules from Bank Indonesia will take effect from June 2020, but the first CCPs for derivatives markets are unlikely to be operational until 2023.
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