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Structural Regulation
Indonesia Has Adopted Measures to Implement PFMI: CPMI-IOSCO
By Editors | 09/04/2020
Since the 2019 update, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have finished adopting measures that will enable them to implement the PFMIs for all financial market infrastructure types.
Market Risk
BCBS, IOSCO Extend Initial Margin Deadlines by One Year
By Editors | 05/04/2020
With the extension, phase 5 implementation will take place on 1 September 2021 and phase 6 implementation on 1 September 2022.
Trading & Investment
Short-selling Bans Fail to Achieve Positive Effects: WFE
By Manesh Samtani | 31/03/2020
In Asia, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia have imposed short-selling bans, while Thailand, Taiwan and India have tightened their rules to make the practice more difficult.
Capital Adequacy
ISDA Calls for Delay to Initial Margin Deadlines
By Editors | 26/03/2020
Without a delay, smaller entities will almost certainly be shut out of the derivatives market, denying them the ability to manage risk when they need it most, says ISDA chief Scott O’Malia.
Stablecoins
Securities Market Principles Can Be Applied to Stablecoins: IOSCO
By Editors | 25/03/2020
Preliminary analysis concludes that the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures could apply to the global stablecoin arrangements, among other principles and standards.
Sustainable Finance
ICMA Publishes Compendium of Global Sustainable Finance Initiatives
By Editors | 24/02/2020
Key international initiatives identified are the Equator Principles, the FSB TCFD Recommendations, the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group, the NGFS, and the UN SDGs.
Cryptocurrency
IOSCO Offers Guidance on Regulating Crypto-asset Trading Platforms
By Editors | 14/02/2020
The report provides a toolkit of possible measures for key considerations relevant to authorities for regulating crypto-asset trading platforms.
Trading & Investment
IOSCO Highlights Debt Market Concerns in Annual Work Programme
By Editors | 31/01/2020
The 2020 work programme provides an update on five existing priorities and an overview of planned work on a new priority – corporate debt and leveraged loans.
Market Data & Technology
IOSCO Issues Final Report Recommending UTC Time Stamping of Trades
By Editors | 20/01/2020
Trading venues and their participants should synchronise the clocks they use for timestamping reportable events with coordinated universal time (UTC), IOSCO says.
Structural Regulation
RBI Names Six ‘Significant’ Financial Benchmarks
By Editors | 06/01/2020
Financial Benchmarks India Pvt Ltd has three months to make an application to the RBI for authorisation to continue administering the benchmarks.
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