International Organization of Securities Commissions

    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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