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Market Risk
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.
Clearing & Post-Trade
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.
Structural Regulation
IOSCO Publishes Updates on MMF, Securitisation Regulation
By Editors | 03/10/2019
The reports describe progress by IOSCO members to adopt legislation, regulation and other policies covering MMF and securitisation, considered priority reform areas by the G20.
Structural Regulation
EU Equivalence Needed on Cross-Border Intragroup Transactions
By Editors | 01/10/2019
ISDA and EU banking associations are calling for equivalence decisions to be prioritised for Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, among others.
Structural Regulation
Hong Kong to Regulate Fund Trustees, Custodians
By Editors | 30/09/2019
Fund trustees and custodians in Hong Kong are not subject to any licensing regime or ongoing supervision. The SFC proposes to regulate them under a new type of regulated activity, RA 13.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Most Rules to Prevent Complex Product Mis-selling Already in Place
By Editors | 27/09/2019
Only China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore are fully consistent with all nine IOSCO principles on suitability requirements for the distribution of complex financial products.
Structural Regulation
APAC Central Banks Prepare Market for Benchmark Reforms
By Editors | 27/09/2019
A group of APAC central banks have issued a report on the regional implications of LIBOR’s discontinuation, BMR implementation, and reforms to local benchmarks.
Emerging Prudential Risks
DTCC Calls on Industry to Prioritise Business Resilience Efforts
By Editors | 24/09/2019
Firms must establish resilience as a business-owned strategic initiative, and be willing to prioritise business resilience over efficiency in some cases, says a new DTCC whitepaper.
Market Data & Technology
IOSCO Recommends UTC as Standard Clock for Timestamping
By Editors | 12/09/2019
IOSCO is seeking feedback on a recommendation that all member jurisdictions use UTC as the standard reference time source for timestamping reportable events.
Market Risk
HKMA Adjusts Initial Margin Implementation Schedule
By Editors | 19/08/2019
The HKMA has adjusted its implementation schedule for the incoming requirements, taking into account the one-year phased extension announced by BCBS and IOSCO in July.
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