Analysis

Analysis, Capital, Climate, Risk Management
September 26, 2023

Editor's letter: Are you down with new nature risk disclosures?

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on the country’s key targets to tackle climate change is alarming both environmentalists and...
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Ulrich Koerner, chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Credit Suisse saw client inflows on Monday, as markets were thrown into turmoil after the collapse of multiple regional US banks, Koerner said. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
Analysis, Culture & Conduct, Governance & Reporting
August 2, 2023

How to clean up a bank in 120 days

UBS has just 120 days to bring its problem child, Credit Suisse, into line as it is forced to comply...
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Analysis, Regulation & Supervision, Shadow Banking
August 2, 2023

US bank execs decry ‘excessive’ calls for more capital

Bank chiefs have hit out at a new capital rule proposal which will make loans more expensive for borrowers and...
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Analysis, Crypto, Regulation & Supervision
July 27, 2023

Crypto industry welcomes FSB crypto asset framework

The Financial Stability Board has proposed new recommendations for crypto assets as concerns grow over regulatory arbitrage and financial stability...
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Businessman looks at a graph of the real estate market where the arrowhead is falling. recession Home prices fall in real estate and property market crash. isometric illustration vector.
Analysis, Capital, Regulation & Supervision
July 27, 2023

Canadian and Australian regulators square up to housing markets risks

Epic housing bubbles are threatening financial stability in high-income countries as the end of the cheap money era bites. Residential...
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Analysis, Digital Transformation
July 26, 2023

Banks divided over powerful, yet problematic, AI tools

Generative artificial intelligence is taking off at some banks but integrating it throws up challenges over its accuracy and regulatory...
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Analysis, Culture & Conduct
July 25, 2023

Banks boost horizon scanning for reputational risks

Banks are scrutinising their clients and commercial partners’ culture more closely to mitigate reputational risk, after cutting ties with disgraced...
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Analysis, Culture & Conduct, Operational Resilience
July 20, 2023

WFH puts bankers at risk of culture drift

The risk of slow cultural drift is worrying experts, as working from home becomes so popular that banks downsize their...
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Analysis, Shadow Banking
July 19, 2023

Banks reinforce defences in wake of BoE's shadow banks test

The Bank of England (BoE) is running its first system-wide stress “exploratory scenario exercise” on 53 firms, amid fears the...
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Analysis, Financial Stability
July 17, 2023

APAC regulators boost bank deposit insurance schemes

Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand move to beef up bank-funded deposit insurance regulations, with more Asian countries likely to...
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Analysis, Financial Stability, Regulation & Supervision, Shadow Banking
July 13, 2023

Regulators spar over how best to safeguard banks

Bank failures and the rise of shadow banks are worrying regulators, but there is growing discord over the best way...
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