Analysis
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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July 13, 2023
Banks and regulators grapple with ‘AOCI’
Bank of America is the latest firm to fall foul of “AOCI”, a murky metric behind this year’s largest US...
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July 11, 2023
Chinese spy law gives banks jitters
International banks in China face heightened political and operational risk following the introduction of a tougher anti-spying law. Foreign businesses...
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July 10, 2023
Hong Kong regulator simplifies banking system
Large banks operating in Hong Kong will likely merge with smaller deposit-taking companies after the banking regulator issued the latter...
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July 6, 2023
The rising risk of ‘cultural contamination’
It’s back with a vengeance. UBS’s chair Colm Kelleher brought the term “cultural contamination” back into public view when he...
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