Financial Stability
November 18, 2021
FCA grants another Libor reprieve to fend off potential market disruptions
Fears of potential market disruption have prompted the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to temporarily allow the use of ‘synthetic’...
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November 18, 2021
Quarles resignation leaves more gaps in Fed’s leadership
In a statement on November 8, Randal Quarles announced his resignation as the Federal Reserve Board’s first vice chair for...
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October 29, 2021
Singapore doubles down on digitisation to future-proof financial centre
In January last year, the variable capital company (VCC) structure was unveiled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and...
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October 29, 2021
EBA warns that national supervisors are not grasping fintech risks
Citizens of the EU are rapidly turning to digital platforms to take care of their banking and payments needs more...
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October 28, 2021
Banks can teach big tech a thing or two about regulation
Why the change? Big tech’s presence in financial services alone should not warrant such apprehension. Financial services represent just over...
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October 28, 2021
FCA crackdown on ‘grey area’ could choke SME lending
The majority of companies operating in this space, nonetheless, make efforts to ensure their operations are legitimate and mirror the...
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October 28, 2021
ESG regulations: what financial institutions need to know in 2022
All of this has risk and regulatory compliance implications. Indeed, the pandemic laid bare many legacy technology and process deficiencies,...
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October 14, 2021
FCA warns firms over ‘work from home’ risks
Due to measures taken in the first quarter of last year to stem the spread of Covid-19, entire workforces were...
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October 14, 2021
Archegos opens a Pandora’s box of regulatory consequences
One of the most talked-about financial markets events of the year revealed major regulatory and supervisory loopholes across both the...
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October 12, 2021
Some stablecoins could be labelled as systemically important
Recent years have seen strong growth in stablecoins backed by fiat currencies. They are typically used by speculators as a...
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October 12, 2021
FCA takes ‘use it or lose it’ approach to regulatory permissions
Superficially, the proposals from the the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on regulatory permissions look like a tidy-up exercise primarily to weed...
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