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March 2, 2022
Industry reservations over EU money market fund proposals
A flood of redemption requests from money market fund investors during the Covid-19 pandemic forced EU regulators to rethink the...
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March 2, 2022
Rampant digitisation forces EU to rethink regulatory frameworks
Rapid digitisation is forcing the EU back to the drawing board to shore up its financial regulatory framework and avoid...
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March 2, 2022
FSB warns G20 that many risks remain as Covid pandemic recedes
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) warned the G20 that although financial resilience held up well during the Covid-19 pandemic, many...
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February 16, 2022
‘Lenders of last resort’ need to incentivise firms to hold more liquidity
Expanding the lender of last resort function to tackle financial distress is likely to work better when financial firms are...
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February 16, 2022
FSB ponders policy responses to proliferating crypto-assets
Risks related to crypto-assets and decentralised finance (DeFi) could soon threaten the financial system, says the Financial Stability Board (FSB),...
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February 11, 2022
Climate risks could eventually spur higher capital charges
As the Bank of England undertakes an exercise to probe the impact of climate change on large banks and insurers,...
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February 11, 2022
Fed stress test focuses on plunging real estate and bond prices
The Fed’s scenarios published on February 10 paint a hypothetical nightmare scenario of severe global recession pounding bank balance sheets...
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February 3, 2022
SEC to enhance investment adviser reporting for financial stability purposes
Reporting requirements for registered investment advisers to private funds are to be enhanced to help keep track of developments that...
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February 2, 2022
S&P Global predicts record securitisation issuance for 2022
Following a bumper 2021, European securitisation issuance could rise by more than 5% to €120bn this year, according to S&P...
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January 26, 2022
Clarida leaves Fed early following allegations of inappropriate share trades
Following growing publicity around inappropriate shares trades, Richard Clarida resigned early from his role as vice chair of the Federal...
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January 26, 2022
More scope for regulatory colleges as global finance evolves
Regulators are not making enough use of supervisory colleges even as finance continues to globalise, said a former UK regulator....
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