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November 1, 2021
Bundesbank president to step down potentially influencing ECB policy
Jens Weidman, president of the Bundesbank, Germany’s influential central bank, is due to step down on December 31 – a...
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November 1, 2021
France’s regulators urge banks to strengthen their climate policies
France’s regulators are prompting financial firms to strengthen their climate policies and take into account expected long-term weather patterns to...
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November 1, 2021
FSB tells G20 that Covid demonstrated value of global co-operation
In a letter sent to G20 leaders ahead of their October summit in Rome, Financial Stability Board (FSB) chair Randall...
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October 29, 2021
SEC gives green light to bitcoin futures ETFs
Bitcoin-backed exchange-traded funds (ETF) have finally been given the green light by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with...
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October 29, 2021
Bid to shift euro clearing into EU remains frustrated by financial stability risks
The eurozone authorities retain an undimmed desire to shift the bulk of euro clearing into the bloc, fearing financial instability...
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October 28, 2021
Evergrande: a watershed moment for China’s regulators
China’s regulators have turned sour on the nation’s most high-profile — and the world’s most indebted — property developer, Evergrande....
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October 28, 2021
New board to bring ‘welcome’ consolidation of ESG standards
The creation of an International Sustainability Standards Board promises to replace a patchwork of ESG company disclosures standards with a...
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October 14, 2021
Transformed Bafin two-thirds of way through its reforms
Following the bruising Wirecard scandal, around two-thirds of the 40 measures to reform Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) have...
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October 13, 2021
New identifier launched to track cryptocurrencies
A new ISO standard identifier has been launched by the DTI (Digital Token Identifier) Foundation that enables the tracking of...
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October 13, 2021
ESMA proposes streamlining certain MiFID reporting requirements
Certain ‘burdensome’ reporting requirements contained in the markets in financial instruments directive (MiFID) 2 look set to be streamlined under...
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September 27, 2021
Financial firms progressing with TCFD adoption, but more work is needed
Though financial institutions are clearly adopting market-driven initiative the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), they...
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