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August 27, 2021

Banks' losses fell last year despite pandemic

Despite the negative impact of Covid-19-enforced healthcare measures on the economy, banks nonetheless saw lower loss reporting figures in 2020...
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August 27, 2021

ETFs showed their mettle during Covid-19 'stress test'

The overall performance of exchange traded funds (ETFs) proved to be resilient during the bouts of extreme volatility triggered by...
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August 17, 2021

FINRA finds broker-dealers gravitating towards cloud computing to improve efficiency

Broker-dealers have taken a variety of approaches in terms of their use of cloud computing as they seek to improve...
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July 5, 2021

US banks show their mettle during stress tests

"Over the past year, the Federal Reserve has run three stress tests with several different hypothetical recessions and all have...
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July 2, 2021

Taxonomies clash threatens to fragment green finance

Impressive momentum has built up behind the effort by the world’s financial regulators to create coherent classifications to define what...
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July 1, 2021

CFTC clarifies the use of internal models for calculating initial margin

Certain swap dealers using internal models to calculate minimum capital requirements do not need to register them with the Commodity...
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July 1, 2021

BIS lauds CBDCs while dismissing cryptocurrencies and stablecoins

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) preserve the core functions of money in the digital era, said the Bank for International...
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June 3, 2021

UK allowed to apply for CPTPP membership

A Pacific trade pact has given the UK the green light to apply to become one of its members marking...
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June 2, 2021

SEC registers first security-based swap data repository

May 7 saw the registration by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of its first security-based swap data repository...
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June 2, 2021

DeFi raises fresh challenges for US investors and regulators says SEC chair

Cryptocurrencies throw up various risks and challenges for investors and regulators, said Gary Gensler, chair of the US Securities and...
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June 2, 2021

SEC brings legal action against Bitconnect promoters

Legal actions have been filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against five individuals who it is accusing...
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