Seven central banks and the BIS release a report assessing the feasibility of publicly available CBDCs in helping central banks deliver their public policy...

Operations

ESMA To Recognize Three UK CCPs As of January 1

Scott Porter - September 29, 2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, confirmed yesterday that the three central counterparties (CCPs) established in the United...

Risk

EC to Allow Market Participants 18 Months to Reduce UK CCP Exposure

Scott Porter - September 22, 2020

The European Commission has today adopted a time-limited decision to give financial market participants 18 months to reduce their exposure to UK central counterparties...

FinTech

SWIFT Report: How Cyber Attackers ‘Cash Out’

Scott Porter - September 3, 2020

By illuminating final stage in money laundering process, BAE Systems report commissioned by SWIFT supports efforts by banks to prevent, detect and respond to...

Risk

The Current State of XVA Usage in Latin America

Scott Porter - August 14, 2020

XVAs are increasingly becoming more engrained in derivatives practices across the globe. While the U.S. and Europe are quite advanced in terms of the...

Operations

Reacting to a Cyber-Attack on a Securities Services Participant

Scott Porter - August 7, 2020

Cyber-attacks continue to increase in frequency, sophistication and impact. These attacks have the potential to disrupt critical financial services and could undermine the security...

Risk

Basel Committee Releases Consultative Documents on Principles for Op Risk and Operational Resilience

Scott Porter - August 7, 2020

Operational resilience principles aim to increase the capacity of banks to withstand disruptions due to potentially severe events.Updated principles on operational risk focus on...

Compliance

Initial Margin Guidance for US Swap End Users

Guest Post - August 4, 2020

I. Introduction Thanks to recent actions taken by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the five US prudential regulators responsible for the uncleared swap...

Operations

ISLA, ISDA Agree to Collaborate on Digital Initiatives

Scott Porter - July 27, 2020

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have agreed to collaborate on two key initiatives to deliver...

Data

CryptoCompare Benchmark for Crypto Exchanges to include CCP and Operational Risks

Scott Porter - July 14, 2020

Digital asset data specialist CryptoCompare, has updated its cryptocurrency Exchange Benchmark, revealing a new ranking of exchanges based on several criteria including counterparty, operational,...

Operations

CCPs Could Withstand a Shock, Says ESMA

Scott Porter - July 13, 2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published the results of its third stress test exercise regarding Central Counterparties...

Compliance

Basel Committee Reports on Basel III Implementation Progress

Scott Porter - July 7, 2020

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued the Eighteenth progress report on adoption of the Basel regulatory framework. Among the highlights: Report sets out...

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