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On 12 December 2024, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published:

  • Final Report – Recommendations to Promote Alignment and Interoperability Across Data Frameworks Related to Cross-border Payments. The Final Report sets out policy recommendations for promoting alignment and interoperability across data frameworks (i.e. the laws, rules, and regulatory requirements for collecting, storing and

On 29 November 2024, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a final report on the evolution in the operation, governance and business models of exchanges. The final report focuses on equity exchanges but may be of relevance to other types of trading venues and trading in other classes of financial instruments.

On 28 November 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a report which describes the range of practices in implementing a positive neutral countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB).

In 2010, the Basel Committee published guidance that detailed the key requirements for operating the CCyB, and in 2017 it published

On 29 October 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the outcomes of its plenary on 23 – 25 October 2024.

Key points from the plenary include that FATF:

  • Approved the last two assessment reports in its fourth cycle of assessments, the joint FATF-GAFILAT assessment of the Argentine Republic (Argentina) and the

In the latest instalment of our Regulation Around the World series, Financial Services partners in 15 jurisdictions cover recent developments concerning anti-money laundering.

Our global updater is accompanied by further analysis and insights in our Regulation Around the World podcast which is available now to stream and download. The podcast features speakers from the

On 22 July 2024, the Financial Stability Board issued a progress report regarding enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI).

The progress report describes recent and ongoing work by the FSB to address systemic risk of NBFI. It sets out the main findings of work over the past year to assess and

On 18 July 2024, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a report providing a stocktake of member financial authorities’ initiatives related to the identification and assessment of nature-related financial risks.

The report draws on a survey of participating FSB members and the work done by international organisations on nature-related risks. It summarises current

On 16 July 2024, the Bank for International Settlements published a speech by Klass Knot (Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and President of the Netherlands Bank). The speech is dated 11 July 2024 and is entitled The AI adventure – how artificial intelligence may shape the economy and the financial system

On 17 July 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published its final disclosure framework for banks’ cryptoasset exposures and targeted amendments to its cryptoasset standard. Both standards have an implementation date of 1 January 2026.

The final disclosure framework (DIS55) is based on the disclosure requirements contained in the final

On 16 July 2024, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published an information note on improving greenhouse gas emissions data.

The information note:

  • Outlines the use cases of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission data by supervisors, regulators and central banks. It describes the different countries’ experience about the availability, sources,