On 18 October 2023, the Bank for International Settlement’s Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) published an interim report to the G20 on linking faster payment systems (FPS) across borders: considerations for governance and oversight. Interlinking arrangements among fast payment systems (FPS) are one of the most promising solutions for enhancing cross-border payments, offering … Continue Reading
On 17 October 2023, the Bank for International Settlement’s Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) published a report to the G20 on harmonised ISO 20022 data requirements for enhancing cross-border payments. The increased adoption of ISO 20022 by payment systems around the world is a major opportunity to improve their interoperability. But this opportunity … Continue Reading
On 17 October 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a consultation document on the disclosure of crypto-asset exposures. The consultation document follows the Basel Committee’s paper on the prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures which was published in December 2022 and set out the prudential requirements for banks’ exposures to cryptoassets. In … Continue Reading
On 10 October 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report on the 2023 bank failures and the preliminary lessons learnt from resolution. The report identifies preliminary lessons learnt regarding the FSB’s Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) for: The report seeks to set out a clear understanding of … Continue Reading
On 12 October 2023, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its 2023 status report. This report describes companies’ progress in making climate-related financial disclosures and highlights some of the challenges they face in making such disclosures, including challenges with incorporating climate-related risks into their financial statements. Key findings from the status report … Continue Reading
On 12 October 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a progress report on climate-related disclosures. The report has been delivered to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors for their 11-12 October 2023 meeting. The report highlights the following: In keeping with the previous year’s progress report, this report highlights the findings of the … Continue Reading
On 11 October 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published an annual report on promoting global financial stability. The report, which was delivered to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of their meeting in Marrakesh, describes the FSB’s work to promote global financial stability. The report looks at the banking turmoil in March … Continue Reading
On 9 October 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its inaugural annual report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for meeting the targets for cross-border payments and a consolidated report on progress under the FSB’s Roadmap for enhancing cross-border payments. The Roadmap was endorsed by the G20 in 2020 and provides a high-level plan designed … Continue Reading
On 5 October 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a report on the 2023 banking turmoil. The report assesses the causes of the banking turmoil, the regulatory and supervisory responses and the initial lessons learnt. Drawing on the findings of this report, the Basel Committee is pursuing a series of follow-up initiatives including: … Continue Reading
On 25 September 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report: Stocktake of international data standards relevant to cross-border payments. The report looks at national and regional data frameworks relevant to the functioning, regulation and supervision of cross-border payment arrangements. Furthermore, the report takes forward one of the priority actions under the G20 Cross-border … Continue Reading
On 22 September 2023, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published the second biennial progress report on implementation of the UN Principles for responsible banking. The report highlights the key achievements of member banks in integrating sustainability considerations such as climate change mitigation into their strategies, transforming governance structures, understanding their impacts better, setting targets … Continue Reading
On 19 September 2023, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its recommendations. The TNFD was launched in 2021. It is a global, market-led, science-based, and government-supported initiative with the mission to develop and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related issues. The aim of … Continue Reading
On 19 September 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation report on financial resources and tools for central counterparty (CCP) resolution. In the consultation report the FSB sets out a proposal for a toolbox approach as a global standard for CCP financial resources and tools for resolution. In a toolbox approach, resolution authorities … Continue Reading
On 14 September 2023, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultation report on leveraged loans (LLs) and collateralised loan obligations (CLO) good practices for consideration. Broadly speaking, LLs are loans to highly indebted, non-investment grade, non-financial corporate issuers and are commonly used to fund mergers and acquisitions. They are typically structured as … Continue Reading
On 12 September 2023, the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) published a compendium: Precious metals market evolution. This compendium consolidates insights from three distinct spotlight reviews considering the potential evolution of precious metals markets. It outlines opportunities for enhancement and offers suggestions for heightening market transparency and efficiency. The compendium looks at key aspects of … Continue Reading
On 7 September 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a joint synthesis paper on policies for crypto-assets. The report synthesises the IMF’s and FSB’s policy recommendations and standards. The report illustrates macroeconomic and financial stability implications of crypto-asset activities, how they may interact, and how the IMF and … Continue Reading
On 7 September 2023, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published the beta version of its conceptual framework for nature-related financial risks to guide policies and action by central banks and financial supervisors. The framework creates a shared science-based understanding of, and common language for, nature-related financial risks to help central banks and … Continue Reading
On 6 September 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a progress report on enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI). The March 2020 turmoil underscored the need to strengthen resilience in the NBFI sector, as key funding markets experienced acute stress and public authorities needed to take a wide range of measures to … Continue Reading
On 5 September 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published two letters from its Chair, Klaas Knot, addressed to G20 leaders ahead of the New Delhi Summit. The first letter outlines the work the FSB has undertaken under the leadership of India’s G20 Presidency to address existing vulnerabilities in the financial system and enhance its … Continue Reading
Global businesses are operating in an ever-changing and increasingly complex regulatory landscape. It is of vital importance that these businesses can manage implementation and regulatory change programmes effectively, on a global basis. In our latest briefing note, we set out some practical steps for firms looking to manage global implementation and change projects in rule-mapping, … Continue Reading
On 23 August 2023, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a report and accompanying cover note on current central counterparty (CCP) practices to address non-default losses (NDLs). The purpose of the report is to present current practices among CCPs in addressing … Continue Reading
On 16 August 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published summary terms of reference for a thematic peer review on money market fund (MMF) reforms. The peer review will take stock of the measures adopted by FSB member jurisdictions to enhance MMF resilience in response to the FSB’s 2021 policy proposals. The FSB has also … Continue Reading
Every month we provide the Global Blockchain Business Council’s Post-Trade Distributed Ledger group with a global regulatory FinTech updater, the latest version of which can be found here. Post Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group is composed of over 40 prominent market infrastructure stakeholders whose shared vision of the use of distributed ledger technology has brought … Continue Reading
On 28 July 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its final reflections on the LIBOR transition. The end of June 2023 marked the end of the remaining USD LIBOR panel. Only three of the US dollar LIBOR settings will continue in a synthetic form after June 2023 and are intended to cease at end-September … Continue Reading
