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Fintech regulation has been a key agenda item at recent meetings of peak financial regulators
April 11th, 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is talking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore about an agreement to ensure that regulation does not hinder the progress of fintech start-ups looking to operate across the countries’ borders. Fintech regulation has been a key ...
Financial Policy Committee statement from its policy meeting, 23 March 2016
March 29th, 2016
1. The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) assesses the outlook for financial stability by identifying the risks faced by the financial system and weighing them against the resilience of the system. In doing so, its aim is to ...
IMF’s Executive Board Completes Review of SDR Basket, Includes Chinese Renminbi
December 1st, 2015
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the regular five-yearly review of the basket of currencies that make up the Special Drawing Right (SDR). A key focus of the Board review was whether the Chinese ...
ITG announced retirements from its Board of Directors
November 17th, 2015
ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, announced that Maureen O’Hara and Chris Dodds will be retiring from its Board of Directors. Ms. O’Hara joined the Board in 2003 and has served as Chair since 2007. She will ...
FSB publishes report on implementation and effects of the G20 financial regulatory reforms
November 10th, 2015
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its first annual report to the G20 on the Implementation and effects of the G20 financial regulatory reforms. The report describes progress by FSB member jurisdictions in implementing the financial reforms agreed in ...
The end-point in financial credit
November 6th, 2015
Since the 1980s, markets have had to adapt to a world of infinite credit. Of course, this credit has not been available to everyone: it has been principally deployed in favour of governments, financial markets, and big business. It ...
Federal Reserve Board announces proposal to banking organizations
March 17th, 2015
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced a proposal that would require banking organizations to include their existing Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) on certain regulatory reporting forms. The LEI is a unique reference code to enable easier identification of ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
March 9th, 2015
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Yannis Seitanidis on 8 March 2015 The ECB’s Governing Council had a meeting in Nicosia, two years after the “bail-in” agreement on the recapitalisation of ...
CPMI and IOSCO issue report on the recovery of financial market infrastructures
October 16th, 2014
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published a report entitled Recovery of financial market infrastructures. The report provides guidance to financial market infrastructures (FMIs) such as central counterparties ...
Greg Medcraft of ASIC re-elected IOSCO Board Chair
October 3rd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today re-elected Mr. Greg Medcraft as Chairman of the IOSCO Board. Mr. Medcraft was re-elected at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board, during the IOSCO Annual Conference in Rio de ...
