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Global regulators deal blow to Facebook’s Libra currency plan
By Kiran Stacey and Caroline Binham
June 25, 2019, Financial Times
Facebook’s hopes of launching a new virtual currency have suffered another blow, as two more financial regulators said on …
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Politicians need to move fast as Facebook & Co move into finance: BIS
By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson
June 23, 2019, Reuters
Politicians need to quickly coordinate regulatory responses to new risks from technology companies like Facebook moving into finance, though banks …
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Industry hails Basel decision to drop punitive clearing charges
By Louisa Chender
June 21, 2019, Global Investor Group
Participants, policy makers and trade bodies are pleased with Basel’s decision to drop the punitive capital charges on cleared derivatives.
On …
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Exchange leaders call for joined up regulation
By Luke Jeffs
June 4, 2019, Global Investor Group
The leaders of the world’s top exchanges have called for international regulators, particularly those in Europe and the U.S., to align …
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Global regulators say tougher bank rules do not curb lending
By Huw Jones
June 7, 2019, Reuters
Far higher bank capital requirements introduced after the financial crisis a decade ago dampened lending to small companies only briefly and therefore no …
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Shadow Banking Is a New Culprit in Systemic Risk: Fitch
By Elizabeth Festa
May 21, 2019, ThinkAdvisor
System-wide market risk stemming from the financial services industry hasn’t conclusively declined since the financial crisis that started more than a decade ago, …
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CFTC to Detail Supervision of Overseas Clearing Houses
By Shanny Basar
May 21, 2019, Markets Media
Brian Quintenz, commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the U.S. regulator will propose a rule next month on how it …
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FSB says more stress could “test” system
By Louisa Chender
April 29, 2019, Global Investor Group
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) said a more prolonged and severe stress event than that seen at the end of 2018 …
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FCA steers towards “fewer, better firms”– EVIA
By Louisa Chender
April 24, 2019, Global Investor Group
The U.K. financial markets watchdog’s latest attempt to raise standards across the board could lead to “fewer, better firms” with unintended …
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Get in Position for Risk Free Rate Transition
By Bijal Shah, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
Some would argue the global interbank offered rates (IBORs) had it coming. Marred by scandal and …
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