Private Credit’s Push for Retail Money Stokes New Vulnerability March 11, 2025 By Kat Hidalgo and Neil Callanan Private credit’s rush to attract money from retail investors is making the sector more vulnerable to the kind of liquidity...
Private Equity’s Insurance Bets Raise Risks, BIS Researchers Say September 17, 2024 By Nicholas Comfort Private equity firms have changed the business models of life insurers they invest in, posing risks that are more likely...
Central Bankers Use AI to Assess Climate-Related Risks March 19, 2024 By Huw Jones Central bankers said on Tuesday they have broken new ground by using artificial intelligence to collect data for assessing climate-related...
Governments Increasingly Will Foot Bill for Climate Risks as Insurers Exit: Report November 22, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff As insurers start to pull out from markets battered by the fallout of climate change, governments are increasingly at risk...
Central Bank Test Lab Develops Global Bitcoin Mapping System October 4, 2023 By Marc Jones A global central bank test lab has designed a prototype bitcoin monitoring system aimed at giving authorities a clearer picture...
Cryptoassets Increase Financial Risks in Developing Economies, Study Says August 23, 2023 Cryptoassets, peddled as the future of finance, have not only failed to deliver on their promise but are themselves adding...
Rethink Needed on How to Regulate Big Tech in Finance Services: BIS Official February 8, 2023 By Huw Jones A rethink is needed on how to directly regulate activities of Big Tech companies in financial services, given their size...
Global Regulators Warned About Entry of ‘Big Tech’ Firms into Financial Services August 3, 2021 By Marc Jones Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of “Big Tech,” according to...
Individual Results of Climate Stress Tests Should Not Be Disclosed: Oversight Group July 14, 2021 By Marc Jones Climate change financial ‘stress tests’ will need to be improved with better data and modeling, a new paper by a...
Dangers of Booming Securitized Loan Market Highlighted by Bank for Int’l Settlements September 23, 2019 By Saikat Chatterjee Lending standards in the rapidly growing loan market are deteriorating and complex financial products that mask risks to banks have...