July 22, 2024
Patchy progress on implementing reforms to make money market funds and other types of “non banks” safer has left the global financial system vulnerable to more shocks, the G20’s risk watchdog said on Monday. The Financial Stability Board said that …
July 18, 2024
The booming non-bank financial industry has created excessive leverage that poses financial stability risks, and more reforms are needed to tackle it, including improving disclosure of positions, a Bank of England regulator said on Thursday. Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), including …
February 26, 2024
Regulators need broader oversight of financial firms to prevent a crisis in the vast non-bank sector turning into a credit crunch and wreaking havoc on the economy, Britain’s central bank said on Monday. The Bank of England was forced to …
December 22, 2023
Tackling hidden leverage across the multi-trillion dollar “shadow banking” sector is next year’s priority, global financial regulators said on Wednesday, but the challenge of accessing data could hamper the process. The G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) and IOSCO, a global …
July 17, 2023
Globally agreed rules leave crypto firms with no option but to introduce basic safeguards to prevent the blow-ups seen at FTX exchange and other crypto casualties, the G20’s Financial Stability Board said on Monday. The FSB published on Monday final …
April 14, 2023
The G20’s financial watchdog on Thursday recommended a blueprint for banks to report cyberattacks in a common format in a bid to speed up responses to hacking and limit the fallout on financial stability. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), which …
February 16, 2023
The G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Thursday it would take steps to tackle “vulnerabilities” and data gaps in decentralized finance (DeFi) highlighted by the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX last year. The fast-growing and unregulated DeFi segment offers …
October 11, 2022
Standard setters must work faster to avoid hardwiring differences between their finalized climate-related company disclosures, which would fragment markets, the G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Tuesday. To help meet net-zero carbon emission targets, companies face mandatory rules on …
April 5, 2022
A new global standard setter for company sustainability reporting set out its first draft guidelines on Thursday [March 31], entering a crowded field as trillions of dollars pour into investments marketed as “green.” The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) published …
February 16, 2022
Risks from the $2.6 trillion crypto market could grow quickly and regulators need pre-prepared measures to bring the sector to heel, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a risk monitoring watchdog for the G20 economies, said on Wednesday. While cryptoassets like …