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FSB on track for 2018 shadow banking deadline

05 September 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board is committed to meeting its December 2018 deadline for implementing its reporting framework on ‘shadow banking’, according to its progress report on tackling data gaps in financial markets...

LCH gains CCP approval in Hong Kong

01 September 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

LCH has been authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to provide automated trading services in Hong Kong via its SwapClear and ForexClear services...

FSB: members must improve OTC margin compliance

31 August 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Around half of Financial Stability Board member jurisdictions need to “urgently take steps” to get back on track with their implementation of over-the-counter margin requirements, according to the FSB...

BCBS advises G20 to delay CCP reg deadline

30 August 2016 Hangzhou
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deadlines for implementing Basel III’s capital requirements for CCP exposures and margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives should be pushed back, according to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...

ECB proposes shadow banking tax

25 August 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank has proposed the introduction of a tax on ‘shadow banking’ profits in order to check the growth of the controversial alternative financing industry...

OCC reaffirms leverage ratio objections

15 August 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The leverage ratio’s current exposure method could move liquidity away from the listed and centrally cleared markets back to the opaque bilateral over-the-counter markets, according to OCC's financial risk management chief...