Opinion/Regulation
Levelling the playing field for stablecoins
Regulatory asymmetries are a barrier to innovation in digital payments
Beyond trustless: strong governance in crypto is needed
To build trust, the crypto ecosystem can borrow proven governance principles from TradFi
Why US bank regulation needs a system upgrade
SVB collapse shows supervisory framework is not fit for a changing industry and new systemic risks
Why central banks shouldn’t ignore stablecoins
Rapid growth of stablecoins could impair monetary policy transmission
Clock ticking on UK plan for regulatory reforms
Changes to SMCR and short-selling rules least likely to be completed before next election
How did EU regulators miss the FTX horror story?
Gruesome accounting practices and a questionable cast: plenty of grounds to reject Mifid licence
A crypto CCP is still a CCP
For crypto infrastructure rules, regulators need speed before perfection, says former BoE adviser
Policy-makers must keep the heat on climate transition
As the financial industry shows signs of climate fatigue, regulators need to pick up the slack
Cyber incident reporting: convergence is key
FSB working group chair advocates common reporting framework and taxonomy
Pension funds foresaw margin meltdown (a decade ago)
Years of warnings went largely unheeded. Questions may now spread to post-crisis clearing and margining project
Regulators should be careful what they wish for on FRTB
New framework likely to reduce use of internal models, as planned; but is that a good thing?
Rethinking regulation of the modern financial system
Rules must address uncertainty and risks, and not be too complex, says Bank of Italy's Trapanese
How to stop stablecoins from hoarding precious collateral
Repo markets expert and crypto bank chief exec think Fed reserves are the right answer
Only regulators can clear up Credit Suisse’s Archegos mess
Shareholders were right to keep officers and directors on the hook until all the facts are known
Initial margin: the final act
Practice makes perfect, the saying goes. When it comes to the final wave of implementation for uncleared margin rules, however, this may not hold true
Germany tells EU to PFOF
Proposed ban might need to be dropped to prove practice is harmful
Have corporate bond markets outgrown the plumbing?
Regulators must examine both investor demand and dealer liquidity supply, say Iosco experts
Why the Fed should adopt CLFs
The BPI's chief economist explains how the facilities would benefit Wall Street and Main Street
Regulators need to go back to fundamentals on fund risks
Policy-makers need to identify risks posed by open-ended investment funds more precisely
What do regulators need from governments on climate change?
To reduce the number of climate risk scenarios, lawmakers need to start being more specific
Investment fund leverage: the known unknowns
More work needed on first-mover redemption incentives and margin calls, says Iosco chief