Gen
26
2019
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is today publishing a statement setting out the importance for issuers of considering the inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters when disclosing information material to investors’ decisions. Disclosure of ESG information ...more »
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BIS: “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies
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Gen
25
2019
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) published a paper focusing on how Bitcoin and related cryptocurrencies verify that payments are final, that is, irreversible once written into the blockchain. It points to the high costs of achieving such finality via ...more »
Gen
18
2019
There is growing evidence that international financial spillovers have become a two-way street. They occur not only from the major advanced economies to the rest of the world, but also, and increasingly, from a group of large middle-income countries to ...more »
Tagged width: BIS, politica monetaria
Gen
18
2019
The European Security and Markets Authority (ESMA) undertook a survey of National Competent Authorities (NCAs) in the summer of 2018 in order to better understand the circumstances under which crypto-assets may qualify as financial instruments in the EU, ESMA . ...more »
EBA publishes final guidance regarding the exposures to be associated with high risk
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Gen
18
2019
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final Guidelines regarding the types of exposures to be associated with high risk under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). Through these Guidelines, the EBA aims not only to enable a higher degree of ...more »
Gen
18
2019
At its meeting in Basel on Monday 14 January 2019, the Basel Committee’s oversight body, the Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), endorsed a set of revisions to the market risk framework and the Committee’s strategic ...more »
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Gen
15
2019
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a report on the costs and performance of structured deposits in the European Union (EU). The report is a response to a request the EBA had received from the EU Commission as part ...more »
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Gen
11
2019
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published two reports on the consistency of risk weighted assets (RWAs) across all EU institutions authorised to use internal approaches for the calculation of capital requirements. The reports cover credit risk for high and low ...more »
Gen
11
2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its first Annual Statistical Report (Report) on the cost and performance of retail investment products. The Report covers Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), Alternative Investment Funds sold to ...more »
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Gen
11
2019
The European Central Bank (ECB) issued a working paper that discusses the implications for optimal monetary policy when rates are at (or close) to their effective lower bounds. In these cases, central banks often turn to communication about the future path ...more »
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