A top global financial watchdog says the “shadow banking” sector needs more regulation. Writing Monday (July 22) to a group of finance ministers and central bank governors, Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Klaas Knot said recent “incidents of market stress and liquidity strains” have shown that non-bank financial institutions...
A European Central Bank board member is warning of threats tied to shadow banking. In an interview with the Financial Times published Wednesday (July 10), Elizabeth McCaul said the growth of hedge funds, private credit providers and other sources of financing outside the regulated banking system is the largest threat to...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is taking a closer look at stablecoin use in emerging markets. The watchdog group made that announcement following a meeting of the board’s plenary in Toronto. “In emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), crypto-assets pose particular challenges for monetary policy and capital flow management,”...
You don’t know what you don’t know. And what you don’t know you can’t leverage or interact with, much less hope to regulate. That is the realization that governmental bodies and organizations around the world are coming to, at least as it relates to the...
November 26, 2024
Two of the 29 global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) moved to different “buckets” in 2024, meaning they will have a higher or lower capital requirement than they did before, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said Tuesday (Nov. 26). Groupe Crédit Agricole moved from bucket 1 to bucket 2, corresponding to a higher capital requirement, while Bank of […]
July 22, 2024
A top global financial watchdog says the “shadow banking” sector needs more regulation. Writing Monday (July 22) to a group of finance ministers and central bank governors, Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Klaas...
July 10, 2024
A European Central Bank board member is warning of threats tied to shadow banking. In an interview with the Financial Times published Wednesday (July 10), Elizabeth McCaul said the growth of hedge funds, private credit providers...
June 17, 2024
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is taking a closer look at stablecoin use in emerging markets. The watchdog group made that announcement following a meeting of the board’s plenary in Toronto. “In emerging market...
