• DIMCG report: Advisory report on debt issuance and distribution

    Report published by Debt Issuance Market Contact Group

    The Debt Issuance Market Contact Group (DIMCG) has published an advisory report entitled "Advisory report on debt issuance and distribution". It aims to identify ways to improve the efficiency of the debt issuance and initial public offering process in the European Union. The report focuses on further harmonisation of certain aspects of the pre…

  • BaFinJournal December 2021

    December issue of the Journal of BaFin published

    BaFin has published the December issue of the BaFin Journal on 17.012.2021. The topics include the following:

    • Modern supervision: The new balance sheet control
    • Modern supervision: Mystery shopping
    • Cyber policies under the microscope
    • Together against money laundering

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  • AMF publishes paper which analyses liquidity risk from margin calls in March 2020

    Occasional paper published based on analysis of derivatives portfolios managed by Dutch asset managers

    The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) publishes an Occasional Paper with the title "Liquidity risk from margin calls in March 2020. An analysis of derivatives portfolios managed by Dutch asset managers". 
    The key findings of the paper are as follows:

    • Dutch asset managers manage large derivatives…
  • Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation 2021

    FSB reports on global trends and risks in non-bank financial intermediation

    The Financial Stability Board has published the Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation 2021. The report presents the findings of the FSB's annual monitoring exercise to assess global trends and risks in non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI).

    The report presents NBFI developments up to the end of 2020, the first…

  • IFRS Webcast on the TRWG recommendations

    Explanation of the recommendations of the Technical Readiness Working Group

    The IFRS Foundation has published a webcast explaining the recommendations of the Technical Readiness Working Group (TRWG) that have been submitted for consideration by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
    The webcast includes a closer look at the role of the TRWG, an explanation of the recommended architecture of the…

  • Automated clearing houses connect to TIPS

    The first ACHs have successfully moved their technical accounts from TARGET2 to the TIPS system

    A first group of automated clearing houses (ACHs) have successfully moved their technical accounts from TARGET2 to the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) system. The ACHs that have now migrated to TIPS are: Iberpay, Spain; EBA Clearing; DIAS, Greece; EKS, Latvia; CENTRO, Lithuania; STET, France.
    Payment service providers (PSPs) that…

  • On 13 December 2021, the IMF and the World Bank will publish a report entitled "A draft framework for money laundering/terrorist financing risk assessment of a remittance corridor". This provides a draft framework and methodology for risk assessment of remittance corridors that have the potential to be classified as "secure remittance corridors…

  • Netherlands’ position on effective consumer and investor protection

    AFM and the Dutch Ministry of Finance publish a joint non-paper

    The AFM and the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the joint non-paper "The Netherlands’ position on effective consumer and investor protection to stimulate long term retail investment", supporting the European Commission's efforts to improve private investors' access to capital markets and to future-proof laws and regulations.

    In the…