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On July 11, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a letter sent to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors outlining concerns over the rapid growth in crypto-assets and vulnerabilities facing the global...more
In the wake of COP26, the UK has become the first G20 country to enshrine into law mandatory climate-related financial disclosures. The two new statutory instruments, The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related...more
Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No 7) Regulations 2021 - The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No. 7) (Dissolution of the Consumer Financial Education Body) Regulations 2021 (SI...more
The COVID-19 crisis has placed extraordinary pressures on the global financial system. The impact on developing countries—particularly in Africa—is dramatic, creating sudden and unexpected risks for states and investors. Oil...more
In response to the COVID-19 "call to action" from the World Bank and the IMF, the G20 announced a debt service suspension initiative (the "DSSI") on 15 April, supporting an NPV-neutral, time-bound suspension of principal and...more
The Financial Stability Board has launched a consultation on global stablecoin arrangements. The consultation is in response to the G20 mandating the FSB to analyze potential regulatory issues posed by global stablecoins and...more
The report encourages the G20 to consider a broad set of supervisory principles when evaluating global stablecoin arrangements. On April 14, 2020, the G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation on the...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors describing the progress of post-financial crisis reforms and key focus areas for the future. Over the past ten years,...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a report on the use of decentralized financial technologies and the implications these may have for financial stability, regulation and governance. The report has been delivered to...more
Last week, Transparency International (“TI”) released an updated assessment of the “beneficial ownership legal frameworks” in the G20 countries, entitled “G20 Leaders or Laggers?” ...more
The Financial Stability Board published methodology for assessing the implementation of the Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for financial institutions in the banking sector...more
In advance of the 2016 Group of 20 (“G20”) Summit, which convened in Hangzhou, China, on September 4 and 5, several Democratic Senators sent a letter to President Obama urging him to make cybersecurity a priority. The...more
On Oct. 5, 2015, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a set of final reports on its 15 point action plan to address Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). In an accompanying explanatory...more