Douglas Thomson

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• ISDA announces fallbacks protocol, seeking to catalyse Ibor transition
• China moves closer to digital yuan
• Banks must report security law violations, Hong Kong regulator says
• Community round-up: Promotions at Ashurst and FinCEN
• DFS calls for regulators to target social media companies after Twitter hack
• Reserve Bank of India names new regulatory chief
• First, do no harm: central banks agree CBDC principles
• EBA publishes sectoral risk guidelines
• “There is time if you start now”: regulators push greater urgency on benchmark transition
• ADGM set to adopt UNCITRAL electronic transaction rules
• Crédit Agricole sells final Saudi Fransi stake, with Clifford Chance advising
• FCA and PRA push Brexit changes as transition end-date approaches
• Community round-up: departures at MAS and FCA
• FinCEN overhauls AML rules
• EBA backs first AML regulation
• Singapore issues first conduct framework
• SFT haircut standards delayed again
• “Let’s not run before we can walk”: BoE’s Bailey on stablecoins
• Fed admits stress-testing error
• Community round-up: Libra names second GC in three months, ESMA names CCP committee
• CSDR settlement discipline regime delayed, as securitisation repository registration comes online
• CFTC clears path for Libor transition measures
• UK PRA revisits pandemic measures
• New Australian regulatory sandbox set to come online
• AI and machine learning – views from Hong Kong and the UK
• UK approves updated AML guidance
• ECB warns banks to improve internal capital checks
• ECB reshuffles supervisory arm
• Prudential round-up: Fed sets new capital requirements as APRA’s reform programme resumes
• SEC commissioner confirmed as enforcement co-director departs
• Basel urges improved disaster planning
• Singapore moves forward on benchmark reform
• Standard Chartered first to qualify for Singapore’s foreign bank privileges
• Community round-up: Japan FSA hires Basel alumnus; US SEC names emerging risks director
• Australia relaxes, Europe extends, Singapore introduces dividend restrictions
• Dubai to sync large exposures regime with Basel
• A “map that gets you up the mountain”: PRA simplifies rules for new banking entrants
• Singapore’s MAS seeks expanded powers
• ESMA to scrutinise BaFin Wirecard response
• Regulatory round-up – AML/CFT outsourcing in Singapore; naming and shaming in China; buffers in Jamaica
• Community roundup: EBA head confirmed, Liechtensteiner and Russian regulators moving on
• G20 report warns over Libor transition preparedness
• Deutsche fined US$150 million over Epstein ties

• EU refers three states for AML non-implementation, as Basel guidelines revised
• Fed caps dividends after 2020 stress tests
• Volcker Rule changes “chipping away” at protections, US regulators warned
• Chinese bank fined in Hong Kong over AML violations
• FCA to get new powers for Libor "tough legacy" contracts
• New FCA chief executive named
• Covid-19 pushing CBDC development “into top gear”
• Australia’s ASIC outlines product intervention powers
• Community round-up: FRC’s former chair joins Carlyle; Shearman hires from Cadwalader in New York
• HSF, White & Case and Baker McKenzie on first bank M&A under new Indonesian rules
• No dividend payments until next year, ESRB says
• OCC canvasses fintech rule updates
• Integrate climate risk into prudential supervision, regulators’ group urges
• Trilegal hires in Mumbai, Tanner De Witt promotes in Hong Kong
• OCC’s Otting out
• BIS hires in Basel and Hong Kong
• “A step towards returning to normality”: European short-selling bans lifted
• New top supervisor takes over in Israel
• Deutsche and DFS create new ESG roles
• Turkey issues new market manipulation regulation
• Community round-up: Bank of Japan names first female executive director
• US state-level regulators blast OCC over proposed rule change
• Third time lucky for new Bank of Canada governor
• Community round-up: New York DFS hires from UBS, BlackRock from PRA
• EU eases leverage ratio in covid-19 relief package
• Linklaters and ING hire in London
• Vinge advising as Swedish benchmark transfers to independent administrator
• Scaled-down Libra seeks FINMA approval
• Lack of uniformity hinders sustainability initiatives, IOSCO says
• Goldman Sachs hires former Obama counsel
• China approves Goldman and Morgan Stanley majority stakes
• Covid-19: Dividends halted till October, Basel IV implementation delayed by a year
• 45 under 45 – call for nominations
• Basel crypto-asset proposals criticised as “effectively prohibitive”
• The rainy day is here: regulators delay reforms and dial down capital buffers amid Covid-19
• OCC hires COO
• Australia’s ASIC introduces new licensing regime for foreign banks
• Two Birds hires co-head from Italy’s Consob
• Profitability after the crisis - should Europe loosen the screws?
• Tulips and tokens: regulators’ growing attention to prudential regulation of crypto-assets
• FCA appoints interim head
• Jones Day hires from Dorsey in New York