Brexit: the chance to shine for risk managers

05 September 2016

A lot of uncertainty and little by way of facts. Brexit poses big challenges – but also big opportunities – for risk managers. Airmic members talk to Jessica Titherington about Brexit and what it means for them. “It feels like we’re in the eye of a storm at the moment,” says Karla Cruickshanks, risk and business continuity manager at law firm DLA Piper. “There was a huge build up to the vote and a lot of activity immediately after the results, and now it’s gone quiet. Everyone is waiting.” And here in lies the problem facing risk managers: Brexit is a huge concern for UK companies but there are very few hard facts amid the noise. Knowing how to tackle it is extremely difficult.
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Second Phase of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative

03 September 2016

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) published the Second Phase of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2): First Progress Report. The progress report updates on work by participating countries and international organisations to address post-crisis data gaps and presents the action plans for each of the recommendations agreed for further work.
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Inplementation of key aspects of reforms to the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market

27 August 2016

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) recently published two reports on the implementation of key aspects of reforms to the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market. They show that although progress continues to be made, further action is required, particularly on implementing margin requirements and platform trading commitments, and on removing legal barriers to trade reporting and authorities’ access to data held by trade repositories.
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Peer review of India

17 August 2016

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its peer review of India. The peer review examined two topics relevant for financial stability and important for India: the macroprudential policy framework, and the regulation and supervision of non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs). The review focused on the steps taken by the authorities to implement reforms in these areas, including with respect to the recommendations in the 2012 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
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Revised Pillar3 disclosure requirements

15 August 2016

The revisions to the disclosure requirements address shortcomings in Pillar 3 of the Basel framework. The revised disclosure requirements will enable market participants to better compare banks’ disclosures of risk-weighted assets. They form part of the Committee’s broader agenda to reform regulatory standards for banks in response to the global financial crisis. The revisions notably focus on improving the transparency of the internal model-based approaches that banks use to calculate minimum regulatory capital requirements.
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Corporates and compliance: Time to act

15 August 2016
Knowledge Base

by Robert Schneider

In an effort to ensure compliance with financial crime regulations, regulators globally are beginning to focus their attention on the corporate sector. Many companies are regarding this new responsibility with scepticism and try to assign it to their banks. However, due to the complexity of the respective regulations, this approach is neither constructive nor a free pass for the future. But by attending to the issue and acting quickly, they can avoid negative effects to their core business.
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Tony de Bree

Tony de Bree

Senior Management Consultant

Seven ways to reduce your financing needs as a start-up

13 August 2016

Recently  I was coaching and judging a number of local startups in my hometown, The Hague, in The Netherlands. The interesting fact is that many of those different entrepreneurs have a number of things in common and one of them is that they focus way too much on financing their company, their working capital and their investments and not enough on their customers and how to differentiate themselves from others. And the other thing that many of them have in common, large or small, is that they are asking for way too much money! Their financing needs are way to high. And that is a pity. So here are seven ways to reduce your financing needs as a start-up, inside or outside Fintech. 

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