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Notice on Cyber Hygiene

MAS set of legally binding requirements regarding cyber hygiene

Monetary Authority of Singapore legally binding requirements to raise the cyber security standards and strengthen the cyber resilience of the financial sector. Financial institutions are required to comply with the following requirements: i) establish and implement robust security for IT systems; ii) ensure updates are applied to address system security flaws in a timely manner; iii) deploy security devices to restrict unauthorized network traffic; iv) implement measure to mitigate the risk of malware infection; v) secure the use of system accounts with special privileges to prevent unauthorized access; and vi) strengthen user authentication for critical systems as well as systems used to access customer information.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Aug 2019 Country: Singapore

Type: Law, Regulation and Policy

Topics: Cyber risk, Operational risk

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

The Bank of England's Approach to Assessing Resolvability

New PRA Resolvability Assessment Framework is designed to make resolution more transparent, better understood and more successful

UK Prudential Regulation Authority Resolvability Assessment Framework has three main components: i) how the Bank of England will assess resolvability; ii) a new Resolution Assessment Part of the PRA Rulebook that requires major UK firms to perform an assessment of their preparations for resolution; and iii) the Bank's intention to make a public statement concerning the resolvability of each of the major UK firms.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Jul 2019 Country: United Kingdom

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Recovery and resolution, Transparency and disclosure

Sectors: Banking

Actuarial and Related Matters

APRA requirements for Appointed Actuaries within general, life and private health insurers

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority prudential standard sets out requirements for insurers to appoint an actuary and to establish a framework for the provision of actuarial advice. It also sets out the functions of the Appointed Actuary role.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Jul 2019 Country: Australia

Type: Standard

Topics: Actuarial, Corporate governance

Sectors: Insurance

Counterparty Credit Risk

APRA standard requires banks to adopt risk management practices relating to counterparty credit risk

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority standard requires banks to: i) calculate counterparty credit risk exposure amounts according to a standardized approach for measuring such exposures or the adjusted current exposure method; ii) apply risk weights to counterparty credit risk exposure amounts for capital adequacy purposes; iii) where applicable, calculate and hold a credit valuation adjustment risk capital charge; iv) where applicable, calculate and hold a default fund capital charge for default fund contributions to a qualifying central counterparty; and v) adopt risk management practices for bilateral and centrally cleared counterparty credit risk exposures.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Jul 2019

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Peer: The Standardised Approach for Measuring Counterparty Credit Risk Exposures , Capital Requirements for Bank Exposures to Central Counterparties

Topics: Credit risk

Sectors: Banking

Resolution Assessment and Public Disclosure by Firms

PRA rules for large banks

UK Prudential Regulation Authority rules for large UK banks.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Jul 2019 Country: United Kingdom

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Recovery and resolution, Systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs)

Sectors: Banking

Macroeconomic and Financial Stability: Impacts of Climate Change

Banque de France and NGFS report sets out distinctive characteristics of climate change

Banque de France and Network for Greening the Financial System report discusses: i) macroeconomics and climate change; ii) financial stability and climate change; iii) options for central banks and supervisors; and iv) key findings.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Jul 2019

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Climate change

Sectors: Banking

Payment Services Act

MAS legislation on payment services

Monetary Authority of Singapore new payments legislation to: i) implement a single payment services licence to regulate existing and new payment services; ii) establish a regulatory structure for significant payment systems and retail payment services; and iii) address regulatory risks and concerns.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Apr 2019 Country: Singapore

Type: Law, Regulation and Policy

Topics: Financial market infrastructure, Financial inclusion, FinTech, Consumer education and protection, Operational risk

Sectors: Banking

PRA's Approach to Enforcement: Statutory Statements of Policy and Procedure

Update of BOE policy first published in 2013

Bank of England (BOE) Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) policy statement on how it will exercise disciplinary powers over external auditors and actuaries.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Mar 2019 Country: United Kingdom

Type: Law, Regulation and Policy

Topics: Accounting, actuarial and auditing , Early intervention and enforcement

Sectors: Banking

Prudential Standard on Large Exposures

APRA standard on large exposures for banks

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority prudential standard requires banks to implement prudent measures and to set prudent limits to monitor and control their large exposures and risk concentrations. Key requirements are that banks must: i) have a board approved policy that governs large exposures and risk concentrations; ii) have adequate systems and controls to identify, measure, monitor and report large exposures and risk concentrations; iii) identify large exposures, including identifying a group of connected counterparties; iv) ensure large exposures meet the large exposure limit; and v) measure exposure values for large exposure purposes using specified treatments.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Jan 2019 Country: Australia

Type: Standard

Topics: Credit risk, Risk management, Corporate governance

Sectors: Banking

The Prudential Regulation Authority's Approach to Implementation of the Systemic Risk Buffer

PRA statement of policy on its' approach to implementation of systemic risk buffer

UK Prudential Regulation Authority implementation of the systemic risk buffer (SRB). Framework applies to large banks and specifies set of criteria for assessing the extent to which the failure or distress of an SRB institution might post a long term non-cyclical systemic or macroprudential risk. Creates methodology for measuring the criteria and giving SRB institutions a single score in relation to the criteria with a corresponding SRB rate.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Dec 2018 Country: United Kingdom

Type: Law, Regulation and Policy

Topics: Systemic risk, Systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs), Capital adequacy, Macroprudential

Sectors: Banking

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382 records

Notice on Cyber Hygiene

The Bank of England's Approach to Assessing Resolvability

Actuarial and Related Matters

Counterparty Credit Risk

Resolution Assessment and Public Disclosure by Firms

Macroeconomic and Financial Stability: Impacts of Climate Change

Payment Services Act

PRA's Approach to Enforcement: Statutory Statements of Policy and Procedure

Prudential Standard on Large Exposures

The Prudential Regulation Authority's Approach to Implementation of the Systemic Risk Buffer

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