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Cloud Computing: Issues for Supervisors

TC Note discusses benefits of cloud computing

Toronto Centre Note contrasts the observed and potential benefits of cloud computing outsourcing with the supervisory concerns that its growth raises, particularly from the perspective of EMDE supervisors. It discusses the regulatory and supervisory responses and highlights next steps for supervisors.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Nov 2020

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Cyber risk, Operational risk, FinTech

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Supervising the New Normal: A New Guide to Navigate the Pandemic

TC webcast on navigating the COVID-19 pandemic

Toronto Centre webcast focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the financial system. It discusses emerging trends for supervising the new normal.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Nov 2020

Type: TC Videos

Topics: COVID-19

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Emotional Wellness for Supervisors

TC podcast discusses how to thrive in our current environment

Toronto Centre podcast focuses on mental wellness in the workplace and how leaders can support a healthy and thriving team. It provides practical tips and ideas to help you to manage your own well-being.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Nov 2020

Type: TC Videos

Topics: COVID-19

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

2020 Resolution Report

FSB report highlights need for resolution preparedness

Financial Stability Board provides an update on progress in implementing policy measures to enhance the resolvability of systemically important financial institutions and highlights the need for resolution preparedness. It also discusses lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, which confirmed the importance of ongoing work on resolvability, including for central counterparties (CCPs).

Publisher: Global Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Nov 2020

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Recovery and resolution, COVID-19

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

Bank of Canada and OSFI Launch Pilot Project on Climate Risk Scenarios

BoC and OSFI pilot project for banking and insurance sectors

Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions pilot project to use climate change scenarios to better understand the risks to the financial system related to a transition to a low-carbon economy. The project aims to: i) build the climate scenario analysis capability of authorities and financial institutions, and support the Canadian financial sector in enhancing the disclosure of climate-related risks; ii) increase authorities' and financial institutions' understanding of the financial sector's potential exposure to risks associated with a transition to a low-carbon economy; and iii) improve authorities' understanding of financial institutions' governance and risk-management practices around climate-related risks and opportunities.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Nov 2020 Country: Canada

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Climate change

Sectors: Banking, Insurance

The Dawn of FinTech in Latin America

BIS report discusses landscapes, prospects and challenges for FinTech in Latin America

Bank for International Settlements report describes the FinTech landscape in terms of investment, firms and services provided. It evaluates the prospects for FinTech by exploring the institutional framework to supervise and regulate it. The report presents the challenges that FinTech faces in becoming a game changer for the region. It concludes that FinTech can be a strong catalyst to improve financial and social conditions in Latin America by incorporating the unbanked into the financial system and providing alternative sources of finance to firms.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Nov 2020

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion, FinTech

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Securities

IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts: What Supervisors Need to Know

TC note discusses amendments to IFRS

Toronto Centre Note covers the amendments to IFRS 17 issued in June 2020 (see Appendix 1) and the plans that insurance supervisors need to develop and implement to facilitate a smooth transition to IFRS 17. It is based upon the final Standard as amended and a review of publicly-available resources to glean the insights of insurers and professionals involved in the implementation of IFRS 17. This Note discusses: i) how the key features of the Standards have been designed to meet the IASB's objectives; ii) the potential implications for insurers applying IFRS 17; iii) considerations of the adoption of IFRS 17 for regulatory and supervisory purposes based on the guidance of the Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) of the IAIS; and iv) the need for supervisors to understand the impact and steps to ensure preparedness and adequate supervisory oversight of transition and implementation.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Nov 2020

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Accounting, actuarial and auditing , Transparency and disclosure

Sectors: Insurance

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures: 2020 Status Report

FSB 2020 status report

Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures 2020 status report found that disclosure of climate-related financial information aligned with the TCFD recommendations has steadily increased since the recommendations were published in 2017. The largest increases relate to companies disclosing how they identify, assess, and manage climate-related risk.

Publisher: Global Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Nov 2020

Type: Guideline

Topics: Climate change , Risk management, Transparency and disclosure

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

The UK Leverage Ratio Framework

Supervisory practice for UK leverage ratio framework

UK Prudential Regulatory Authority supervisory statement on UK leverage ratio framework. Sets out PRA's expectations on leverage ratio buffers and reporting and disclosure of the leverage ratio, as well as provides clarification on PRA rules.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Nov 2020 Country: United Kingdom

Type: Supervisory Practice

Peer: Policy on UK Leverage Ratio Framework

Topics: Capital adequacy, Transparency and disclosure, Systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs)

Sectors: Banking

Guide on Climate-related and Environmental Risks

ECB guide sets out how banks should prudently manage and disclose risks

European Central Bank guide outlines the ECB's understanding of the safe and prudent management of climate-related and environmental risks under the current prudential framework. It describes how the ECB expects institutions to consider climate-related and environmental risks - as drivers of existing categories of risk - when formulating and implementing their business strategy and governance and risk management frameworks. It explains how the ECB expects institutions to become more transparent by enhancing their climate-related and environmental disclosures.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Nov 2020

Type: Guideline

Topics: Climate change

Sectors: Banking, Securities

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382 records

Cloud Computing: Issues for Supervisors

Supervising the New Normal: A New Guide to Navigate the Pandemic

Emotional Wellness for Supervisors

2020 Resolution Report

Bank of Canada and OSFI Launch Pilot Project on Climate Risk Scenarios

The Dawn of FinTech in Latin America

IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts: What Supervisors Need to Know

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures: 2020 Status Report

The UK Leverage Ratio Framework

Guide on Climate-related and Environmental Risks

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