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Japan Financial Services Authority’s Participation In Monetary Authority Of Singapore's "Project Guardian" Initiative On Digital Assets

Date 26/06/2023

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the participation of FSA in the Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry on digital assets established by MAS in May 2022, in an observer capacity in accordance with the Co-operation Framework to enhance FinTech linkages established in March 2017.

Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board Urges Auditors To Improve Audit Effectiveness, Beef Up Internal Capacity - Auditors Must Raise Professional Scepticism Amid Changing Landscape

Date 26/06/2023

The Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has urged auditors of public interest entities (PIEs) to uphold a high level of audit quality by investing in adequate resources to ensure audit effectiveness. 

PNGX Welcomes Capital Market Reforms

Date 26/06/2023

PNGX, Papua New Guinea’s national stock exchange, welcomes the capital market reforms announced by Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru OBE, MP on Friday, 23 June 2023. 

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Publishes Final Guidance For The Intermediated Distribution Of Financial Products

Date 26/06/2023

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko – today published its final guidance for financial institutions that distribute products and services through intermediaries as part of the Conduct of Financial Institutions (CoFI) regime. 

PNGX Introduces New Corporate Governance Code To Enhance Standards For Listed Companies

Date 26/06/2023

PNGX, Papua New Guinea’s national stock exchange, has adopted a new Corporate Governance Code for Listed Issuers following public consultation.

Responsive And Responsible Bank Regulation And Supervision, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle W. Bowman, At The Salzburg Global Seminar On Global Turbulence And Financial Resilience: Implications For Financial Services And Society, Salzburg, Austria

Date 25/06/2023

It is a pleasure to be with you here in Salzburg.1 Bank regulators, particularly in the United States, have come to an inflection point where we are again taking stock of the reforms implemented after the 2008 financial crisis and evaluating whether these reforms have proven to be sufficient. One justification for pushing these reviews forward has been the recent stress in the banking system.

Central Banks Stay The Course As Inflation Fight Gets Tougher, BIS Says

Date 25/06/2023

• Central banks are determined to conquer inflation, even if the last mile to price stability may be the most challenging.  
• There is a material risk of further financial stress as the financial system adjusts to the end of low-for-long interest rates.
• To safeguard stability and trust, monetary and fiscal policy must operate within a "region of stability".  

BIS Annual Report 2022/23

Date 25/06/2023

The Annual Report highlights how the BIS has helped central banks to navigate the complex policy landscape, while enabling and supporting its stakeholders during the year.

Qatar Stock Exchange Eid Al-Adha Holiday For 2023

Date 25/06/2023

Qatar Stock Exchange would like to inform you that Eid Al-Adha Holiday will be starting on Tuesday 27 /06/2023 till Thursday 29/06/2023.The market will resume trading on Sunday 02/07/2023.

BIS Annual Economic Report 2023

Date 25/06/2023

The global economy has reached a critical and perilous juncture. Policymakers are facing a unique constellation of challenges. Each of them, taken in isolation, is not new; but their combination on a global scale is. On the one hand, central banks have been tightening to bring inflation back under control: prices are rising far too fast. On the other hand, financial vulnerabilities are widespread: debt levels – private and public – are historically high; asset prices, especially those of real estate, are elevated; and risk-taking in financial markets was rife during the phase in which interest rates stayed historically low for unusually long. Indeed, financial stress has already emerged. Each of the two challenges, by itself, would be difficult to tackle; their combination is daunting.