Financial Stability Board

Global financial watchdogs to ramp up monitoring of AI

The FSB warns that widespread use of identical AI models and chips could trigger herd-like behaviour

As markets tank again in response to Trump’s tariffs, there is a real risk of a crisis of faith in the US as a reliable world power – and crucially in its Treasury bonds, which underpin shadow banking.

Shadow banks are too big to stay in the shadows

Mega hedge funds are so critical to modern finance that they should be regulated more like lenders

Bank of America dropped down to category two from three previously on the list of Global Systemically Important Banks.

Bank of America down a notch on ‘too big to fail’ list

THE body that monitors the global financial system on Tuesday (Nov 26) moved US lender Bank of America down a notch and French counterpart Credit Agricole up one on its “too big to fail” list of banks...

FSB chair Klaas Knot said progress on the initiatives was “hampered” by data challenges.

Global efforts to curb financial risks outside banks are losing momentum, FSB warns

GLOBAL efforts to tame ballooning risks outside the banking system are losing steam, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Monday (Jul 22), with a top official warning it will take longer than e...

The FSB says funds should conduct liquidity stress tests for a range of “extreme but plausible” scenarios caused by changes in margin calls.

Global regulators want to better prepare funds for margin calls

GLOBAL regulators proposed a package of measures to ensure hedge funds and other investors from outside the banking sector are better able to cope with margin and collateral calls in times of market s...

The Swiss government and regulator have opted not to put Credit Suisse into a wind-down procedure as it faced a collapse in confidence last year, instead brokering the takeover by UBS.

Bank resolution framework would work for UBS, FSB says

THE current bank resolution framework would work if UBS Group got into trouble and there was no takeover by another bank possible, according to the secretary general of the Financial Stability Board (...

The Swiss authorities choose to engineer a takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, rather than use a set of global rules from the FSB to wind it down.

Global watchdog to report in October on how social media fuels bank runs

GLOBAL financial regulators will present the G20 in October their findings from a “deep dive” on how social media can speed up bank deposit outflows and whether changes to liquidity rules are needed, ...

The Financial Stability Board examined why Swiss authorities chose to back a takeover by larger rival UBS instead of winding up the bank under a “resolution” mechanism designed after the 2008 global financial crash.

Global banking watchdog dismisses need for change after Credit Suisse debacle

A global body with banking oversight has played down the rescue of Credit Suisse, saying there was no need for an overhaul of international rules written after the global financial crash more than 15 ...