On March 8, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) issued a Draft Application Paper for public consultation on Macroprudential Supervision. Following a series of discussions with the Insurance Working Group (IWG), the IIF submitted its response to the IAIS on May 7.
This summary of the Institute of International Finance’s first-ever Sustainable Finance Summit in April offers new insights on what senior regulators, policymakers and financial sector leaders from around the world are saying about mobilizing capital for climate and sustainable development goals.
The IIF has submitted comments on an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in the US on beneficial ownership information reporting reform.
The IIF Sustainable Finance Monitor covers key developments in the global sustainable finance agenda. In the April 2021 issue, we examine the proliferation of net zero ambitions from governments, corporates, and financial firms.
The April 2021 edition of the Insurance Update provides targeted updates on IIF insurance activities and events.
On April 27, the IIF responded to the recently published EIOAP Open Insurance Discussion Paper. The Discussion Paper explores whether and how far insurance value chains should be "opened" by the sharing of insurance-related and specific policy-holder data amongst insurance and non-insurance firms, in order to meet the needs of policyholders and to foster innovation.
This IIF Staff Paper considers U.S. Cyber Policy as the priorities of the Biden administration begin to take shape.
The April 2021 Global Regulatory Update provides updates on current work streams.
Emran Islam and Chris Wilson, Senior Financial Sector Experts within the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Monetary and Capital Markets Department, join Katie Rismanchi of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to share their perspectives on the operational resilience of the global financial system.
The IIF has provided comments to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on their public consultation on guidance to changes in the FATF standards for proliferation financing risk and sanctions violations.
The Institute of International Finance (IIF) submitted a response to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Request for Comment on the topic of Potential Money Market Fund (MMF) Reform Measures in President’s Working Group Report on April 12.
In light of the 2021 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, this letter provides private sector views that build on our November 2020 letter to the G20.
On September 7, the IAIS issued a stock-take questionnaire on infrastructure and strategic equity that is designed to elicit comment on whether there should be a differentiated capital treatment of certain eligible infrastructure and strategic equity investments within the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS). The IIF responded to the questionnaire on December 2, 2020 with the following key points.
The April U.S. Regulatory Update covers Fed announcements on the leverage ratio and dividends, agencies’ actions on climate risk, confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, and more.
The IIF and ISDA submitted a joint response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Consultation Paper on the topic of technical amendments on Minimum haircut floors for securities financing transactions on March 31.
The March 2021 edition of the Insurance Update provides targeted updates on IIF insurance activities and events.
The IIF has prepared a brief paper on our expectations for the Biden administration’s approach to financial regulatory policy.
The IIF response agreed on the importance of ensuring the independence and stature of internal control functions, and expressed support for the IAIS’s work on developing a supervisory framework.
The March 2021 Global Regulatory Update provides updates on current work streams.