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Der Financial Stability Board fordert eine deutlich strengere Aufsicht über den 2 Billionen Dollar schweren Direktkreditmarkt. Ein 400-Millionen-Dollar-Verlust bei HSBC liefert Regulatoren just in dieser Woche das konkrete Fallbeispiel zur abstrakten Warnung – und auch Schweizer Stimmen mahnen zur Vorsicht.

Last month, a group of central bank governors from across the South Pacific region gathered in Australia to move forward the idea of a KYC utility. If you haven’t heard of KYC, or know your customer, it is a growing legal requirement that is being, and has been, imposed on banks all over the world. Spurred by anti-money laundering efforts undertaken first by the European Union, more and more governments are forcing global banks to take part. KYC is a particularly...