The industry has done a great deal of work towards shifting financial instruments from referencing Libor towards using alternative rates. But such is the scale of the task, many industry sources doubt that the transition will be complete by the end of 2021

The Volcker Rule appears to have been gutted by recent reforms, but it is not clear whether those changes will have that big an impact as there is doubt over whether regulators were properly policing compliance in the first place 

The big cloud firms are rapidly emerging as key infrastructure providers to banks raising questions over whether they should be supervised similarly to clearing houses, for example

Australia’s recent banking scandals, very much rooted in conduct issues, triggered a series of fairly conservative regulatory reforms, but even these are facing some industry push back

EU regulators are attempting to reform the way market data is priced amid industry complaints of excessive charging for data feeds by trading venues, but the regulatory process for addressing this is proving to be painfully slow 

Australia’s recent spate of banking scandals has given its regtech sector a major boost as banks rush to find solutions that will ensure they treat their customers better in the future

The Banking Standards Board has finalised it fourth item of guidance, which deals with regulatory references, where it was decided to stick with three high level principles to help firms with compliance