In a November 2, 2015 speech in Madrid,  Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee and Governor of Sveriges Riksbank,  announced that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will revisit internal risk modeling by banks. According to Mr. Ingves, "ample evidence has accumulated to suggest that the current role of internal models in the regulatory framework does not strike the right balance between simplicity, comparability and risk sensitivity."  While "the use of internally modelled approaches was a defining feature of Basel II," the Basel Committee expects to revisit this reliance on internal modeling and, perhaps, broadly eliminate it for some risk categories.

In a report published earlier this week, the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) found that, among the major jurisdictions in the money market fund industry, the United States has made the most progress in regulatory reforms.  

In its most recent Annual Report, the Office of Financial Research (OFR) warns that despite the strengthening global financial system, threats to financial stability still remain, and it is no time for complacency.  Formed in 2010 as a part of the Treasury Department under a mandate in the Dodd-Frank Act, the OFR is charged with improving the quality of financial data available to policymakers and to facilitate more robust and sophisticated analysis of the financial system.  As part of its mission, in an annual report to Congress, the OFR analyzes potential threats to U.S. financial stability, documents significant progress in meeting the mission of the Office, and reports on key research findings.  This year’s document reports that, though the financial system has continued to recover and strengthen, and threats to financial stability are presently moderate, several financial stability risks have increased.  The three most important are excessive risktaking in some markets, vulnerabilities associated with declining market liquidity, and the migration of financial activities toward opaque and less resilient corners of the financial system.