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Crypto Assets Recognised As Property Under English Law
Date 19/11/2019
In response to the LawTech Delivery Panel’s report, Todd McDonald, co-founder at blockchain firm R3, said: “The report vindicates what we have long said, that blockchain and tokenisation of assets represent the future and can fit comfortably with existing regulatory frameworks, provided the architecture and designs are properly thought through. The private and permissioned nature of R3’s Corda fits well with the principles as outlined in the report.
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SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Targeting Seniors And Small Business Owners
Date 19/11/2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against two individuals and two companies they control in connection with an alleged $6 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 55 investors, many of whom are senior citizens or small business owners.
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ICE: Simplifile Registers Single-Day E-Recording Record
Date 19/11/2019
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that Simplifile set a new company record by e-recording 106,244 documents in a single day on November 12. Simplifile is part of ICE Mortgage Services which applies technology and high-capacity infrastructure to make the mortgage process electronic and thus more efficient.
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American Financial Exchange, LLC (AFX) Announces AMERIBOR® On The Blockchain
Date 19/11/2019
American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions, announced today the launch of its AMERIBOR® on the blockchain.
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Energy Regulators Recommend Legislative And Regulatory Action To Support The Decarbonisation Of Europe’s Energy Sector
Date 19/11/2019
In their Bridge Beyond 2025 Conclusions Paper, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) recommend updating Europe’s gas sector legislation and future-proof regulation to facilitate decarbonisation of the energy sector, to promote a competitive Internal Energy Market and to maximise the opportunities arising from sector coupling.
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Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security DSKY – Update 2
Date 19/11/2019
As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.11.2019, 15-38 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate (up to -46.12 %) and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.92 rub) for the security DSKY were changed. New values are available here.
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Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security DSKY – Update 2
Date 19/11/2019
As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.11.2019, 14-38 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate (up to -82.3 %) and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.233 rub) for the security DSKY were changed. New values are available here
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FSB Letter To ISDA On Pre-Cessation Triggers
Date 19/11/2019
This letter from the Co-Chairs of the FSB’s Official Sector Steering Group (OSSG) encourages the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) to add a “pre-cessation” trigger alongside the cessation trigger as standard language in the definitions for new derivatives and in a single protocol, without embedded optionality, for outstanding derivative contracts referencing key Interbank Offered Rates (IBORs). This would help to reduce systemic risk and market fragmentation by ensuring that as much of the swaps market as possible falls back to alternative rates in a coordinated fashion.
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LSEG: ABN AMRO Bank Selects Unavista As Its Regulatory Reporting Platform For SFTR And MIFID II
Date 19/11/2019
- ABN AMRO Bank selects UnaVista as a strategic solution to meet their global regulatory reporting requirements
- ABN AMRO Bank will use UnaVista’s Accelerator to prepare for SFTR prior to go-live
- UnaVista is one of Europe’s largest regulatory reporting platforms for MiFID II and EMIR compliance
- Securities Financing Transactions Regulations (SFTR) will introduce new reporting obligations for firms from April 2020
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BME Registers As Benchmark Administrator Under BMR
Date 19/11/2019
- The IBEX 35® and the entire IBEX index family comply with the Benchmarks Regulation
