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APAC Deal Activity Down By 20.4% In 2023, Finds GlobalData

Date 12/01/2024

In line with the global trend, the deal activity in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region remained subdued in 2023. A total of 14,193 deals (mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC)) were announced in the region during 2023, a decline of 20.4% compared to the 17,824 deals announced during the previous year, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Japan Financial Services Agency - Stewardship Code : 331 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of December 31, 2023

Date 12/01/2024

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code") on February 26, 2014.
Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In December 2023

Date 12/01/2024

In December 2023, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 139.6 trln (RUB 94.6 trln in December 2022). The total trading volume for the full year 2023 was RUB 1.3 quadrillion (RUB 1.1 quadrillion for 2022).
SIFMA, SIFMA AMG Comment On Long-Term Debt Requirement Proposal

Date 11/01/2024

Today, SIFMA and SIFMA AMG submitted a comment letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, regarding their proposal to extend long-term debt (LTD) requirements to large banking organizations and amend the terms of eligible long-term debt to include a minimum denomination requirement, amongst other changes. SIFMA and SIFMA AMG expressed strong concerns with the proposal and its resulting adverse effects on banking funding costs and liquidity in bank funding markets.
SEC Charges Future FinTech CEO Shanchun Huang With Fraud And Disclosure Failures

Date 11/01/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Shanchun Huang with manipulative trading in the stock of Future FinTech Group Inc., using an offshore account shortly before he became Future FinTech’s CEO in 2020. The SEC also charged Huang with failing to disclose his beneficial ownership of Future FinTech stock as well as transactions in such stock.

ISDA - Overview Of OTC Equity Derivatives Markets: Use Cases And Recent Developments

Date 11/01/2024

This paper examines the benefits and use cases of over-the-counter (OTC) equity derivatives (EQDs). Additionally, it analyzes developments in the OTC EQD market, including the size and changes based on geography, product offerings and maturities of the notional outstanding.
Canadian Securities Administrators Announces Final Amendments And Changes To Implement An Access Model For Prospectuses Of Non-Investment Fund Reporting Issuers

Date 11/01/2024

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published in final form amendments and changes to several national instruments and companion policies concerning the implementation of an access model for prospectuses of non-investment fund reporting issuers (the Access Model).
BIS: Inequality And The Zero Lower Bound

Date 11/01/2024

Recent decades have been characterised by a surge in wealth inequality and a persistent decline in real rates. This has partially reversed in the current inflationary spike although it is expected to return once price pressures abate. These two observations suggest that: (i) the zero lower bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates may have highly heterogeneous effects across households with different levels of ; and (ii) changes in wealth inequality could be driving real rates closer to the ZLB.
The EBA Responds To Law Firm On The Prudential Treatment Of A BNP Paribas Legacy Instrument

Date 11/01/2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a response to the letter received from a law firm on 11 September 2023, regarding the case of the prudential classification as Tier 2 instrument of a legacy perpetual bond (so-called ‘Discos’) of an institution established in France (BNP Paribas).
Testimony Of US Deputy Secretary Of The Treasury Wally Adeyemo Before The Energy And Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senate

Date 11/01/2024

Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and members of the committee, thank you for having me here today. I look forward to discussing Treasury’s efforts to implement recent legislation in ways that help American workers and companies build an effective supply chain to support our transition to clean energy and improve our energy security.