News Centre

Solvency II: Striking The Balance − Speech By Sam Woods, Bank Of England Deputy Governor For Prudential Regulation And Chief Executive Officer Of The UK Prudential Regulation Authority, Given At Bank Of England Webinar

Date 08/07/2022

Sam Woods talks about reforms to the regulation of insurance providers. He says the key aims of the reforms are to make the insurance sector work better for the UK economy and to safeguard policyholders.

Crypto-Assets And Decentralized Finance Through A Financial Stability Lens: Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard At Bank Of England Conference, London, United Kingdom

Date 08/07/2022

Recent volatility has exposed serious vulnerabilities in the crypto financial system.1 While touted as a fundamental break from traditional finance, the crypto financial system turns out to be susceptible to the same risks that are all too familiar from traditional finance, such as leverage, settlement, opacity, and maturity and liquidity transformation. As we work to future-proof our financial stability agenda, it is important to ensure the regulatory perimeter encompasses crypto finance.

ESMA Reviews MiFID II Product Governance Guidelines

Date 08/07/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, is consulting on reviewed guidelines on MiFID II product governance guidelines. ESMA proposes updating the 2017 product governance guidelines following several recent regulatory and supervisory developments, including the outcome of the 2021 common supervisory action (CSA) on product governance.

Bank Of England - Minutes Of Money Markets Committee Meeting - May 2022

Date 08/07/2022

The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.

Athens Stock Exchange: Main Market Stock Liquidity Class Assessment Results, Effective As Of July 11, 2022

Date 08/07/2022

LME: Disciplinary Action RJ OBrien Limited

Date 08/07/2022

This notice records a settlement between The London Metal Exchange (the “LME”) and Category 2 Member R.J. O’Brien Limited (“RJO”) which includes a financial penalty of £175,000.

MGEX Reports Trading Results For June 2022 - Sets Total Year-toDate Volume Record

Date 08/07/2022

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEXTM), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today reported June 2022 trading volume of 347,471 contracts, representing a 15.8% year-over-year (YoY) decrease and a 32.0% increase from May 2022. Total yearto-date volume reached a record 1,787,014 contracts, an increase of 0.2% from the same period in 2021.

Miami International Holdings Reports June 2022 Trading Results - Sets Year-To-Date Volume Records

Date 08/07/2022

Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH) today reported June 2022 trading results for its U.S. exchange subsidiaries – MIAX®, MIAX Pearl® and MIAX Emerald® (together, the MIAX Exchange Group™), and Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX™).

BME: MARF Admits A New 50 Million Euro Commercial Paper Programme From Aludium

Date 08/07/2022

BME's Fixed Income Market, MARF, today admitted Aludium Transformación de Productos' new 50 million euro Commercial Paper (CP) programme. This programme is the first to be registered by the company with MARF. The programme will enable it to raise funding by accessing qualified investors to diversify its financing sources. The CPs to be issued under the programme will have maturities ranging from three days to a maximum of two years.

ESMA Fourth CCP Stress Test Confirm The Resilience Of European CCPs

Date 08/07/2022

The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) acknowledges that the results of the fourth ESMA CCP Stress Test exercise ‘confirm the overall resilience of EU and third-country Tier-2 CCPs to credit, concentration and operational risks under the tested scenarios.‘.