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UK Financial Conduct Authority Makes Senior Hires

Date 03/05/2022

As the FCA continues its transformation, it has recruited three experienced individuals to its senior leadership team.

Roxe Launches Strategic Partnership With GME - Global Money Express Co. To Strengthen Its Global Payments Presence Through Roxe’s Blockchain Technology

Date 03/05/2022

Roxe, a blockchain-based payments company that is powering the next generation of payment solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with GME (Global Money Express Co., Ltd), the first non-bank money transfer company and payment service provider in South Korea. By utilizing Roxe’s technology and the Roxe Instant Settlement Network (RISN), GME will generate value for end customers by removing barriers of time, geography, and currency.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Participate An A Fireside Chat At Risk.net Cryptocurrency Trading Forum USA

Date 03/05/2022

EBA Updates Its Guidelines For Assessing Equivalence Of Professional Secrecy Regimes Of Third Country Authorities

Date 03/05/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its updated Guidelines for assessing equivalence of professional secrecy and confidentiality regimes of third country authorities, to widen the scope and the purpose of the assessment.

ESMA Publishes The Annual LIS AND SSTI Calculations For Bonds And The Quarterly Bond Liquidity Assessment

Date 03/05/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published the annual LIS and SSTI calculations for bonds and the quarterly bond liquidity assessment as communicated on 21 April 2022.

Why Macroprudential Policy Needs To Tackle Financial Stability Risks From Climate Change − Speech By Elisabeth Stheeman, Bank Of England, Member Of Financial Policy Committee, Given At Queen’s University Belfast

Date 03/05/2022

Elisabeth Stheeman notes that climate change and the transition to net zero have big consequences for the economy and the financial system.

Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer: Producer Sentiment Improves With Strengthened Commodity Prices - But High Cost Inflation Worries Farmers

Date 03/05/2022

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer improved in April up 8 points to a reading of 121; however, it remains 32% below its reading from the same time last year. Producers' perspective on current conditions and future expectations saw an uptick over the past month. The Index of Current Conditions improved 7 points to a reading of 120 and the Index of Future Expectations improved 9 points to a reading of 122. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey. This month's survey was conducted between April 18-22.

EBA Publishes Amended Final Draft Technical Standards On The Mapping Of ECAIs For Securitisation Positions

Date 03/05/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) to amend the Implementing Regulation on the mapping of credit assessments of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for securitisation positions. The changes reflect the relevant amendments introduced by the new Securitisation Framework, as well as the mappings for three ECAIs that extended their credit assessments to cover securitisations. The Implementing Regulation is part of the EU Single Rulebook for banking aimed at creating a safe and sound regulatory framework consistently applicable across the European Union (EU).

CME Group To Launch Options On Micro WTI Crude Oil Futures As Futures Volume Nears 20 Million Contracts Traded

Date 03/05/2022

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its micro-sized energy offerings with the launch of options on Micro WTI Crude Oil futures on June 6, 2022, pending regulatory review.

OCC April 2022 Total Volume Becomes Highest April On Record, Up 9.4% Year-Over-Year

Date 03/05/2022

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through April 2022 was 41.8 million contracts, up 4.2 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through April 2021. Total volume was 782.8 million contracts, up 9.4 percent compared to April 2021.