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New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: Cigna To Pay $3.5 Million Penalty For Making False And Misleading Representations About Customers’ Insurance Premiums And Cover

Date 16/01/2023

The Wellington High Court has ordered Cigna Life Insurance New Zealand Limited to pay a final pecuniary penalty of $3,575,000 for making false and/or misleading representations relating to inflation benefits in certain life insurance policies provided by the company. 

Ontario Securities Commission Announces New SME Institute Webinars

Date 16/01/2023

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced a new lineup of free webinars for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The webinars are offered through the ‘OSC SME Institute’ which helps small businesses understand and navigate the requirements of being or becoming a public company in Ontario.

Euronext Confirms The Expansion Of Euronext Clearing To Derivatives Markets For Q3 2024

Date 16/01/2023

Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announces that the European expansion of Euronext Clearing to Euronext derivatives markets is planned for Q3 2024.

EBA Publishes Its Annual Quantitative Monitoring Report On Minimum Requirement For Own Funds And Eligible Liabilities Complemented By A Related Impact Assessment

Date 16/01/2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its annual quantitative Report on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) with data as of December 2021. The Report is complemented by an analysis looking into the impact of the MREL framework on a number of relevant dimensions. As of 31 December 2021, the EBA estimated that 70 banks reported an MREL shortfall of EUR 33bn out of a sample of 245. This is down by 42% compared to last years’ quantitative report on MREL on a comparable basis. The Report shows progress in closing MREL shortfalls, albeit at a lower rate for smaller banks, and concludes that the impact of MREL on banks’ profitability is manageable, although heterogeneous across types of banks and Member States.

Exchange Of Letters Between The Governor Of The Bank Of England And The UK Chancellor On The Asset Purchase Facility - January 2023

Date 16/01/2023

swizz-pro.com: BaFin Investigates Reverra LLC

Date 16/01/2023

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that Reverra LLC does not have authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. The information provided on the company’s website, swizz-pro.com, gives reasonable grounds to suspect that Reverra LLC is conducting banking business and providing financial services in Germany without the required authorisation.

Luke Hornsby ACSI Of EY Appointed As New Chair Of The CISI Young Professionals’ Network Committee

Date 16/01/2023

Luke Hornsby ACSI, Senior Consultant within the Wealth & Asset Management Risk & Regulatory Advisory practice at EY, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment Young Professionals’ Network (YPN) committee. Luke takes over from Emma Dobson MCSI of Santander UK.

uuexpro.com: BaFin Investigates UUEX

Date 16/01/2023

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) would like to make clear that UUEX does not have authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. The information provided on the company’s website, uuexpro.com, gives reasonable grounds to suspect that UUEX is conducting banking business and providing financial services in Germany without the required authorisation.

Monitoring Group Nominating Committee Appoints Board Members To The Public Interest Oversight Board

Date 16/01/2023

The Monitoring Group (MG) is responsible for the overall governance of the international audit and ethics standard-setting system, including periodic effectiveness reviews. In accordance with the MG Recommendations, the Monitoring Group Nominating Committee (MG NC) is responsible for the selection of board members to the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB).

13% In AuM Since October 2021 But Only Minor Inflows Of US$9.2m - CoinShares: Fund Flows

Date 16/01/2023

• Digital asset investment products saw minor inflows totalling US$9.2m last week, while trading volumes remained low at US$866m for the week, both suggesting that the recent rally in digital assets was not investment product led.
• The recent price appreciation has led to a weekly gain of over 13% in assets under management, the largest since October 2021.
• Ethereum broke its 8-week spell of outflows with an inflow of US$5.6m, seemingly benefitting from the broader improvement in sentiment.