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SEC: Market Structure Updated Metrics

Date 03/05/2022

SEC Staff is pleased to provide he following updates:

•  Updated Metrics. Data series containing daily cancel-to-trade ratios, trade-order volumes, hidden rates, and odd-lot rate metrics for Q1 2022 are now available. This data extends to 123 total months the data series you can view in the data visualization tool as well as download in CSV format. The visualization for quote-life data now defaults to Q1 2022.

Spectrum Markets Unveils First On-Venue European 24-5 Turbo Trading On Cryptocurrencies

Date 03/05/2022

• Financial institutions can now offer retail clients long and short leveraged exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum as underlying markets
• Provides retail investors with tools to better control the risk of a volatile asset
• On-venue trading offers enhanced regulatory protection for investors

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).