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BIS: Step-In Risk - Executive Summary

Date 26/08/2021

The 2007–09 Great Financial Crisis (GFC) provided evidence that banks sometimes have incentives beyond contractual obligation or equity ties to "step in" to support unconsolidated entities to which they are connected. This happened in the form of credit or liquidity support that banks provided to, among others, securitisation conduits, structured investment vehicles and money market funds.

Moscow Exchange Risk Parameters For New Shares

Date 26/08/2021

New shares will be accepted to margin trading starting from September 1, 2021. From this date on, risk parameters will be applied according to the table below.

CFTC Orders Idaho Man To Pay $150,000 For Registration Violation And Violations Of Commodity Pool Operator Regulations

Date 26/08/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Cody Malosi Wilson of Idaho Falls, Idaho for failing to register as a commodity pool operator (CPO) and failing to comply with CFTC regulations regarding CPOs. The order requires Wilson to pay a $150,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from any further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) or CFTC regulations, as charged.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 26/08/2021

CCP NCC sets the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from August 30, 2021:

1. Market risk rates and concentration limits

SEC Charges Underwriter And Its Former CEO With Misconduct In Muni Bond Tender Offer

Date 26/08/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted settled charges against Crews & Associates Inc., an Arkansas-based broker-dealer, and its former CEO, Rush F. Harding III, for unfair dealing in connection with a municipal bond tender offer.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security NTAP-RM

Date 26/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 26.08.2021, 16-59 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 6870) and initial margins (up to 21.25 %) for the security NTAP-RM were changed. New values are available here

CryptoCompare’s Digital Asset Management Review - A Monthly Report Covering The Most Innovative Institutional Products In The Industry August 26, 2021

Date 26/08/2021

The August edition of CryptoCompare’s Digital Asset Management Review is now live. This monthly report provides readers with an in-depth look at the key developments in the global digital asset investment product landscape.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security DG-RM

Date 26/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 26.08.2021, 16-39 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 15485) and initial margins (up to 17.5 %) for the security DG-RM were changed. New values are available here

Bitfinex Derivatives To Launch Sushi (SUSHIF0:USTF0), Terra (LUNAF0:USTF0) Perpetual Swaps

Date 26/08/2021

Bitfinex Derivatives* offers a derivatives platform accessible through Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform. Bitfinex Derivatives has today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for Sushi (SUSHIF0:USTF0) and Terra (LUNAF0:USTF0). 

TMX Group CEO John McKenzie To Present At The 2021 Scotiabank Financials Summit

Date 26/08/2021

TMX Group CEO John McKenzie will present at the virtual 22nd annual Scotiabank Financials Summit.