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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 22/12/2020

CCP NCC is changing the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from December 23, 2020.

Federal Reserve Board Issues Enforcement Action With Credit Suisse

Date 22/12/2020

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below:

Credit Suisse Group AG, Zurich, Switzerland; Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland; Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., New York, New York; and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, New York, New York

Finansinspektionen : New Procedures To Enhance Transparency

Date 22/12/2020

As of 1 January 2021, FI will implement new procedures for how it announces opened and closed supervision investigations.

ACER Decides On Common Rules For Cross-Border Participation In Electricity Capacity Mechanisms

Date 22/12/2020

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has adopted a Decision on the common rules for cross-border participation in capacity mechanisms.These rules enable electricity providers to contribute directly to resource adequacy in other EU Member States, thus improving security of electricity supply while decreasing costs for consumers.

Bitfinex Derivatives To Launch Ethereum/bitcoin (ETHF0:BTCF0) Perpetual Contract, Perpetual Swap

Date 22/12/2020

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 a perpetual contract for Ethereum/bitcoin (ETHF0:BTCF0).

SEC Issues Substituted Compliance Order For Germany And Notice Of Substituted Compliance Application And Proposed Substituted Compliance Order For France

Date 22/12/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to take two actions to advance implementation of security-based swap regulation under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  First, the Commission is publishing a final substituted compliance order in response to an application by Germany’s Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin).  In addition, the Commission is publishing a notice of application and proposed substituted compliance order in response to an application by France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and Autorité de Contrôle Prudential et de Résolution (ACPR).       

CFTC Staff Releases Position Limits Workbook To Provide Clarity To Market Participants

Date 22/12/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today released a staff workbook to provide guidance to market participants on which exchange-traded futures contracts would be subject to the position limits rule the Commission approved in October. [See CFTC Press Release No. 8287-20]

FinTech, Italian Banking Association: Launch Of Experimental Digital Euro Project

Date 22/12/2020

Banks and the Italian Banking Association, in cooperation with ABI Lab, the banking research and innovation centre of the Italian Banking Association (ABI), have started experimentation with the digital euro. The aim of the initiative is to proactively contribute to public debate and support banks operating in Italy as they prepare for the future.  

SEC And CONSOB Sign New Supervisory Cooperation Arrangement

Date 22/12/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information regarding the supervision of regulated entities that conduct financial services business in the U.S., Italy, or both.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Luiz Sorge As Head Of Latin America

Date 22/12/2020

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Luiz Sorge as Head of Latin America, with effect from 1 January 2020.  He will be based in São Paulo and will report to Sandro Pierri, Global Head of Client Group (‘GCG’).