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US Federal Agencies Announce Threshold For Smaller Loan Exemption From Appraisal Requirements For Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans

Date 18/11/2020

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans during 2021 will remain at $27,200, as it was in 2020.
European Commission Approves Extension Of The Risk Weight Floor For Swedish Mortgages

Date 18/11/2020

The European Commission has announced that it does not intend to object to FI's intention to extend the current risk weight floor for Swedish mortgages. This means that FI may implement the measure.
US Federal Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds In Regulations Z And M For Exempt Consumer Credit And Lease Transactions

Date 18/11/2020

The Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) that will apply for determining exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2021.
Canadian Securities Administrators 2020 Investor Index: Canadians’ Self-Reported Risk Tolerance Has Remained Relatively Unchanged Since 2017, Despite A Rapidly Changing Economic Environment In 2020

Date 18/11/2020

A survey conducted for the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) shows that 37 per cent of Canadian investors report being “very” or “fairly” aggressive in their investing risk tolerance in 2020, compared to 35 per cent in 2017.
EBA Publishes Report On Benchmarking Of National Insolvency Frameworks Across The EU

Date 18/11/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Report on the benchmarking of national loan enforcement frameworks across EU Member States, in response to the EU Commission’s call for advice. The Report introduces for the first time a set of benchmarks for bank loan recovery and identifies areas where the divergence in the national insolvency regimes is wider. In addition, the Report provides an overview of the characteristics of insolvency regimes that help explain the differences across the EU.

Marie-Louise Huth Named As SEC Associate General Counsel For Legal Policy

Date 18/11/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has named Marie-Louise (Malou) Huth as an Associate General Counsel for Legal Policy in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). As an Associate General Counsel, Ms. Huth will provide legal advice to the Commission and SEC divisions and offices on a wide range of matters, with a particular emphasis on regulatory recommendations to the Commission from the Divisions of Investment Management and Trading and Markets.
CME Group Announces 17th Annual Student Trading Challenge Winner - The First From Latin America - Innovative Global Markets Competition Aims To Educate And Inspire Future Finance Professionals

Date 18/11/2020

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the winners of its 17th annual CME Group University Trading Challenge, including the first-place winners from the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia. They are the first team from Latin America to win the global challenge.
Nigerian Stock Exchange Holds 59th AGM

Date 18/11/2020

The members of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) voted overwhelmingly today at its 59th Annual General Meeting (AGM) – a meeting which is expected to be its last as a mutual entity – to support the listing of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGXG) on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) once the demutualization of the NSE is completed. Under the resolution passed by the AGM, subject to the receipt of requisite approvals of relevant regulatory authorities, following the conversion and re-registration of NGXG, the Group is authorized to undertake a listing by introduction of its shares on NGX. Consequently, the NSE will no longer be wholly owned by its dealing and non-dealing members.
US Office Of Financial Research's 2020 Report Finds Elevated Financial Stability Risks

Date 18/11/2020

The Office of Financial Research (OFR) submitted its 2020 Annual Report to Congress today, which concluded that unexpected turbulence from the COVID-19 pandemic elevated risks across financial markets and revealed limitations in conventional market monitoring.
ACER Rejects The Long-Term Capacity Calculation Methodology For The Baltic Capacity Calculation Region

Date 18/11/2020

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) published today its Decision on the capacity calculation methodology for the long-term timeframe of the Baltic capacity calculation region (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden) on the basis of the EU Regulation on Forward Capacity Allocation (FCA).