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NSE Indices Index Dashboard For The Month Ended March 2021

Date 31/03/2021

Click here to download the ' Index Dashboard' for the month ended March 2021.

EACH Calls For A Robust And Pragmatic Solution The CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime Uncertainties

Date 31/03/2021

Today, the European Association of Clearing Houses (EACH) has published its response to the European Commission Inception Impact Assessment on CSDR. EACH strongly believes that the CSDR Review is necessary due to existence of inaccurate, redundant and unnecessarily burdensome provisions in the CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR).

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 31/03/2021

The following risk parameters will be changed:

IR risk (downward scenario) - SECΔ_1 (Y0/Y1)

BIS: Governors And Heads Of Supervision Meet To Endorse Strategic Priorities And Work Programme Of Basel Committee And Discuss Global Initiatives On Non-Bank Financial Intermediation

Date 31/03/2021

• The Basel Committee's oversight body endorses its strategic priorities and work programme for 2021–22.
• The programme prioritises implementing agreed reforms, assessing emerging risks and vulnerabilities, and increasing supervisory cooperation.
• Global initiatives on non-bank financial intermediation were also discussed.

S&P Dow Jones Indices: Europe Dashboard

Date 31/03/2021

• The S&P Europe 350® closed the first quarter of 2021 with a strongly positive total return, as a wide range of contributors helped the benchmark to a strong finish; every one of the benchmark’s sector and factor indices gained in March. 
• Energy was the best-performing S&P Europe 350 sector in Q1, but a resurgent Financials was close behind.  Real Estate and Utilities were the laggards. 
• The United Kingdom’s fixed income markets hosted a sale in the first quarter, with both nominal and inflation-linked bonds posting large declines.  

EBA Reviews Final Q&As Against Revised Legislation

Date 31/03/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) reviewed Q&As published in its Single Rulebook Q&A tool against the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) and Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The published Q&As were updated in line with the revised legal acts, and the outcome has been reflected in the Q&A tool. An overview of all the reviewed Q&As is available here.

BIS: Basel Committee Issues Principles For Operational Resilience And Risk

Date 31/03/2021

• Principles for operational resilience aim to increase banks' capacity to withstand disruptions due to potentially severe events.
• Revised principles on operational risk focus on change management and information and communication technologies (ICT).
• Covid-19 has made operational resilience and mitigating operational risk even more important.

EBA Launched Public Consultation On Regulatory Technical Standards On Disclosure Of Investment Policy By Investment Firms

Date 31/03/2021

• The draft technical standards specify the information that investment firms have to make public to show their influence over the companies in which they have voting rights.
• The standards put forward comparable disclosures and detailed instructions on investment firms’ voting rights, voting guidelines and voting behaviour.

The European Supervisory Authorities Issue A Report On The Application Of Their Guidelines On Complaints-Handling

Date 31/03/2021

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today a Report on the application of their Guidelines on complaints-handling. The Report concludes that the Guidelines have contributed to a consistent approach to complaints-handling across the banking, insurance and securities sectors and have resulted in better outcomes for consumers.

EBA Points To A Rising Share Of Loans That Show A Significant Increase In Credit Risk (Stage 2 Loans)

Date 31/03/2021

• Capital and liquidity ratios increased further quarter-over-quarter (QoQ).
• While non-performing loans (NPLs) declined on average, the NPL ratio shows first signs of deterioration in exposures to sectors that are most affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
• The share of stage 2 loans rose across the board. The rise was particularly pronounced for loans still under moratoria.