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  • EBA Publishes Final Draft Technical Standards On Specific Reporting Requirements For Market Risk

    Date 04/05/2020

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on specific reporting requirements for market risk. These ITS introduce the first elements of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) into the EU prudential framework by means of a reporting requirement. The ITS are expected to apply from September 2021.


  • BIS: Dealers' Insurance, Market Structure, And Liquidity

    Date 04/05/2020

    Focus

    Many financial markets operate through dealers, market-makers, or similar intermediaries that promote liquidity in over-the-counter (OTC) markets. Following the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-09, clearing of standard derivatives contracts through a central counterparty (CCP) became mandatory. Through novation, CCP clearing reduces counterparty risk and reinforces market liquidity and stability. However, the effects of these reforms on the structure of the markets in which they are implemented have been little studied.

  • EBA Publishes Final Guidelines On The Methodology To Determine The Weighted Average Maturity Of Contractual Payments Due Under The Tranche Of A Securitisation Transaction

    Date 04/05/2020

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today its final Guidelines on the determination of the weighted average maturity (WAM) of the contractual payments due under the tranche of a securitisation transaction, as laid down in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These Guidelines  aim at ensuring that the methodology applicable for the determination of the WAM for regulatory purposes is sufficiently transparent and harmonised in order to increase consistency and comparability in the own funds held by institutions.


  • CFTC Awards More Than $2 Million To Four Whistleblowers

    Date 04/05/2020

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a whistleblower award exceeding $2 million to be shared among four whistleblowers. The CFTC granted the whistleblowers’ award applications for both a CFTC action and related actions brought by another regulator. In issuing the award, the CFTC recognized the contributions of the whistleblowers, who jointly submitted a tip to the CFTC.  Each of the whistleblowers also individually provided significant, ongoing assistance to the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement.

  • BETTER FINANCE: The EU Supervisor Falls Short Of Advising A Complete Ban On Commissions For “Retail” Investment Advisors

    Date 04/05/2020

    On 1 April 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its advice on “inducements”1 (and on the disclosure of costs and charges) under “MiFID II”, one of the main EU investor protection directives up for review this year, pushing the issue off into the future by encouraging the European Commission (EC) to further deepen its assessment of the “inducements”.