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EEX Delists German/Austrian Power Base Year Options

Date 03/04/2020

As of 6 April 2020, EEX will delist German/Austrian Power Base Year Options (former designation: Phelix DE/AT Base Year Options). This change is a consequence of the split of the common bidding zone Germany/Austria into two national bidding zones.
Joint UK Financial Conduct Authority And UK Prudential Regulation Authority Statement Senior Managers And Certification Regime (SM&CR) And Coronavirus (Covid-19): Our Expectations Of Dual-Regulated Firms

Date 03/04/2020

We recognise that firms directly affected by coronavirus will need to keep their governance arrangements under review. Where we can, we intend to provide flexibility to FCA and PRA dual-regulated firms. We have made specific provisions for firms in these circumstances.
Corporate Borrowers Ramp Up Access To Liquidity With Surge In New CUSIP Requests - CUSIP Request Volume For North American Corporate Debt Climbs 6% During Height Of COVID-19 Crisis

Date 03/04/2020

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for March 2020. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a significant surge in request volume for new corporate debt identifiers.
EBA Updates List Of Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs)

Date 03/04/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) updated today the 2019 list of Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SIIs) in the EU. O-SIIs - those institutions which, along with Global Systemically Important Institutions (G-SIIs), are deemed systemically important - have been identified by the relevant authorities across the Union according to harmonised criteria provided by the EBA Guidelines. This list also reflects the additional capital buffers that the relevant authorities have set for the identified O-SIIs. The list of O-SIIs is available also in a user-friendly visualisation tool, including the information on O-SII buffers assigned to identified institutions across the EU.
ESMA Updates Its Public Statement Of Consultation Practices

Date 03/04/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Public Statement of Consultation Practices to take account of the amendments which the ESAs’ review has made to the ESMA Regulation.

EBA Extends Call For Expression Of Interest For Its New Banking Stakeholder Group

Date 03/04/2020

In light of the turbulence caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need for potential applicants to focus on other issues, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has decided to extend the deadline of the call for expression of interest for its Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG) to 17 April at 23.59 CET. This extension will allow more time to all interested stakeholders to apply.
Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security XS2099763075

Date 03/04/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 03.04.2020, 17-49 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 96.4143) and initial margins (up to 23.75 %) for the security XS2099763075 were changed. New values are available here
Basel Committee And IOSCO Announce Deferral Of Final Implementation Phases Of The Margin Requirements For Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives

Date 03/04/2020

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) continue to monitor the impact of the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on the global financial system.
Sweden's Finansinspektionen: Proposed General Guidelines For Exemption From Amortisation Requirements On Special Grounds

Date 03/04/2020

The proposal provides mortgage undertakings with the possibility of granting all new and existing mortgagors a temporary exemption from amortisation requirements. The exemption possibility applies during a severe downturn in the Swedish economy. The current situation due to the spread of the corona virus is a clear example of when the exemption may be granted to all mortgagors amortising in accordance with the amortisation regulations.
EEX Gains Majority OI Share Of Total Freight Market

Date 03/04/2020

On Thursday 2nd April 2020, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved another milestone in its Freight business by gaining the majority share of the open interest (OI) in the total Freight market (Futures and Options combined), thereby overtaking the market leader for the first time and setting a new record for the business.