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Moscow Exchange Holds Investment Conference In Shanghai

Date 19/11/2019

On 19 November 2019, Moscow Exchange, in partnership with Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), hosted the annual Moscow Exchange Forum in Shanghai, China. The Forum is intended to provide China’s investment community with an overview of Russia’s current economic and financial climate and to attract new investors to Russia’s domestic capital market.

UK Financial Conduct Authority - Conduct Risk During LIBOR Transition: Questions And Answers

Date 19/11/2019

LIBOR will end after 2021. We expect firms to take appropriate steps to ensure they can transition to alternative rates ahead of end-2021.

B3 Concludes Implementation Of Registration Of Liens And Encumbrances On Financial Assets

Date 19/11/2019

B3 has been working together with the market and regulators on the formalization process for collateral contracts provided for in Law 12,810 dated May 15, 2013. As a final part of the regulatory adaptation, which already covers securities and derivatives, on September 23 we formalized the registration of financial assets pledged as collateral. Until then, this option was only available for centralized deposit assets.  

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security DSKY – Update 3

Date 19/11/2019

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.11.2019, 15-38 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate (up to -46.12 %) and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.92 rub) for the security DSKY were changed. New values are available here.

ICE: Simplifile Registers Single-Day E-Recording Record

Date 19/11/2019

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that Simplifile set a new company record by e-recording 106,244 documents in a single day on November 12. Simplifile is part of ICE Mortgage Services which applies technology and high-capacity infrastructure to make the mortgage process electronic and thus more efficient.

American Financial Exchange, LLC (AFX) Announces AMERIBOR® On The Blockchain

Date 19/11/2019

American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions, announced today the launch of its AMERIBOR® on the blockchain. 

Energy Regulators Recommend Legislative And Regulatory Action To Support The Decarbonisation Of Europe’s Energy Sector

Date 19/11/2019

In their Bridge Beyond 2025 Conclusions Paper, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) recommend updating Europe’s gas sector legislation and future-proof regulation to facilitate decarbonisation of the energy sector, to promote a competitive Internal Energy Market and to maximise the opportunities arising from sector coupling.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security DSKY – Update 2

Date 19/11/2019

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.11.2019, 14-38 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate (up to -82.3 %) and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.233 rub) for the security DSKY were changed. New values are available here

FSB Letter To ISDA On Pre-Cessation Triggers

Date 19/11/2019

This letter from the Co-Chairs of the FSB’s Official Sector Steering Group (OSSG) encourages the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) to add a “pre-cessation” trigger alongside the cessation trigger as standard language in the definitions for new derivatives and in a single protocol, without embedded optionality, for outstanding derivative contracts referencing key Interbank Offered Rates (IBORs). This would help to reduce systemic risk and market fragmentation by ensuring that as much of the swaps market as possible falls back to alternative rates in a coordinated fashion.

LSEG: ABN AMRO Bank Selects UnaVista As Its Regulatory Reporting Platform For SFTR And MIFID II

Date 19/11/2019

• ABN AMRO Bank selects UnaVista as a strategic solution to meet their global regulatory reporting requirements
• ABN AMRO Bank will use UnaVista’s Accelerator to prepare for SFTR prior to go-live
• UnaVista is one of Europe’s largest regulatory reporting platforms for MiFID II and EMIR compliance
• Securities Financing Transactions Regulations (SFTR) will introduce new reporting obligations for firms from April 2020