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  • ISDA Factsheet: Understanding IBOR Benchmark Fallbacks

    Date 02/06/2020

    Benchmark fallbacks are replacement rates that would apply to derivatives trades referencing a particular benchmark. These would take effect if the relevant benchmark becomes unavailable while market participants continue to have exposure to that rate. Specific fallback rates are set out in the 2006 ISDA Definitions. ISDA is working on new robust fallbacks that would apply in the event of a permanent cessation of a key interbank offered rate (IBOR).


  • FINRA Foundation Announces Annual Research Award Recipients - Studies Advance Understanding Of Financial Capability In The United States

    Date 02/06/2020

    The FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) recently announced the recipients of its higher-education awards created to recognize outstanding analyses by researchers-in-training who seek to advance understanding of consumer financial wellness and the complex relationships among financial literacy, financial capability and financial well-being.

  • CFTC Obtains $700,000 Judgment Against New York Man In Fraud And Misappropriation Scheme

    Date 02/06/2020

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order for permanent injunction against defendant Eyal Alper of Irvington, New York, in connection with a fraudulent scheme.

  • US Federal Agencies Issue Host State Loan-To-Deposit Ratios

    Date 02/06/2020

    The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that they will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios replace the prior year's ratios, which were released on May 28, 2019.

  • U.S. Chamber Statement On Launch Of Sec. 301 Investigation Into Digital Services Taxes

    Date 02/06/2020

    U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant issued the following statement on the announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that it is launching Section 301 investigations into Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) adopted or under consideration by Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom:

  • Written Statement By Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Regarding The Suitability Of AMERIBOR As A Replacement To LIBOR

    Date 02/06/2020

    Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. Powell has provided a statement regarding the suitability of AMERIBOR as a replacement to LIBOR. The written statement dated May 28, 2020 was in response to a “question for the record” from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) following Chairman Powell’s testimony to the US Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held on February 12, 2020.


  • CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

    Date 02/06/2020

    Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17 business days after the end of the month. Selected financial information from these reports is published below. The most recent month-end information generally is added within 12 business days after FCMs and RFEDs file their reports, but occasionally may be added later. For example:  The 17th business day filing “due date" for February 28, 2015 financial reports was March 25, 2015.  The 12 business day target for posting these data was April 10, 2015.

  • SIFMA Economic Roundtable Assesses New Normal For 2020: COVID-19 Drags GDP Growth Forecast To -5.5%

    Date 02/06/2020

    Today, SIFMA unveiled the results of its biannual survey of the chief U.S. economists of 26 global and regional financial institutions. With the emergence of the global pandemic COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020, the economy and capital markets experienced severe economic and capital markets shocks.

  • Autorité Des Marchés Financiers: Measures To Facilitate Career Entry During The COVID-19 Pandemic

    Date 02/06/2020

    The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is implementing temporary exceptional measures to facilitate career entry in the sectors governed by the Act respecting the distribution of financial products and services. These measures will, subject to certain conditions, make it possible for candidates to complete their probationary period prior to passing their exams.

  • CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee’s Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee Holds Table Top Discussion And Revises Membership

    Date 02/06/2020

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Market Risk Advisory Committee’s (MRAC) Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee (Subcommittee) held a virtual table top discussion earlier today regarding CME Clearing (CME) and LCH Limited’s (LCH’s) single-step proposals for the transition of discounting and price alignment interest for certain products to the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR), scheduled for October 2020. CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam is the sponsor of MRAC.