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Investors Remain Front Of Mind At The SEC: Approach To Allocation Of Resources, Oversight And Rulemaking; Implementation Of Regulation Best Interest And Form CRS, SEC Chairman Jay Clayto, April 2, 2020

Date 02/04/2020

Over 57 million American households are invested in our securities markets.  The interests of these individuals—our long-term Main Street investors—are the lens through which we evaluate whether we are effectively advancing the SEC’s mission.  The 4,500 women and men of the SEC are committed to these investors and the integrity of our markets.  The uncertainties caused by COVID-19 have not changed our perspective or commitment.   

Bank Of England - Asset Purchase Facility (APF): Additional Corporate Bond Purchases – Market Notice 2 April 2020

Date 02/04/2020

The Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme (CBPS or “the Scheme”) was launched in August 2016. It imparts monetary stimulus by lowering the yields on corporate bonds, thereby reducing the cost of borrowing for companies. It does this by triggering portfolio rebalancing into riskier assets by sellers of assets, and by stimulating new issuance of corporate bonds.

Convening Of The Annual General Meeting Of Euronext N.V.

Date 02/04/2020

Euronext today announced that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday 14 May 2020 at 10.30 CET, at Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands, subject to any legislative developments in the context of the current COVID 19 crisis.

Liquidnet - Liquidity Landscape report

Date 02/04/2020

Liquidnet, the institutional trading network, recently conducted a report titled Liquidity Landscape which analyses overall market volumes across different types of trading, click here to see here the full report.

US Federal Agencies Will Consider Comments On Volcker Rule Modifications Following Expiration Of Comment Period

Date 02/04/2020

Five federal financial regulatory agencies on Thursday announced that they will consider comments submitted before May 1, 2020, on their proposal to modify the Volcker rule’s general prohibition on banking entities investing in or sponsoring hedge funds or private equity funds—known as “covered funds.”

EBA Publishes Updated List Of Reporting Institutions For 2020

Date 02/04/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a revised list of the Reporting Institutions for 2020, for the purpose of supervisory reporting pursuant to EBA Decision 2015/130. The EBA runs this exercise on an annual basis, where Competent Authorities annually review which institutions under their supervisory remit fulfil the criteria for sending supervisory and financial reporting data to the EBA. The exercise is based on the institutions’ year-end data, and the updated list is published around the first quarter of each year. 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JXQ44

Date 02/04/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 02.04.2020, 17-35 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 117.81) and initial margins (up to 23.75 %) for the security RU000A0JXQ44 were changed. New values are available here

ESMA Publishes 24th Extract From Its EECS Database

Date 02/04/2020

Yutaka Imanishi Appointed Head Of Japan, LCH

Date 02/04/2020

ESMA Updates Its Risk Assessment In Light Of The Covid-19 Pandemic

Date 02/04/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator, today updates its risk assessment to account for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.