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CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief For Floor Traders Engaged In Swaps Activity

Date 27/06/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) announced today that it will provide no-action relief to registered floor traders from compliance with certain conditions in a CFTC regulation related to the “swap dealer” definition. 

Ontario Securities Commission Takes Action To Reduce Burden For Investment Fund Managers

Date 27/06/2019

The Ontario Securities Commission announced today that it will no longer require investment fund managers of pooled funds to apply for approval to act as trustees. As registrants, investment fund managers are capable of acting as trustees and are already subject to a securities regulatory framework for safeguarding the assets of pooled funds.  

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Announces Its Key Initiatives Planned For 2019-2020

Date 27/06/2019

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) today published the Statement of key planned initiatives for 2019-2020 to inform the industry and the general public of the key regulatory and supervisory initiatives that it plans to carry out this year.

Alberta Securities Commission Consults On Energizing Alberta’s Capital Market

Date 27/06/2019

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) today published ASC Consultation Paper 11-701 Energizing Alberta’s Capital Market. This consultation is seeking input on steps the ASC can take to foster a vibrant public and private capital market in Alberta while protecting investors.

CFTC Announces LabCFTC Accelerator And Second FinTech Conference

Date 27/06/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today two events that facilitate and incorporate market-enhancing FinTech innovation. Today, CFTC launched LabCFTC Accelerator, a component of LabCFTC, and announced that it will hold FinTech Forward 2019, the second annual conference dedicated to exploring the latest in FinTech developments, on October 24, 2019 at its Washington, D.C. headquarters during D.C. FinTech Week.

EBA: Consultation Paper On Draft RTS On Criteria For Assessing Risk Factors Modellability Under The IMA

Date 27/06/2019

Cboe Futures Exchange And American Financial Exchange Announce Planned Launch Of AMERIBOR® Futures

Date 27/06/2019

• AMERIBOR futures debut planned for trade date August 16, 2019
• Banks and other financial institutions may use new futures to hedge variable overnight funding costs and interest rate risk; traders may execute interest rate trading strategies
• AFX experienced record volume and membership in 2019

FESE European Exchange Report - Year 2018

Date 27/06/2019

Click here to download FESE's European Exchange Report.

CFTC: Commodity Pool And Its President Ordered To Pay $1.2 Million, Banned From Markets For Futures Fraud

Date 27/06/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that a Virginia federal court has entered a Consent Order (Order) resolving a CFTC action against defendants The Kane Capital Investment Group, LLC and its President, Amrit Jaswant Singh Chahal (together, defendants), both of Virginia.  The Order results from a CFTC Complaint charging the defendants with commodity futures fraud, commodity pool fraud, registration violations, and illegally commingling funds (see CFTC Complaint and Press Release 7712-18, dated April 13, 2018). 

EBA Publishes Its Roadmap For The New Market And Counterparty Credit Risk Approaches And Launches Consultation On Technical Standards On The IMA Under The FRTB Along With A Data Collection On Non-Modellable Risk Factors

Date 27/06/2019

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its roadmap on the new market and counterparty credit risk approaches and launched a consultation on eleven draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the new Internal Model Approach (IMA) under the FRTB (Fundamental Review of the Trading Book) standards along with a data collection exercise on non-modellable risk factors (NMRF). The consultations run until 4 October 2019.