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Cboe Conducts March Settlement Of Cboe Bitcoin Futures

Date 14/03/2018

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, today announced the settlement of the March expiry Cboe bitcoin (XBT) futures, the third contract settlement conducted since its launch in December.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 14/03/2018

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Report From FINRA Board Of Governors Meeting – March 2018

Date 14/03/2018

FINRA’s Board of Governors held its first meeting of 2018 on March 7-8 in New York, where it approved two new rule proposals and FINRA’s 2018 corporate goals, as well as reviewed the progress of the ongoing FINRA360 organizational improvement initiative introduced nearly one year ago.

Keynote Address Of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz Before FIA Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida

Date 14/03/2018

Introduction

Thank you for that very kind introduction. I am honored to join you today at the 43rd annual FIA international conference. Before I begin, let me quickly say that the views contained in this speech are my own and do not represent the views of the CFTC.

SEC Proposes Transaction Fee Pilot For NMS Stocks

Date 14/03/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose new Rule 610T of Regulation NMS to conduct a Transaction Fee Pilot in NMS stocks.

Nadex Product Schedule For The Japan Holiday On March 21, 2018

Date 14/03/2018

Due to the Japan Holiday on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the Japan 225 contracts will have a modified trading schedule.  Please refer to the Holiday Product Schedule Guidelines for specific product trading hours.

Accomplishments Of The Last 5 Years - Speech By John Griffith-Jones, Chairman, FCA, Delivered At An Event Hosted By TheCityUK At Linklaters LLP, London

Date 14/03/2018

Highlights

• The FCA has established itself as a world leading regulator over the last 5 years
• There are ways of ensuring that the UK can remain a wholesale banking, asset management and insurance market place for all nationalities
• The FCA’s best defense against demands for future regulatory changes will be its own quality

EBA Advises European Commission On The Use Of Prudential Backstops To Prevent The Building Up Of New NPLs

Date 14/03/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its advice on the Commission's proposal for statutory prudential backstops on banks' provisioning practices for new loans that turn non-performing. The EBA notes that the backstop complements the existing prudential set of measures and the new accounting provisions under IFRS9 and the advice aims at providing some qualitative considerations as well as a conservative impact analysis of the proposed measures. 

SEC Proposes Targeted Changes To Public Liquidity Risk Management Disclosure

Date 14/03/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to public liquidity-related disclosure requirements for certain open-end investment management companies.  Under the proposal, funds would discuss in their annual report the operation and effectiveness of their liquidity risk management program, replacing a pending requirement that funds publicly provide the aggregate liquidity classification profile of their portfolios on Form N-PORT on a quarterly basis. 

EBA Issues Opinion On Measures To Address Macroprudential Risk

Date 14/03/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion following the notification by the French High Council for Financial Stability (HCSF) of its intention to tighten the large-exposure limits applicable to large and highly indebted non-financial corporations (NFCs) resident in France or groups of connected NFCs assessed to be highly indebted and based in France. Based on the evidence submitted, the EBA does not object to the adoption of the proposed measure, which the HCSF intends to apply only to global or other systemically important institutions (G-SIIs and O-SIIs) with the aim of accounting for changes in the intensity of macroprudential/systemic risk that could pose a threat to financial stability in France.