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Federal Reserve Board Releases Scenarios For 2018 Comprehensive Capital Analysis And Review (CCAR) And Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test Exercises And Issues Instructions To Firms Participating In CCAR

Date 01/02/2018

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released the scenarios banks and supervisors will use for the 2018 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and Dodd-Frank Act stress test exercises, and issued instructions to firms participating in CCAR.

OCC Cleared Contract Volume Increased 42 Percent In January

Date 01/02/2018

• Third highest month ever for cleared volume
• Highest January for cleared volume
• Securities lending activity percent up 29 percent
• Index options volume highest month ever

ISDA, AFME, ICMA, SIFMA And SIFMA AMG Launch Benchmark Transition Roadmap

Date 01/02/2018

ISDA, the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and its asset management group (SIFMA AMG) have today launched a roadmap that highlights key challenges involved in transitioning financial market contracts and practices from interbank offered rates, or ‘IBORs’, to alternative risk-free rates (RFRs).

FINRA Announces Comprehensive Changes To Advisory Committees, Including Creation Of Two New Committees - Launches New Online Portal To Facilitate Engagement

Date 01/02/2018

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced a series of changes to its advisory committees – including the addition of two new committees focused on the specialized issues surrounding clearing firms and capital acquisition brokers – as part of a comprehensive effort to improve opportunities for firms to provide input on key issues. The changes, which build on several enhancements to FINRA’s advisory committee structure announced in November, are a response to feedback received through President and CEO Robert W. Cook’s listening tour and comments received through the FINRA360 Special Notice on FINRA’s engagement programs.

IBOR Global Benchmark Survey Transition Roadmap

Date 01/02/2018

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), as well as the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)and its asset management group (SIFMA AMG) (the “Trade Associations”), have joined together to publish this Roadmap in response to this call to action. By combining their resources the Trade Associations can help the regulators and market participants who areleading the global transition initiatives reach parts of the market which have yet to fully engage in the process. The Roadmap aims to raise awareness of some of the challenges to be solved as part of the transition plan and provide a central resource of information for benchmark transition across market sectors.

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For January 2018

Date 01/02/2018

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), a securities finance exchange, today announced its January 2018 volume of 889,659, an increase of 14% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,800 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.

European Commission Launches The EU Blockchain Observatory And Forum

Date 01/02/2018

The Commission launched today the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum with the support of the European Parliament, represented by Jakob von Weizsäcker responsible for the recent report on virtual currencies.

ESMA Sets Publication Date Of Second EU-Wide CCP Stress Test Results

Date 01/02/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will publish the results of its second EU-wide stress test exercise regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) established in the European Union (EU) on Friday, 2 February 2018 at 7am CET. 

TASE Indices Reform Completed

Date 01/02/2018

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo Before Derivcon 2018, New York City, New York

Date 01/02/2018

Introduction

Good morning. Thank you for that warm introduction.

My compliments to the Wholesale Markets Brokers’ Association Americas (WMBAA) for creating the original Sef-Con and to Anthony Parrotta and Tabb Group for transforming it into Deriv-Con. There is nothing like this conference in terms of looking at the functioning and health of global markets for swaps trading.