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The EBA Publishes Its Heatmap Following Scrutiny Of The Interest Rate Risk In The Banking Book

Date 24/01/2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its heatmap following scrutiny of the interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) standards implementation in the EU. The heatmap discloses policy aspects that will be subject to further scrutiny, and corresponding actions in the short to medium and long term.

ISDA Response To Proposed Singapore Capital Amendments

Date 24/01/2024

On January 22, ISDA and FIA jointly responded to a consultation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on proposed amendments to the capital framework for approved exchanges and approved clearing houses. The scope of the response is limited to the capital framework for approved clearing houses.

FIA December 2023 SEF Tracker

Date 24/01/2024

BaFin Warns Consumers About The Website xpinvestment.com

Date 24/01/2024

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website xpinvestment.com. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operator is providing financial and investment services on this website without the required authorisation.

Nasdaq Announces Semi-Annual Changes To The OMX Helsinki 25 Index

Date 24/01/2024

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, (Nasdaq Helsinki: OMXH25), which will become effective at market open on Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Ensuring Basic Protections: Special Purpose Acquisition Company Rule Adoption, SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, Jan. 24, 2024

Date 24/01/2024

The Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC, boom has cooled. Cooled in the sense that in the years 2020 and 2021 we saw 248 and 613 SPAC initial public offerings, or IPOs, and in 2023 we saw 31 SPAC IPOs. Yet today’s rule is as needed as ever.

Alberta Securities Commission Highlights Top Investment Scams To Watch Out For In 2024

Date 24/01/2024

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) today shared information on the top three investment scams to look out for this year and steps Albertans can take to protect themselves. 

An IPO By Any Other Name: Empowering SPAC Investors, SEC Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga, Jan. 24, 2024

Date 24/01/2024

Under current practice, investors face informational disadvantages when evaluating whether to invest in companies that raise capital through a special purpose acquisition company, or “SPAC,” structure instead of a traditional IPO. The reforms the Commission is advancing today protect investors by addressing this disparity.

Dissenting Statement On Final Rule On Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, Shell Companies, And Projections: The Commission Embraces Merit Regulation, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, Jan. 24, 2024

Date 24/01/2024

Thank you, Chair Gensler, and thank you to the staff for your presentations.

Today, the Commission considers a lengthy adopting release of nearly 600 pages that extensively describes numerous disclosure, dissemination, forward looking statement, liability, and accounting provisions purportedly designed to advance investor protection and facilitate capital formation for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). But there may be a far simpler explanation behind what the Commission is doing for SPACs: we simply do not like them. In order to achieve this desired outcome, the Commission seeks to impose crushingly burdensome regulations on SPACs as a form of merit regulation in disguise.

SEC Adopts Rules To Enhance Investor Protections Relating To SPACs, Shell Companies, And Projections

Date 24/01/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted new rules and amendments to enhance disclosures and provide additional investor protection in initial public offerings (IPOs) by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and in subsequent business combination transactions between SPACs and target companies (de-SPAC transactions).