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IOSCO Finalises Its Policy Recommendations For Decentralized Finance

Date 19/12/2023

IOSCO, the global standard setter for securities market regulators, has today published its Final Report with Policy Recommendations for Decentralized Finance (DeFi).

SEC Charges Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies With Massive Fraud And Obtains Emergency Relief - Businessman And His Three Companies Engaged In A Scheme To Inflate Revenues, Profits, And Cash Balances By Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars

Date 19/12/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated U.S. based entities of which he is the CEO in connection with an alleged multi-year scheme to inflate the financial performance metrics of his companies and key operating subsidiaries to defraud investors worldwide.

ACER Proposes Amendments To The Electricity Grid Connection Network Codes

Date 19/12/2023

Today, ACER has submitted to the European Commission its Recommendation on the amendments to the network codes on requirements for grid connection of generators (RfG Regulation) and on demand connection (DC Regulation).

ESMA Presents Methodology For Climate Risk Stress Testing And Analysis Of The Financial Impact Of Greenwashing Controversies

Date 19/12/2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today published two articles, one outlining an approach to modelling the impact of asset price shocks from adverse scenarios involving climate-related risks, the other exploring the use of ESG controversies for the purpose of monitoring greenwashing risk.

CME Group To Expand Gold, Silver And Copper Short-Term Options Expiries

Date 19/12/2023

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will expand its suite of short-term metals options to include Tuesday and Thursday expiries for Gold, Silver, and Copper, pending regulatory review. With the addition of these new Weekly contracts, scheduled to begin trading on January 22, 2024, option expiries will now be available every day of the business week, Monday through Friday.

ESMA Updates The Parameters And Methodology For MMF Stress Testing

Date 19/12/2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the Final Report on the Guidelines on stress test scenarios under the Money Market Funds Regulation (MMFR).

Monetary Policy As Engineering? − Speech By Sarah Breeden, Bank Of England Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Given At The Institute Of International Finance’s Talking Policy Series

Date 19/12/2023

The Bank Of England And The CMA Agree A New Memorandum Of Understanding To Improve Collaboration

Date 19/12/2023

The Bank of England and the CMA have for the first time agreed a memorandum of understanding on how the two organisations will work together to help them achieve their statutory objectives.

ESMA Finalises Technical Standards Under The Revised ELTIF Regulation

Date 19/12/2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today published the final report setting out the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) regulation.

ACER Offers A To-Do List To Remove The Barriers That Hinder Demand Response, New Entrants And Small Players

Date 19/12/2023

Today, ACER publishes its report on monitoring the barriers to demand response and other distributed energy resources, which is part of the 2023 Market Monitoring Report (MMR) series.