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US Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency: Monica Fuentes Freas Named Deputy Comptroller For Large Bank Supervision

Date 10/10/2023

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced the selection of Monica Fuentes Freas as a Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision (LBS).

ISDA: Addressing Porting Challenges

Date 10/10/2023

This paper explores the factors that influence portability, building on existing work on this issue. In their final report on client clearing and porting, published in September 2022, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) asked the industry to carry out further work on this topic. CPMI-IOSCO also stated that they “welcome and encourage industry efforts to enhance portability, so that client clearing access can continue to be provided following a default and forced liquidations are avoided”.

EU/EEA Banks: Benefits From Rising Interest Rates Are Stabilising, The EBA Says

Date 10/10/2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Q2 2023 quarterly Risk Dashboard (RDB). Banks’ profitability and capital ratios increased further, while macroeconomic uncertainty weighed on loan growth.

BIS: Inflation, External Financial Conditions And Macro-Financial Stability Frameworks In Asia-Pacific - A Report By A Working Group Established By The Asian Consultative Council Of The Bank For International Settlements

Date 10/10/2023

Under the direction of the Asian Consultative Council (ACC) of the BIS at its September 2022 meeting, the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific set up a working group on "Inflation, external financial conditions and macro-financial stability frameworks in Asia-Pacific". The group commenced in November 2022, with a mandate of examining ACC economies' macro-financial stability frameworks (MFSFs) during the stressed period of 2022, particularly their joint use of monetary, macroprudential, exchange rate and capital flow management policies. The working group was made up of members from all 13 ACC central banks and monetary authorities. This was the second ACC working group; the first one was established in June 2019 and published its report in November 2020.

CFTC Chairman Behnam To Participate In A Fireside Chat At The 90th Annual Market Structure Conference: The Next Era

Date 10/10/2023

BME: Foreign Investors Reach A Record High And Now Hold 50.3% Of Spanish Stocks

Date 10/10/2023

• The share of households in the Spanish stock market continues its convergence with other European markets and falls by one percentage point to 16.2%
• Non-financial companies hold 21.3% of the shares of listed companies in Spain
• Public Administrations raise their shareholding to 3.2%, a record in 25 years

FSB Review Of 2023 Bank Failures Assesses Implications For The Operation Of The International Resolution Framework

Date 10/10/2023

• Review upholds the appropriateness and feasibility of the international resolution framework for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).
• Credit Suisse failure highlights some important lessons learnt for the effective operationalisation and implementation of the G-SIB resolution framework, including the need for an effective temporary public sector liquidity backstop and operational readiness of banks to access it as a last resort.
• US bank failures highlight the need to explore whether the scope of resolution planning requirements and loss-absorbing capacity requirements needs to be expanded.
• FSB will conduct further work on the implementation of the resolution framework for G-SIBs and other systemically important banks.

MSCI To Advance Clarity In Carbon Markets With Acquisition Of Trove Research

Date 10/10/2023

• Move will deliver expanded climate solutions and bring transparent, credible insights on voluntary carbon markets for corporates, institutional investors and other capital market participants. -- Reinforces
• MSCI's commitment to drive clarity around climate investing through high quality, innovative data and insights. 

ICE Named ESG Data Vendor Of The Year In The Asia Pacific Region By Asia Risk -Reflects Strong Growth Across ICE’s Sustainable Finance Offering, Investment In APAC Region

Date 10/10/2023

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced that Asia Risk has selected ICE as ESG Data Vendor of the Year in the Asia Pacific region. This award comes after significant developments to ICE’s Sustainable Finance business in the last year.

Tehran Stock Exchange Bulletin - September 2023

Date 10/10/2023

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