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Ontario Securities Commission Announces New Members Of The Investment Funds Technical Advisory Committee

Date 26/09/2023

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today the membership of the Investment Funds Technical Advisory Committee (IFTAC) for the 2023-2025 term.

The EBA Second Mandatory Exercise On Basel III Full Implementation Shows A Significantly Reduced Impact On EU Banks With Shortfalls Nearly Fully Absorbed

Date 26/09/2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its second mandatory Basel III Monitoring Report which assesses the impact that Basel III full implementation will have on EU banks in 2028. According to this assessment -- which uses a sample of 157 banks for the point-in-time analysis -- in terms of minimum Tier 1 capital the impact has significantly decreased in relation to the previous reference date of December 2021. In terms of estimated capital shortfall, the impact of the reform has been nearly fully absorbed.

SEC: New Report From The Small Business Forum Includes Recommendations To Improve Capital Raising

Date 26/09/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today released a report to Congress summarizing policy recommendations made during the 42nd Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The report provides a summary of the forum proceedings, including the recommendations developed by participants for changes to the capital raising framework and the Commission’s responses to those recommendations.

Quant Smart Audit Protects Enterprises Against The $4bn Threat Of Smart Contract Hacks

Date 26/09/2023

Blockchain for finance pioneer Quant launched a new service today for financial institutions, payment firms and other enterprises struggling to protect their smart contracts and decentralised applications from vulnerabilities. Quant is enabling the secure transformation to decentralisation and blockchain networks, migrating from on-prem and cloud infrastructure and applications to distributed ledger technologies.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Speak At FIA Expo 2023

Date 26/09/2023

wnt.icu: BaFin Investigates Skyline Digital Ltd

Date 26/09/2023

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Skyline Digital Ltd and the services it is offering. According to information available to BaFin, the company, which is domiciled in St. Lucia, is providing financial and investment services on its website wnt.icu without the required authorisation. The company is not supervised by BaFin and is not affiliated with the supervised company CMC Markets Germany GmbH.

Basel III Capital Ratios For Largest Global Banks Increased Above Pre-Pandemic Levels In The Second Half Of 2022, Latest Basel III Monitoring Exercise Shows

Date 26/09/2023

• Initial Basel III capital ratios increased above pre-pandemic levels in the second half of 2022 and liquidity coverage ratios declined but remained above pre-pandemic levels.
• The average impact of the final Basel III framework on Tier 1 minimum required capital of the largest global banks (+3.0%) increased by 20 basis points since the first half of 2022 (+2.8%).
• New dashboards provide an interactive visualisation of the results for the definition of capital and total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC).

FIA Highlights Best Practices For Exchange Volatility Control Mechanisms In New Report

Date 26/09/2023

SEC Charges Advisory Firm Bruderman Asset Management And Its Principal For Failing To Disclose Misuse Of Investment Funds

Date 26/09/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that New York-based Bruderman Asset Management LLC (BAM) and its principal, Matthew J. Bruderman, agreed to settle charges related to their failure to disclose the misuse of proceeds raised from investment advisory clients and to the firm’s failure to implement reasonably designed written policies and procedures concerning the disclosure of conflicts of interest.

ACER Calls For Improvements In ENTSOG’s Draft Cost-Benefit Analysis Methodology For Hydrogen Infrastructure

Date 26/09/2023

ACER publishes today an Opinion on the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas' (ENTSOG's) draft cost-benefit analysis (CBA) methodology for hydrogen infrastructure.