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ISDA Annual Legal Forum, October 26, 2023, Welcoming Remarks, Katherine Tew Darras, General Counsel, ISDA

Date 26/10/2023

Good morning and welcome to the Annual Legal Forum. Thank you for being with us today, and special thanks to all of our speakers and sponsors.

The EBA Issues Opinion On A Measure To Address Macroprudential Risk Following A Notification By The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Date 26/10/2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an Opinion following the notification by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen, of its intention to extend for another two-year period a measure originally introduced in 2018 to ensure that banks remain resilient and can withstand a potentially severe downturn in the housing market without restricting the supply of credit.

CFTC Commissioner Johnson To Deliver a Keynote Address At The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank

Date 26/10/2023

BIS: Dealer Capacity And US Treasury Market Functionality

Date 26/10/2023

We investigate the dynamics of liquidity in the US Treasury market. In particular, we focus on the relationship between yield volatility and Treasury market illiquidity and highlight how limited dealer intermediation capacity worsens market illiquidity beyond yield volatility, but only at high levels of dealer balance sheet utilisation, as in March 2020.

BIS: International Portfolio Frictions

Date 26/10/2023

Regulated financial institutions like banks and insurers have high demand for government bonds, for a variety of reasons. Yet the total supply of government debt in Europe, especially from countries with lower interest rates, is much smaller than the size of this segment of the financial sector. European insurance companies and pension funds (ICPF) and banks cannot all hold safe government bonds without pushing down the yields significantly, so they have to tilt their portfolios towards other securities, notably corporate bonds. This paper sheds new light on the global asset allocation of European banks and insurers.

Technology Can Foster The Growth Of Capital Markets- NGX CEO, Popoola

Date 26/10/2023

Technology has laid a foundation for the development of capital markets not only in Nigeria, but in Africa. 

Millennium Advisors Appoints Dylan Blair As Global Head Of US Dollar Credit Trading

Date 26/10/2023

CCData’s Digital Asset Management Review: Crypto AUM & Product Volumes Rise Following ETF Rumours

Date 26/10/2023

October has seen major developments in the digital asset space. Six ETH Futures ETFs commenced trading on the 2nd, providing investors with a vehicle to gain exposure to ETH futures. Shortly after, Bitcoin's price surged by 7.56% in less than an hour to a peak of $30,009 driven by rumours surrounding BlackRock's application. 

BIS: Central Banks, Macro-Financial Stability And The Future Of The Financial System

Date 26/10/2023

The 22nd BIS Annual Conference took place in Basel, Switzerland, on 23 June 2023. The event brought together a distinguished group of central bank Governors, leading academics and former public officials to exchange views on the topic "Central banks, macro-financial stability and the future of the financial system". The papers presented at the conference are released as BIS Working Papers, nos 1136, 1137 and 1138.

Invesco QQQ Innovation Suite Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary Of Providing Investors New Ways To Access Nasdaq-Listed Companies - The Suite Offers Investors Personalized Access To Companies Of All Sizes That Are Focused On Innovation

Date 26/10/2023

Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), a leading global asset management firm, announced that the popular Invesco QQQ Innovation Suite has reached its three-year milestone. The line-up of products is intended to provide every type of investor a simple way to invest in ingenuity and innovation.