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Manuel F. Cohen Endowed Lecture By CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson At George Washington University Law School, Artificial Intelligence And The Future Of Finance

Date 12/10/2023

Thank you Dean Dayna Matthew and Professor Omari Simmons for inviting me to deliver the 2023 Manuel F. Cohen Lecture.

ITRS And GCI Consulting Announce New Partnership To Provide World-Class Monitoring Systems To Temenos Users

Date 12/10/2023

ITRS, leading provider of real-time estate monitoring and analytics software to global financial institutions, has announced a new partnership with GCI Consulting, the worldwide Temenos implementation leaders, to provide monitoring systems to its users.

FSB Publishes Annual Progress Report On Climate-Related Disclosures

Date 12/10/2023

• Report notes that significant further progress has been achieved on climate disclosures over the last year, including the publication of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Standards, which will serve as a global framework.
• Report also notes encouraging progress on development of a global assurance, ethics, and independence framework for sustainability disclosures.
• All FSB member jurisdictions either have requirements, guidance, or expectations in respect of climate-related disclosures currently in place, or have taken steps (for instance, made proposals) to do so.
• The FSB also welcomes the publication today of the final Status Report by its industry-led Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The FSB has asked the ISSB to monitor progress on the state of climate-related financial disclosures by companies as of next year.

ICE Announces Record Trading Activity And Open Interest In Natural Gas Liquids Markets

Date 12/10/2023

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, and home to the broadest range of benchmarks to support the liberalization of natural gas, today announced record trading activity across its natural gas liquids (NGLs) markets as customers manage exposure to the price of NGLs.

ACER To Decide On The Alternative Electricity Bidding Zone Configurations For The Baltic Region

Date 12/10/2023

What is it about?

On 26 September 2023, ACER initiated a procedure to decide on the Transmission System Operators’ (TSOs) proposal on the alternative bidding zone configurations for the Baltic region.

Updating And Improving The UK Regime For Asset Management: Our Priorities - Speech By Ashley Alder, Chair, UK Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At The Investment Association’s Annual Dinner

Date 12/10/2023

Highlights

• Proportional regulation, together with ways in which regulation can drive innovation, lies behind much of our thinking about investment management.
• Following our asset management discussion paper, we will be pursuing three main priorities for reform: making the regime for alternative fund managers more proportionate; updating the regime for retail funds; and supporting technological innovation.
• We recognise the role the sector has to play in mobilising domestic savings to fund productive investment in the UK. The FCA is also pursuing reforms to promote the medium to long-term growth of the UK economy.

Borsa İstanbul’s Opening Bell Rang For Meka Santralleri İmalat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Date 12/10/2023

“Distinguished guests,

Today, I welcome you all to your home, to the Opening Bell Ceremony hosted by our Exchange as we celebrate the listing of Meka İmalat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. at our Exchange.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Response To Competition And Markets Authority's Environmental Sustainability Guidance

Date 12/10/2023

The CMA’s environmental sustainability guidance on the application of Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 

On 12 October 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published Guidance on the application of Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 to environmental sustainability agreements (the ‘CMA’s environmental sustainability guidance’). 

Bank Of England Statement: James Staley

Date 12/10/2023

Please see below a Prudential Regulation Authority spokesperson quote:

“We support the FCA’s decision announced today against Jes Staley. It is imperative that senior managers act with integrity and are open and cooperative with the regulators”

ESMA Consults On Possible Changes To Annual Fees For Tier 1 Third Country Central Counterparties

Date 12/10/2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today launches a public consultation on the revision of the Delegated Regulation regarding fees charged to Tier 1 third country central counterparties (CCPs) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).