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FSB Proposes Key Performance Indicators For Measuring Progress Toward The G20 Cross-Border Payments Targets

Date 06/07/2022

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published for public feedback an interim report on the approach for monitoring progress toward meeting the targets for the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments. The report provides preliminary recommendations about key performance indicators (KPIs) that could be used to monitor progress over time and identifies existing and potential sources of data for calculating those KPIs.

Statement From US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen On The Release Of The Final Pensions Rule

Date 06/07/2022

Today, President Joe Biden announced the release of the final rule for the Special Financial Assistance Program, an initiative of the American Rescue Plan that provides funding to improve the solvency of multiemployer pensions, aiding millions of workers and assisting over 200 multiemployer plans that faced the prospect of benefit cuts.

ISDA derivatiViews: Understanding Trading In The EU

Date 06/07/2022

As the EU considers changes to its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and regulation (MIFID II/MIFIR), new ISDA research on derivatives trading in the region shows some interesting trends.

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, June 14-15, 2022

Date 06/07/2022

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 14–15, 2022.

Euronext Announces Volumes For June 2022

Date 06/07/2022

Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announced trading volumes for June 2022.

Intercontinental Exchange Reports June And Second Quarter 2022 Statistics - Second Quarter ADV Up 12% y/y - OI Up 3% y/y

Date 06/07/2022

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today reported June 2022 trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company’s investor relations website at https://ir.theice.com/ir-resources/supplemental-information in the Monthly Statistics Tracking spreadsheet.

BIS: What Drives Repo Haircuts? Evidence From The UK Market

Date 06/07/2022

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Contract terms are rarely disclosed in repo markets, except for repo financed by US Treasury securities. As a result, we still know relatively little about the market-wide relationships between haircuts, collateral and counterparty characteristics. This is especially true of the European repo market, where there is a shortage of high-quality collateral since government bonds are of heterogeneous quality. Our paper fills this gap in the literature by estimating these relationships using a transaction-level UK data set and, importantly, by showing what types of market friction (eg adverse selection) are relevant for repo haircuts in general.

ESMA Publishes Latest Edition Of Its Newsletter

Date 06/07/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published its latest edition of its Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.

Eris Launches Web Site Dedicated To BSBY

Date 06/07/2022

• Eris has launched BSBY Watch, a web site focused on tracking the development of the Bloomberg Short Term Bank Yield index (BSBY)
• BSBY Watch aggregates news, data and analysis, offering readers a single source for BSBY-related information
• BSBY offers the market a forward-looking, credit-sensitive interest rate based on the actual transactions of instruments used by global banks to fund themselves

Readout: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Third Meeting With The Heads And Private-Sector Leads Of The Multilateral Development Banks To Discuss Climate Finance, With A Focus On Adaptation

Date 06/07/2022

Today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen convened the heads and private sector leads of several of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) for a third time. This meeting follows two previous meetings in 2021 where she urged the MDBs to rapidly align their portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to redouble their efforts to mobilize significantly more private capital for climate. Participants included U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and representatives from the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank Group, and the World Bank Group.