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BIS: Central Banks Face Key Decisions On Interoperability And Cross-Border Usage If CBDCs Are To Fulfil Their Potential - Joint Report

Date 11/07/2022

• For CBDCs to improve cross-border payments, central banks must make fundamental decisions on foreign access and how CBDCs connect across jurisdictions. 
• CBDC design must consider cross-border functionality at an early stage and international cooperation and coordination are prerequisites.
• Joint report assesses different options for access to and interoperability of CBDCs and concludes there is no "one size fits all" solution.

ESMA: Veerle Colaert Reappointed As Chair Of The Securities And Markets Stakeholder Group

Date 11/07/2022

The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), during its 8 July 2022 meeting has re-elected Veerle Colaert as its new Chair.

Bank Of England: It’s The Risk Management, Stupid! − Speech By Anil Kashyap, Member Of The Financial Policy Committee, Given At UK Finance, London

Date 11/07/2022

Anil Kashyap talks about our work to make sure UK banks and insurers understand the risks they face from climate change. This is one of the ways we are working to keep the UK’s financial system stable.

GPW Group Publishes Integrated Report

Date 11/07/2022

• The GPW Group has published its 2021 integrated report
• The GPW Group presents the key financial and non-financial information in an integrated annual report for the fourth time

Refinitiv To Launch Forward Looking Term Rate Versions Of ARRC Recommended Fallback Rates This September To Facilitate Industry Transition From USD LIBOR

Date 11/07/2022

Refinitiv today announces that it intends to launch forward looking term rate versions of its ARRC recommended fallback rates - USD IBOR Cash Fallbacks - in September 2022. This follows the Alternative Reference Rates Committee’s (ARRC) March 2021 announcement that it had selected Refinitiv to publish its recommended fallback rates for cash products and Refinitiv’s November 2021 announcement that it had released production fallback rates based upon various SOFR conventions.

Clouty Introduces MUSIQ™, First Benchmarked Financial Index For Streaming Of Songs - MUSIQ™ 500 Composite Officially Launches Today, Opening Door For Industry Risk Management And Music As A Tradable Asset

Date 11/07/2022

Clouty, the first organization to make music a financial instrument, announced that today it is launching a composite index designed to serve as the key benchmark for the music industry. The firm is partnering with the world's leading data providers to disseminate the index globally. The move paves the way for the introduction of a host of tradable financial products, giving the industry and those with exposure to it an opportunity for much-needed risk management capabilities, and offering institutional investors as well as the general public a chance to have a financial stake in music, even down to their favorite songs and genres.

ESMA Consults On Cash Penalty Process For Cleared Transactions

Date 11/07/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today launched a consultation  on a possible amendment to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) cash penalty process for cleared transactions.

The Payments Association Announces The 2022 PAY360 Awards Finalists - Celebrating Its 15th Year, And First As The Newly Branded PAY360 Awards, This Year’s Deserving Finalists Reflect The True Innovation Present In Today’s Payments Sector

Date 11/07/2022

The Payments Association, (previously the Emerging Payments Association, or EPA), which celebrates innovation and collaboration across the payments industry, has today announced the finalists for its 15th annual PAY360 Awards (previously the Emerging Payments Awards). 

IOSCO Learns Lessons From The Operational Resilience Of Trading Venues And Market Intermediaries During The Pandemic

Date 11/07/2022

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a report that describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of trading venues and market intermediaries and concludes that these regulated entities largely proved to be operationally resilient.

ESMA Reviews Clearing And Derivatives Trading Obligations

Date 11/07/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today launches a consultation  exploring the extension of the scope of both the Clearing Obligation (CO) and the Derivatives Trading Obligation (DTO).