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EBA Publishes Final Report On The Amendment Of Its Technical Standards On The Exemption To Strong Customer Authentication For Account Access

Date 05/04/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Report on the amendment of its Regulatory technical standards (RTS) on strong customer authentication and secure communication (SCA&CSC) under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The changes introduce a new mandatory exemption to SCA that will require account providers not to apply SCA when customers use an account information service provider (AISP) to access their payment account information, provided certain conditions are met. The amendment aims to reduce frictions for customers using such services and to mitigate the impact that the frequent application of SCA and the inconsistent application of the current exemption have on AISPs’ services.

ESMA Responds To European Commission Consultation On EMIR Review

Date 05/04/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has written to the European Commission (EC) providing its high-level response to the consultation on a targeted review of EMIR with respect to the European Union (EU) central clearing framework.

Europex Welcomes Commission Proposal To Continue Protecting Electricity, Gas, Emissions And GO Trading From Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud

Date 05/04/2022

Europex explicitly welcomes and fully supports the Commission’s legislative proposal to extend the derogation in Article 199a of the VAT Directive allowing Member States to apply the domestic reverse charge mechanism (DRCM) to transactions in electricity, gas, emission allowances and Guarantees of Origin (GOs). We consider this extension to be essential for the integrity and safety of European energy, emissions and GO markets.

Economic Secretary To The Treasury Praises UK’s ‘Robust’ Anti-Money Laundering Systems

Date 05/04/2022

John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has praised the UK’s robust Anti-Money Laundering (AML) approach and pledged that the government will not compromise on its high standards. Addressing delegates in his keynote speech at the Innovate Finance Global Summit during FinTech Week 2022, the minster gave a wide-ranging speech covering issues such as growth in the UK’s FinTech sector, regulation, management of crypto assets and tackling the challenges posed by money laundering.

Variation In The Inflation Experiences Of Households - Governor Lael Brainard, At The Spring 2022 Institute Research Conference, Opportunity And Inclusive Growth Institute, Federal Reserve Bank Of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Via Webcast)

Date 05/04/2022

It is a pleasure to join you to discuss differences in how households at different income levels experience inflation.1 I look forward to hearing from the panelists, who are doing important and interesting research on this topic.

ESMA: ESG Funds Provided Better Returns For Investors In 2020

Date 05/04/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities regulator, today publishes its fourth annual statistical report on the cost and performance of European Union (EU) retail investment products.  A new finding this year is that UCITS with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy (including equity, bond and mixed funds) outperformed their non-ESG peers, and were also overall cheaper.

Polish Capital Market Leaders Awarded For 2021

Date 05/04/2022

• The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has awarded capital market leaders at the Stock Exchange Gala 2021
• The ceremony was organised by GPW and partners: KDPW, BondSpot, and GPW Benchmark
• Biuro Maklerskie PKO Banku Polskiego was named the Broker of the Year 2021

Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Slides Lower, Producers Concerned About War's Impact On Input Prices

Date 05/04/2022

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped to a reading of 113 in March, down 12 points from February and 36% lower than March 2021, marking the weakest farmer sentiment reading since May 2020, the early days of the pandemic. The decline was driven by producers' weaker perceptions of both current conditions in the agricultural economy and expectations for the future. The Index of Current Conditions declined 19 points to 113, down 44% from March 2021, and the Index of Future Expectations declined 9 points to 113, down 31% from the same time last year. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey. This month's survey was conducted between March 14-18, 2022.

EBA Launches Survey For Banks On The Application Of The Infrastructure Supporting Factor

Date 05/04/2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a survey for banks on their experiences with the application of the so-called infrastructure supporting factor in accordance with the Capital Requirement Regulation (CRR 2). Besides assessing the application of the supporting factor, the survey aims at providing valuable information on the materiality of infrastructure project loans across EU banks, irrespective of whether credit institutions specialise in infrastructure lending or not. The survey runs until 27 May 2022. 

Convening Of The Annual General Meeting Of Euronext N.V.

Date 05/04/2022

Euronext today announced that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) will take place on Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 10:30 CEST at Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands.