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  • ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator: August 2021

    Date 14/09/2021

    ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator increased to an all-time high of 17.5% in August compared to 14.1% the prior month. The indicator tracks how much global trading activity (as measured by DV01) is conducted in cleared over-the-counter and exchange-traded interest rate derivatives (IRD) that reference the identified risk-free rates (RFRs) in six major currencies. On a traded notional basis, the percentage of RFR-linked IRD comprised 13.3% of total IRD in August compared to 12.3% the prior month.


  • US Treasury Department And Federal Housing Finance Agency Suspend Certain Requirements Under Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements With Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac

    Date 14/09/2021

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today agreed to suspend certain requirements that were added on January 14, 2021 to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (PSPAs) between Treasury and each of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises).  FHFA will continue to measure, manage, and monitor the financial and operational risks of the Enterprises to ensure that they operate in a safe and sound manner and consistent with the public interest.  During the suspension, FHFA will review the suspended requirements and consult with Treasury on any recommended revisions.  These suspensions do not affect the Enterprises’ ability to build or retain capital.

  • ISDA Launches BRRD II Omnibus Module

    Date 14/09/2021

    ISDA has launched a new module to the ISDA Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol (JMP) that will enable firms to comply with changes to the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) that require recognition of certain powers given to EU resolution authorities to be included in financial contracts governed by third-country laws.

  • SEC Charges App Annie And Its Founder With Securities Fraud - Company Will Pay $10 Million To Settle First Enforcement Action Against Alternative Data Provider

    Date 14/09/2021

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that App Annie Inc., a leading alternative data provider for the mobile app industry, and its co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Bertrand Schmitt, have agreed to settle securities fraud charges for engaging in deceptive practices and making material misrepresentations about how App Annie's alternative data was derived. App Annie and Schmitt have agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle the matter, which is the SEC's first enforcement action charging an alternative data provider with securities fraud.


  • BOX Options: Annual SIFMA BCP/Reg SCI Test

    Date 14/09/2021

    In coordination with other market centers and in support of Regulation SCI, BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX”) will be participating in the annual SIFMA BCP Test on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

  • Cboe FX To Launch Hosted Algo Service With XTX Markets

    Date 14/09/2021

    Cboe FX to support access to XTX Markets Execution Algo via its ECN platform- Participants will be able to access advanced agency execution solution utilizing Cboe FX’s technology and credit infrastructure- This service meets growing demand for algorithmic execution in FX markets

  • CFTC Charges Texas Resident And Six U.S. And Costa Rican Companies With Engaging In Two Fraudulent Schemes Totaling $6 Million

    Date 14/09/2021

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the filing of an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, charging defendants Rudy Avila and six U.S. and Costa Rican companies with fraudulent solicitation to trade in commodity futures, options on commodity futures, and retail off-exchange foreign currency (derivatives and forex), misappropriation of funds, and issuing false statements.

  • U.S. Department Of The Treasury Announces U.S. Support For A Proposal At The OECD To End Official Financing Support For Unabated Coal Power

    Date 14/09/2021

    Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that the United States has joined Canada, the European Union, South Korea, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to co-sponsor a proposal at a September 15 meeting of the OECD’s Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits that seeks to end official export financing support for unabated coal power.  This proposal limits official export credit support for coal power by expanding the scope of the commitments made in the Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Coal Fired Electricity Generation Projects, a 2016 OECD guideline.  For the United States, only carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology, or CCUS, qualifies as abatement.

  • Testimony Before The United States Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Washington D.C., Sept. 14, 2021

    Date 14/09/2021

    Good morning, Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, and members of the Committee. I’m honored to appear before you today for the first time as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I’d like to thank you for your support in my confirmation this spring. As is customary, I will note that my views are my own, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the staff.

  • Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security LVS-RM

    Date 14/09/2021

    As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 14.09.2021, 17-20 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 2553) and initial margins (up to 30 %) for the security LVS-RM were changed. New values are available here