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BIS: Technical Amendments Finalised For Minimum Haircut Floors For Securities Financing Transactions

Date 01/07/2021

• Basel Committee has finalised technical amendments to the calculation of minimum haircut floors for securities financing transactions.
• The regulatory treatment of collateral upgrade transactions has been clarified.
• The calculation formula applied to netting sets has been revised.

ICE Announces Record Growth In North American Environmental Products As The Market Prices Climate Risk

Date 01/07/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced record growth in ICE’s North American environmental complex as increasing numbers of participants use these markets to price and manage climate risk.

Deutsche Börse Cash Market Trading Volumes In June

Date 01/07/2021

Deutsche Börse’s cash markets generated a turnover of €146.8 billion in June (previous year: €198.8 billion).

Federal Reserve Announces It Will Soon Release New Tool To Help Community Banks Implement Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Accounting Standard

Date 01/07/2021

The Federal Reserve announced on Thursday it will soon release a new tool to help community banks implement the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) accounting standard. Known as the Scaled CECL Allowance for Losses Estimator or "SCALE," the spreadsheet-based tool draws on publicly available regulatory and industry data to aid community banks with assets of less than $1 billion in calculating their CECL allowances.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange: Monthly Report - First Half 2021

Date 01/07/2021

Click here to download the Ljubljana Stock Exchange statistics for the first half of 2021.

Covario, The Swiss Based Digital Asset Prime Broker, Chooses METACO Harmonize To Orchestrate And Scale Its Digital Asset Custody Operations - Harmonize Will Coordinate Existing Vault And Sub-Custody Solutions And Provide A Uniform Policy Management Framework For Covario’s Stable Of Technology Solutions

Date 01/07/2021

Most organisations working with Digital Assets find that, as they mature, they need to work with multiple vaults, sub-custodians, and liquidity providers, irrespective of whether their focus is trading, custody, or tokenization. This emerging situation creates institutional challenges in terms of security, and scalability, with a proliferation of access points weakening end-to-end processes.

Martin Moloney Named As IOSCO Secretary General

Date 01/07/2021

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today announced that it has appointed Martin Moloney as its new Secretary General.

ESMA Publishes First Overview Of National Rules Governing Fund Marketing

Date 01/07/2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator, has submitted to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission its first report on national rules governing the marketing of investment funds under the Regulation on cross-border distribution of funds.

Nasdaq Nordic And Baltic Markets Trading Statistics June 2021

Date 01/07/2021

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets. Below follows a summary of the statistics for June 2021:

EBA Confirms Quality Of Unsolicited Credit Assessments

Date 01/07/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a revised Decision confirming the quality of unsolicited credit assessments assigned by certain External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for calculating institutions' capital requirements. The revised Decision, which reflects the recognition of two additional ECAIs and the de-registering of three ECAIs, is part of the Single Rulebook in banking and will ensure regulatory harmonisation across the European Union (EU) regarding the use of unsolicited credit ratings for determining institutions' own funds requirements.