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Federal Reserve Board Releases Hypothetical Scenarios For Its 2022 Bank Stress Tests

Date 10/02/2022

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released the hypothetical scenarios for its annual bank stress tests, which help ensure that large banks are able to lend to households and businesses even in a severe recession. This year, 34 large banks will be tested against a severe global recession with heightened stress in commercial real estate and corporate debt markets.

Sir Adrian Montague's Speech To TheCityUK Annual Dinner 2022

Date 10/02/2022

Sir Adrian Montague, Chairman of TheCityUK Leadership Council, delivered this speech to TheCityUK Annual Dinner at The Londoner hotel, on 10 February 2022.

Statement On Proposal To Revisit Recently Adopted Whistleblower Rule Amendments, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Feb. 10, 2022

Date 10/02/2022

In September 2020, after a lengthy notice-and-comment period and two years of careful consideration, the Commission amended its whistleblower rules for the first time since they were adopted in 2011. I supported the amendments because they drew from a decade of experience with the whistleblower program and were calibrated to balance efficient administration of our effective whistleblower program with the program’s overarching goal of providing incentives for individuals to report, sometimes at great risk to their careers, violations of the federal securities. Yet in June 2021, a spare seven months after the 2020 Amendments became effective, the whistleblower rules returned to the Chair’s regulatory agenda, notwithstanding the fact that there appeared to be no new information that merited revisiting the recently amended rules. Two months later, over my objection, the Commission published a “policy statement” that, in response to a legal challenge to certain of the 2020 rule amendments, effectively nullified the challenged provisions.

SEC Proposes Two Amendments To Whistleblower Reward Program Rules

Date 10/02/2022

Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed two amendments to the rules governing its highly successful whistleblower program. Both amendments seek to ensure that whistleblowers are properly rewarded for exposing securities law violations. One proposed amendment allows the SEC to pay related action awards for enforcement actions taken by other entities even when those agencies have their own whistleblower reward programs. The second proposed amendment clarifies that the SEC can only consider the dollar amount of an award as a factor when choosing to increase an award, not lower it.

Statement On Beneficial Ownership Proposal, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Feb. 10, 2022

Date 10/02/2022

Today, the Commission proposed to shorten the deadlines by which beneficial owners of a company — those who own at least 5 percent of the company — have to inform the public and other investors of their position. I am pleased to support this proposal because it would update our reporting requirements for modern market, reduce information asymmetries, and address the timeliness of two key filings.

ISDA Responds To HM Treasury On Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework

Date 10/02/2022

On February 9, 2022, ISDA submitted a response to HM Treasury’s consultation on the Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review. The consultation sets out the UK government’s proposals for important changes to the UK’s financial services regulatory framework, building on the UK’s existing model of regulation established by the Financial Services and Markets Act. 

Statement On Amendments To The Whistleblower Program, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Feb. 10, 2022

Date 10/02/2022

Today, the Commission voted to propose amendments to rules governing the SEC’s whistleblower program. I support these amendments because, if adopted, they would help ensure that whistleblowers are both incentivized and appropriately rewarded for their efforts in reporting potential violations of the law to the Commission.

ICE Benchmark Administration Launches Beta ICE Term SOFR Reference Rates

Date 10/02/2022

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has launched an indicative, Beta version of its ICE Term SOFR Reference Rates.

SEC Proposes Rule Amendments To Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting - Proposed Rules Would Improve Transparency And Provide More Timely Information For Shareholders And The Market

Date 10/02/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it proposed rule amendments governing beneficial ownership reporting under Exchange Act Sections 13(d) and 13(g). The proposed amendments would update those rules to provide more timely information to meet the needs of today's financial markets.

BOX Options Market: Equalized Cabling Infrastructure - Test Dates

Date 10/02/2022

This circular is being issued by BOX Options Market LLC (“BOX”) to advise participants of test dates being made available to validate new connections under the equalized cabling infrastructure, previously described in information circular IC-2021-52.