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BMLL Appoints Masami Johnstone As Senior Client Advisor And Simon Ellis As Head Of Strategic Partnerships - Makes Strategic Hires In Response To Increasing Demand For Data And Analytics Products

Date 15/04/2021

BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical data and analytics today announced that Masami Johnstone joined as Senior Client Advisor and Simon Ellis as Head of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances. Masami Johnstone will focus on developing senior relationships in the capital markets community, both on the buyside and sellside and Simon Ellis will be responsible for continuing the development of the wider BMLL ecosystem.
Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission: Consultation On Annual Update To The List Of Financial Services Providers Under The OTC Derivatives Regulatory Regime

Date 15/04/2021

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a joint consultation on the annual update to the list of Financial Services Providers (Note 1) under the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives clearing regime (Note 2). An additional entity is proposed to be included on the list, and an entity to be removed.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures

Date 15/04/2021

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current June 2021 contracts to the September 2021 contracts, effective from 13 April 2021.
New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Welcomes NZ Strategy For Financial Capability

Date 15/04/2021

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has welcomed the release of The National Strategy for Financial Capability, presented in Parliament today by the Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Dr David Clark.
The Council Of Experts Concerning The Follow-Up Of Japan’s Stewardship Code And Japan’s Corporate Governance Code

Date 15/04/2021
- Japan’s Stewardship Code
- The Council of Experts Concerning the Corporate Governance Code

ASIC Extends Temporary Financial Advice Relief Measure In COVID-19 Instrument

Date 15/04/2021

ASIC has today announced that it will extend one of three temporary relief measures designed to help the financial advice industry provide consumers with affordable and timely advice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rethinking Global ESG Metrics, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, April 14, 2021

Date 14/04/2021

Many advocates behind the global environmental, social, and governance movement argue that prosperity alone is not a sufficient measure of society’s progress, a position that I believe is unassailable. The challenge we face in addressing the ever-increasing number of issues underlying E, S, and G is daunting. The task before us is to find a way to bring about lasting, positive change to our countries on a range of issues without sacrificing in the process the very means by which so many lives have been enriched and bettered. Accordingly, a shared desire to address these and other societal problems should compel us to rethink our prescriptive approach to ESG and instead find ways to encourage our most precious resource—our people—to devise solutions to the climate-related and other challenges our societies face.
The Federal Reserve's New Framework And Outcome-Based Forward Guidance, Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida, At "SOMC: The Federal Reserve’s New Policy Framework" A Forum Sponsored By The Manhattan Institute's Shadow Open Market Committee, New York, New York (Via Webcast)

Date 14/04/2021

On August 27, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously approved a revised Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy, and, at its September and December FOMC meetings, the Committee made material changes to its forward guidance to bring it into line with this new policy framework. Before I discuss the new framework and the policy implications that flow from it, I will first review some important changes in the U.S. economy that motivated the Committee to assess ways we could refine our strategy, tools, and communication practices to achieve and sustain our goals in the economy in which we operate today and for the foreseeable future.
New York State Department Of Financial Services Superintendent Lacewell Announces Cybersecurity Settlement With Licensed Insurance Company - DFS Investigation Uncovers National Securities Corporation Failed To Implement Multi-Factor Authentication, Falling Victim To Four Cyber Breaches That Exposed Its Customers’ Private Data

Date 14/04/2021

Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell announced today that National Securities Corporation (“National Securities”) will pay a $3 million penalty to New York State for violations of DFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation that caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive, non-public, personal data belonging to its customers, including thousands of New York consumers.
US Department Of Justice: Two Charged In High-Risk International Financial Scheme - Allegedly Facilitated More Than $1 Billion In High-Risk Transactions Without Anti-Money Laundering Controls

Date 14/04/2021

An indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York charging two defendants with failing to maintain anti-money laundering controls, failing to file suspicious activity reports, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.