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Basel III Monitoring Results Based On End-December 2020 Data

Date 29/09/2021

• During the Covid-19 crisis, banks made further progress towards meeting fully phased-in final Basel III capital requirements.
• On average banks improved their capital and liquidity ratios compared with end-2019.
• Basel III monitoring dashboard now also provides an interactive visualisation of the results on credit risk.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 29/09/2021

The following risk parameters will be changed:

Borsa İstanbul Announces Constituent Changes To The BIST-KYD Fund Indices For The Fourth Quarter Of 2021

Date 29/09/2021

Referring to article 3.3. of the BIST-KYD Indices Ground Rules, constituent changes to the BIST-KYD Fixed Income Fund Index and BIST-KYD Equity Fund Index for the fourth quarter of 2021 are determined.

Bank Of England: Membership Of CBDC Engagement And Technology Forums

Date 29/09/2021

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have today announced the membership of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) Engagement and Technology Forums. The creation of these groups was announced in April 2021, alongside the CBDC Taskforce which coordinates the exploration of a potential UK CBDC.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces That It Will Compel ICE Benchmark Administration To Publish 1-, 3- And 6-Month Sterling And Japanese Yen “Synthetic” LIBOR

Date 29/09/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today noted that the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will compel ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), the authorized and regulated administrator of LIBOR®, to publish the 1-, 3- and 6-Month sterling and Japanese yen LIBOR settings under a changed, unrepresentative, “synthetic” methodology for a limited time period after the end of 2021.

Enabling Open Finance Through APIs: Report On Payment Initiation - Report By The Consultative Group On Innovation And The Digital Economy (CGIDE) Established At The BIS Representative Office For The Americas

Date 29/09/2021

This report summarises the analysis conducted by the Technical Task Force (TTF) of the Consultative Group on Innovation and the Digital Economy (CGIDE) on the solutions available for payment initiation within a centralized application programming interface (API) architecture.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security SU46011RMFS1

Date 29/09/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 29.09.2021, 14-46 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 182.751) and initial margins (up to 50 %) for the security SU46011RMFS1 were changed. New values are available here

Delticom AG: BaFin Imposes Administrative Fine

Date 29/09/2021

On 21 September 2021, BaFin imposed an administrative fine amounting to 137,000 euros on Delticom AG.

LCH SwapAgent Sees OTC Cross-Currency Swaps Market Move To Risk-Free-Rates (RFRs)

Date 29/09/2021

LCH SwapAgent, a service for the non-cleared derivatives market, today announces that following the ‘RFR First’ initiative go-live date of Tuesday 21 September 2021, it has seen a marked uplift in the proportion of risk-free rates (RFRs) cross-currency trades processed by its service.

Kaizen Reporting Wins At The Asia Risk Technology Awards 2021

Date 29/09/2021

Leading regulatory technology firm, Kaizen Reporting has won ‘Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution of the Year’ at the Asia Risk Technology Awards 2021 for its ReportShield Accuracy Testing service.