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FIA February 2021 SEF Tracker

Date 17/03/2021

SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendations In The U.S., The U.K. And Japan For Good Friday & The U.K. Easter Monday Holiday

Date 17/03/2021

SIFMA has confirmed its previous holiday recommendations for the U.S., the U.K., and Japan in observance of the Good Friday and U.K. Easter Monday holidays.

BOX Options Market Production Firewall Upgrade - POSTPONED

Date 17/03/2021

BOX Options Market (“BOX”) recently distributed IC-2021-11 which detailed an upcoming upgrade to the production firewalls in the BOX system.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Seeking Candidates For Five Positions On Technological Innovation Advisory Committee

Date 17/03/2021

The Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) is calling for applications to fill five positions on its Technological Innovation Advisory Committee (“TIAC”).

Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 17/03/2021

The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals.

EBA Consults On Its Draft Guidelines For Institutions And Resolution Authorities On Improving Resolvability

Date 17/03/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a consultation on Guidelines for institutions and resolution authorities on improving resolvability. These Guidelines represent a significant step in complementing the EU legal framework in the field of resolution. They aggregate existing international standards, leverage on existing EU best practices and implement them into an EU-wide legal document. The consultation runs until 17 June 2021.

Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The March 16-17 FOMC Meeting

Date 17/03/2021

The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the March 16-17 meeting.

EBA Consults On Changes To Its Guidelines On Risk-Based AML/CFT Supervision

Date 17/03/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on changes to its Guidelines on Risk-Based Supervision of credit and financial institutions’ compliance with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations. The proposed changes address the key obstacles to effective AML/CFT supervision that the EBA has identified during its review of the existing Guidelines, including the effective use of different supervisory tools to meet the supervisory objectives. The Guidelines are central to the EBA’s mandate to lead, coordinate and monitor the EU financial sector’s fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. The consultation runs until 17 June 2021. 

US Treasury And IRS Disbursed 90 Million Economic Impact Payments From The American Rescue Plan

Date 17/03/2021

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced they disbursed approximately 90 million Economic Impact Payments from the American Rescue Plan. As announced last week, Economic Impact Payments are rolling out in tranches to millions of Americans in the coming weeks.

ESAs Consult On Taxonomy–Related Product Disclosures

Date 17/03/2021

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have today issued a Consultation Paper seeking input on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) regarding disclosures of financial products investing in economic activities that contribute to an environmental investment objective. These economic activities are defined by the EU Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (Taxonomy Regulation).