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BIS: The Universe Of Supervisory Mandates - Total Eclipse Of The Core?

Date 09/03/2021

Most banking supervisory authorities are charged with multiple mandates in addition to their core responsibility of fostering the safety and soundness (S&S) of banks and the banking system. Some of these mandates may conflict with, or divert scarce supervisory resources away from, the core S&S function. This paper takes stock of supervisory mandates in 27 jurisdictions and explores how banking supervisors interpret and navigate the S&S remit among other objectives. We find that most surveyed authorities have at least 10 or more objectives, accentuating potential tensions with their S&S remit – whose scope and complexity have increased over time.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security HD-RM

Date 09/03/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 09.03.2021, 18-56 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 20290) and initial margins (up to 16.25 %) for the security HD-RM were changed. New values are available here

SEC Awards Approximately $1.5 Million To Whistleblower

Date 09/03/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of approximately $1.5 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action. 

swiss24.io: BaFin Investigates Axis Solutions Ltd

Date 09/03/2021

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin wishes to clarify that Axis Solutions LTD has not been granted authorisation to conduct banking business or to provide financial services. The company is not subject to BaFin’s supervision.

Tier1 Integrates Refinitiv Ownership Data To Empower Capital Markets CRM Capabilities

Date 09/03/2021

Tier1 Financial Solutions (“Tier1”), a leading client relationship management (“CRM”) technology provider for capital markets and banking, has integrated Refinitiv’s Equity Ownership data into its award-winning client relationship platform. The integration will provide capital markets participants with premium, normalized holdings, profiles and contacts data, eliminating the need to harmonize an array of disparate data platforms, and instead streamlining the data enablement for actionable insights within the CRM.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Equity Transparency Results

Date 09/03/2021

LiquidityBook Hires Stephanie Minister To Head Business Development For LBX Connect FIX Network

Date 09/03/2021

LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, today announced that Stephanie Minister has joined the firm as Managing Director of Connectivity Services. In this role, she will lead a newly created arm of the LiquidityBook corporate structure.

UK Prudential Regulation Authority And UK Financial Conduct Authority Consult On Bilateral Margin Requirements For Uncleared Derivatives

Date 09/03/2021

The Prudential Regulation Authority and FCA have launched a joint consultation on amending certain onshored Technical Standards. These relate to margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.

In Honor Of International Women’s Day 2021 Women Executives Of TASE-listed High-Tech And Biomed Companies and R&D Partnership Opened Trading - The Special Opening Bell Ceremony Is Part Of A Joint Initiative Of More Than 100 Stock Exchanges Worldwide

Date 09/03/2021

Women executives of companies included in the TA Tech-Elite index participated in the opening bell ceremony this morning, to mark International Women's Day 2021. This special ceremony is part of a worldwide initiative of ringing the opening trading bell to mark this day, which is being celebrated at more than 100 stock exchanges around the world. 

Fiserv Named A World’s Most Innovative Company By Fast Company - Fiserv Recognized Alongside USDA For Enablement Of The SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot, Allowing Millions Of Americans To Buy Groceries Online For The First Time

Date 09/03/2021

Fast Company has named Fiserv, Inc. to its list of World’s Most Innovative Companies 2021, a group of businesses that have not only found a way to be resilient in the past year, but also turned those challenges into impact-making processes.