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  • Finansinspektionen Analysis 25: Interest Rate Deductions And Households’ Loans

    Date 17/11/2020

    The tax rebate for interest expenses – the interest deduction – means that households borrow more, and can and want to pay more for homes. This means that the households experience an increase in both their liabilities and assets, which in turn could have an impact on the stability of the financial system. In this FI Analysis, we calculate the impact of a change to the interest deduction. The reason for this analysis is the direct link between interest deductions and households’ loans.

  • FIA And ISDA Respond To ESMA’s Draft Guidelines Of Supervisory Review Of CCPs

    Date 17/11/2020

    FIA and ISDA have responded to ESMA’s consultation on their “Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR”. The associations support standardisation of scope and depth of these reviews. Clearing participants rely on the CCP reviews by national competent authorities and believe that standardisation and improvement of these reviews is important in view of recent defaults at European CCPs, which at least initially required the use of the default fund. The associations recommend that these reviews are not restricted to the elements set out in the consultation, but should holistically review whether the risk management framework is fit for purpose.

  • Bitcoin Price Commentary From Paolo Ardoino, CTO At Bitfinex: “The Dawn Of The Next Great Crypto Bull Run May Be Upon Us."

    Date 17/11/2020

    Commenting on today's Bitcoin price, Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex said:

    “The dawn of the next great crypto bull run may be upon us. We are seeing BTC prices that have not been reached in years. This time, institutional money is infusing Bitcoin’s gains. We need to show just how far the digital token space has come and deliver the sort of impeccable service expected in incumbent capital markets. Exchanges can ill-afford unscheduled downtime or outages as volumes climb. Let's all be on top of our game and our tech.”

  • CFTC Selects Nakamoto Terminal as Winner of Agency’s First Science Prize Competition - Company Also Named CFTC’s Innovator Of The Year For Its Science Prize Competition Submission

    Date 17/11/2020

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Nakamoto Terminal (NTerminal), a data platform developer based in Washington, D.C., as the winner of Project Streetlamp, the CFTC’s first competition under the Science Prize Competition Act of 2015. As part of the competition, NTerminal also received the CFTC’s first Innovator of the Year award in recognition of its successful submission. Both announcements were made during today’s Empower Innovation 2020 virtual session.

  • Testimony On “Oversight Of The Securities And Exchange Commission”, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Washington D.C., Nov. 17, 2020, Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

    Date 17/11/2020

    Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown and Senators of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about the work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission or agency).[1]  I am honored to discuss the great work of the women and men of the SEC over the past year in furtherance of our tripartite mission of protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitating capital formation.