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Joint Response To "Intergrated Shield Plans (IPs)" - The Straits Times, 24 September 2020 By Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Ministry Of Health

Date 24/09/2020

Dear Editor,
 
IP insurers are subject to regulatory oversight by MOH and MAS

We refer to recent letters and Dr Wong Chiang Yin’s op-ed on Integrated Shield Plans (IPs). Dr Wong raised concerns that Aviva Ltd (Aviva) had removed its IP coverage for medically necessary diagnostic endoscopies and asked if there were gaps in oversight of IP insurers. 

CFTC: Agricultural Advisory Committee Releases Agenda For September 24 Public Meeting

Date 24/09/2020

The Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) today released the full agenda for its upcoming public meeting [See CFTC Press Release No. 8236-20] on September 24, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The meeting will be conducted via teleconference in accordance with the agency’s implementation of social distancing due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. CFTC Chairman Heath P. Tarbert is the sponsor of the AAC. 

Nadex Product Schedule For The China Holidays On October 1 and 2, 2020

Date 23/09/2020

Due to the China holiday on Thursday, October 1, and Friday, October 2, 2020, the China 50 contracts will have a modified trading schedule.

ISDA derivatiViews: Updating The Fallbacks Timetable

Date 23/09/2020

Introducing robust fallbacks for derivatives contracts is a vitally important step in mitigating the systemic risk that could arise from the cessation of a key interbank offered rate (IBOR). After nearly four years of work, ISDA is now on the cusp of publishing a supplement to the 2006 ISDA Definitions plus a related protocol that will make those fallbacks a reality. As we approach the launch, we want to ensure the expected timetable is as transparent as possible, which is why we sent a letter to regulators earlier this week to flag that we now expect the effective date for the supplement and protocol to be in mid- to late-January 2021.

CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam To Discuss Managing The Risks Of Climate Change At Niskanen Center Briefing

Date 23/09/2020

IIROC Board Of Directors Elected For 2020-21

Date 23/09/2020

At the Annual General Meeting of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) on September 22, 2020, IIROC elected or re-elected individuals to serve on the IIROC Board of Directors.

Amendments To The Commission's Whistleblower Program Rules, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Sept. 23, 2020

Date 23/09/2020

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  The whistleblower program has, in its decade of existence, become an integral part of our enforcement program.  People have brought us countless tips, and many of those tips inform us for the first time of misconduct that needs to be investigated or help us connect the dots in an existing investigation.  Many of these whistleblowers would have come to us even in the absence of the prospect of an award.  Our ability to pay awards, however, enables us to recognize whistleblowers’ contributions to the integrity of our markets in a concrete way.  As Justice Ginsburg explained in Digital Realty Trust, Congress “recognize[ed] that ‘whistleblowers often face the difficult choice between telling the truth and committing ‘career suicide’.’”[1] An award may encourage an individual to make the difficult choice to tell the truth by replacing the income she loses if she is fired from her job and by providing some offset for the reputational, personal, and even physical threats that whistleblowers can endure as a result of alerting us to wrongdoing.

CME Group Announces First Trade Of New European Renewable Fuel Contract

Date 23/09/2020

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the first trade of the Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester (UCOME) futures contracts. Ten contracts were traded on September 16, 2020. Open interest is at 65 contracts as of September 22, 2020.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 23/09/2020

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Federal Reserve: Optimism In The Time Of COVID, Vice Chair For Supervision Randal K. Quarles, At The 2020 Virtual D.C. Summit, Institute Of International Bankers, Washington, D.C. (Via Webcast)

Date 23/09/2020

I want to thank the Institute of International Bankers for inviting me to discuss the outlook for the global and U.S. economies at what I believe is an important juncture in the evolution of what I refer to as the "COVID event": the outbreak of COVID-19 and the government and social response to it.