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IMF Executive Board Approves A US$189.5 Million RCF Disbursement To Tajikistan To Address The COVID-19 Pandemic

Date 06/05/2020

• The IMF Executive Board approved a disbursement of US$189.5 million for budget support to help Tajikistan meet urgent balance of payments and fiscal needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The pandemic is having a significant human and economic impact on Tajikistan’s economy.
• To preserve macroeconomic stability, the authorities are taking steps to increase health spending, strengthen social protection for vulnerable groups, and support businesses during the shock.

Statement At Open Meeting Considering Commission Order Addressing Equity Market Data Plans, SEC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman, May 6, 2020

Date 06/05/2020

Good afternoon.  Today the Commission takes the next step in our effort to improve the equity market structure regulatory regime.  I am happy to vote to adopt the staff’s recommendation to modernize the governance framework of the equity market data plans.

New York State Department of Financial Services Grants Virtual Currency And Money Transmitter Licenses To Eris Clearing, LLC

Date 06/05/2020

Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Eris Clearing, LLC, the clearing entity in the ErisX family of companies, for virtual currency and money transmitter licenses. 

COVID-19 Related Exemptions From IIROC Rules – Applications Received And Exemptions Granted To April 30, 2020

Date 06/05/2020

As announced in IIROC Notice 20-0063, COVID-19 Related Exemptions from IIROC Rules, the IIROC Board of Directors approved the offering of exemptive relief in a number of areas relating to hardships Dealer Members are experiencing in complying with related IIROC Dealer Member Rules (DMRs) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. IIROC’s objective, in doing so, was to provide firms, where necessary, flexibility to service their clients with mitigating controls or processes to maintain investor protection in this challenging operational environment.

SEC Directs Equity Exchanges And Financial Industry Regulatory Authority To Improve Governance Of Market Data Plans

Date 06/05/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order directing the equity exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (the participants) to submit a new National Market System plan (NMS plan) with a modernized governance structure for the production of public consolidated equity market data and the dissemination of trade and quote data from trading venues.

ICE Benchmark Administration Publishes Fourth Update Regarding The U.S. Dollar ICE Bank Yield Index

Date 06/05/2020

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has published its fourth update regarding the U.S. Dollar ICE Bank Yield Index.

Statement On Final Order Directing The Creation Of A New Plan For Consolidated Equity Market Data, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee, May 6, 2020

Date 06/05/2020

It is fitting that we are today addressing equity market infrastructure on the ten year anniversary of the so-called “flash-crash” that occurred on May 6, 2010. The exact causes of the flash crash remain a topic of debate, and both the crash itself as well as the fact that debate as to its causes continues, highlight the complex interrelationships between market data and trading, and the importance of the public having timely, accurate price and quote information. 

Nodal Exchange Sets Records In Power, Environmental, And Natural Gas Open Interest In April

Date 06/05/2020

Nodal Exchange achieved record open interest in power, environmental, and natural gas futures in April 2020.

Statement On Order To Modernize The Governance Structure Of National Market System Plans For Equity Market Data, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, May 6, 2020

Date 06/05/2020

Good afternoon.  This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2020, under the Government in the Sunshine Act.  The Commission today will consider a staff recommendation to issue an Order that would direct the registered equities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to propose a new, single national market system (“NMS”) plan to govern the public dissemination of real-time, consolidated market data for NMS stocks.

EBA Publishes Final Guidelines On Credit Risk Mitigation For Institutions Applying The IRB Approach With Own Estimates Of LGDs

Date 06/05/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on credit risk mitigation (CRM) in the context of the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach. These Guidelines, which are part of the EBA's regulatory review of the IRB approach, aim to eliminate the remaining significant differences in approaches in the area of CRM, which are due to either different supervisory practices or bank-specific choices. These Guidelines complement the EBA Report on CRM, which focuses on the standardised approach (SA) and the foundation-IRB approach (F-IRB).