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Introductory Remarks: Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, June 16, 2020

Date 16/06/2020

I am looking forward to today’s discussions about secondary market disclosure and appreciate the participation of experts from across the country. Municipal market dynamics in recent months have unsettled municipal issuers, municipal investors, and market observers. Although primary and secondary municipal markets have begun to regain their footing, the same COVID uncertainty that plagues the rest of society continues to hover over municipal issuers—many of which face increased costs and decreasing revenues—and the markets in which their securities trade. That uncertainty is relevant to the secondary market disclosure issues we are discussing today, but is only a small piece of the discussion. As today’s agenda acknowledges, we cannot look at concerns around COVID disclosure without thinking about the bigger picture.

U.S. Economic Outlook And Monetary Policy (Via Pre-recorded Video), Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida, At The Foreign Policy Association, New York, New York

Date 16/06/2020

It is my pleasure to meet virtually this evening with the members and invited guests of the Foreign Policy Association (FPA).1 I am truly honored to receive the Foreign Policy Association Medal. Past honorees have included Sheila Bair, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Paul Volcker, Jean-Claude Trichet, and my Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) colleague John Williams—and so with this award, I am indeed in select company. Although I have been very much looking forward to receiving this award in person, that, of course, is not possible tonight, but I greatly look forward to attending a future dinner to convey in person my genuine appreciation to the members of the FPA for this special honor. Since mid-March, I, along with my FOMC colleagues, have been working from home. Indeed, just last week, we held our scheduled June meeting via secure teleconference. And while I certainly miss the opportunities for face-to-face interactions along the corridors of the Board's Eccles Building, I am grateful to have the ability to work from home and want to convey my deep gratitude to all of those on the frontlines of the crisis, who are working outside the comfort of their homes in grocery stores, hospitals, and other businesses that provide essential services.

SEC Announces Speakers for June 18 Small Business Forum: “Access to Capital: More Critical Now than Ever”

Date 16/06/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the program with agenda and speakers for the June 18, 2020, virtual Small Business Forum.  The event will begin at 12 p.m. ET and, as always, will be free and open to the public.  The full program, with the complete agenda and bios of speakers, is available on the Forum webpage.

Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To The Congress, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Date 16/06/2020

Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown, and other members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report.

Remarks At The 2020 Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, June 16, 2020

Date 16/06/2020

Good afternoon everyone. Thank you to the Office of Municipal Securities for organizing this conference.  And thank you to all the panelists for taking time to join us today.

Cboe Global Markets Reopens Chicago Trading Floor

Date 16/06/2020

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, announced it reopened its Cboe Options Exchange trading floor in Chicago on Monday, June 15, 2020, and successfully resumed hybrid trading – which includes open-outcry and electronic trading mechanisms.

SEC: Opening Remarks At 2020 Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference, Rebecca Olsen, Director, Office Of Municipal Securities, June 16, 2020

Date 16/06/2020

Introduction

Good afternoon. Welcome. I truly appreciate all of you taking the time to join us today as we discuss secondary market disclosure and certain other hot topics in the municipal securities market. Although this event was rescheduled from its original planned date of March 10, it seems like today is a very appropriate and particularly important moment in time for us to gather and discuss secondary market disclosure practices in light of the impact COVID-19 has had on the municipal securities market generally, and the financial and operating status of municipal issuers individually.

A Financial System To Support The Recovery - Speech By Charles Randell, Chair Of The FCA And PSR, To A Virtual Roundtable Of Bank Chairs Hosted By UK Finance

Date 16/06/2020

Highlights:

• The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis shows we need to reassess our approach to consumer debt, high risk retail investments and financial exclusion
• We need a robust framework for dealing with small business loans which turn out to be unaffordable
• UK financial markets and businesses are well placed to help the country and the world recapitalise
• The FCA has worked with pace and pragmatism in the crisis and will make these ways of working its new normal as it transforms for the future.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 16/06/2020

CCP NCC sets the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from June 18, 2020:

1. Market risk rates and concentration limits

UK Financial Conduct Authority - Complaints Scheme: Our Approach To Remedies

Date 16/06/2020

This statement explains our current approach to deciding what we do when we agree that a complaint made about the FCA under the Complaints Scheme (the Scheme) is well founded.  We aim to apply a consistent and fair approach to ensure remedies are appropriate and proportionate, based on the individual features of the complaint and what went wrong.