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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). 

ESMA Consults On SME Growth Markets

Date 06/05/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today launched a consultation on the functioning of the Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SME) Growth Market regime in the European Union (EU) and on two draft technical standards, introduced by the amendments to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) for the promotion of the use of SME Growth Markets.

EBA Proposes Framework For STS Synthetic Securitisation

Date 06/05/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its proposals for developing a simple, transparent and standardised (STS) framework for synthetic securitisation. This proposal, which is limited to balance-sheet securitisation, includes a list of criteria to be considered when labelling the synthetic securitisation as ‘STS' and provides the pros and cons of a potential differentiated capital treatment for this type of securitisation.

Banks' Dividends In Covid-19 Times

Date 06/05/2020

Highlights

• Regulatory actions in the current circumstances need to focus on preserving banks' lending activity without jeopardising their solvency. This means that flexibility in capital requirements, including through the use of regulatory buffers, and capital conservation should go hand in hand.
• Basel III provides for automatic distribution constraints when capital falls below specific thresholds. In the current context, this may disincentivise firms from following authorities' recommendations to use capital buffers.
• Blanket distribution restrictions imposed through supervisory action may help address these disincentives to the extent that they are not linked to firms' individual capital positions and thus remove any possible stigma effect.
• Most authorities have undertaken initiatives in relation to banks' distribution policies in the Covid-19 pandemic environment. However, practices across jurisdictions diverge markedly as regards scope and stringency.

EBA Publishes Updated Calculation Tool Of Liquidity Coverage Ratio

Date 06/05/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its updated calculation tool of the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) with the aim to provide additional support for reporting institutions. This excel-based tool takes into account the amendments in the liquidity coverage requirement introduced by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1620 that applies from 30 April 2020. This tool is provided for information purposes only and has no legal value.