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Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 20/03/2024

Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace. Job gains have remained strong, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation has eased over the past year but remains elevated.

ISDA Responds To FASB On Induced Conversion Of Convertible Debt

Date 20/03/2024

On March 18, ISDA submitted a response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) exposure draft (ED) on File Reference No. 2023-ED600, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments.

Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The March 19-20 FOMC Meeting

Date 20/03/2024

The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the March 19-20 meeting.

Ontario Securities Commission Opens Registration For OSC Dialogue 2024

Date 20/03/2024

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today opened registration for OSC Dialogue 2024: Inviting, thriving and secure capital markets.

EBA Updates List Of Institutions Involved In The 2024 Supervisory Benchmarking Exercise

Date 20/03/2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of institutions, which have a reporting obligation for the purpose of the 2024 EU supervisory benchmarking exercise. The EBA will be conducting the 2024 benchmarking exercise on a sample of 110 institutions from 16 countries across the EU and the European Economic Area. The EBA runs this exercise leveraging on established data collection procedures and formats of regular supervisory reporting and assists Competent Authorities in assessing the quality of internal approaches used to calculate risk weighted exposure amounts.

Office Hours With Gary Gensler: Corporate Governance, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, March 20, 2024

Date 20/03/2024

This video can be viewed at the below link.

Joint Effort Launches To Warn Retirees About Precious Metals Fraud And Gives Tips On Protecting Themselves

Date 20/03/2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) have joined forces to warn people in or near retirement about gold and silver investment scams that tout over-priced metals and coins as “safe investments,” but instead charge exorbitant markups, commissions, and fees. In many cases, the transaction costs and ongoing fees make it impossible for victims to ever profit from their investments.

Cboe Introduces Enhanced Margin Treatment For Index Options Overwriting Strategies

Date 20/03/2024

• Margin rule change aims to enhance capital efficiencies when writing cash-settled index options against ETFs based on the same index
• Enables traders to use cash-settled index options as an efficient trading and hedging tool to manage positions at a potentially lower cost
• Cboe's suite of index options offer cash-settlement, European-style exercise and potential tax benefits

Intercontinental Exchange Launches Mortgage Insurance Center For Encompass Digital Lending Platform With Integrations To All Major MI Providers - MI Center Adds Important Link To End-To-End Digital Service Chain

Date 20/03/2024

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced the launch of the Encompass Mortgage Insurance (MI) Center, now available to users of ICE’s end-to-end digital lending platform. MI services from third-party providers Arch MI, Enact, Essent, MGIC, National MI and Radian are available.

BME Admits A 750 Million Euro Issue Of Andalusian Sustainable Bonds To Trading

Date 20/03/2024

• Since 2021, the Regional Government of Andalusia has registered five sustainable issues on BME's fixed income markets for a combined value of 3.35 billion euros