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The Autorité des Marchés Financiers Releases Its 2024-2025 Annual Statement Of Priorities

Date 27/05/2024

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) today published its 2024-2025 Annual Statement of Priorities presenting the key initiatives adopted by the AMF as part of the implementation of its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan (pdf - 1 MB).

Canadian Securities Regulators Announce Move To T+1 Settlement Cycle

Date 27/05/2024

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced that rule amendments supporting the move to a shorter settlement cycle for equity and long-term debt market trades came into force in Canada.

The EBA Publishes Its Final Guidelines On STS Criteria For On-Balance-Sheet Securitisation

Date 27/05/2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the final Guidelines on the criteria related to simplicity, standardisation and transparency and additional specific criteria for on-balance-sheet securitisations (so-called STS criteria). These Guidelines will ensure a harmonised interpretation of these STS criteria, in alignment with the EBA Guidelines for asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) and non-asset-backed commercial paper (non-ABCP) securitisation.

SET Proposals To Prevent Inappropriate Trading Behaviors And Reduce Price Fluctuation

Date 27/05/2024

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Board of Governors has approved measures to strengthen trading supervision. The implemented measures include the disclosure of short selling outstanding and uncovered positions for each securities already come into effect since April 2024, as well as additional guidelines for improper trading practices. SET has also sought public opinions to further adjust  the "quick win" measures.

Finansinspektionen Analysis 45: High Risks In Small And Mid-Sized Commercial Real Estate Firms

Date 27/05/2024

Many smaller, unlisted commercial real estate (CRE) firms have a high loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and a low interest coverage ratio (ICR). This makes them vulnerable to a scenario with high interest rates and lower earnings. A new FI Analysis concludes that, given such a scenario, smaller CRE firms would constitute the majority of banks’ real estate sector-related credit risks.

Finansinspektionen - Stability In The Financial System (2024:1): A Slightly Better Outlook In An Uncertain Environment

Date 27/05/2024

The outlook for financial stability has improved somewhat, and uncertainty has decreased, but we are still in the middle of a recession. Higher costs for both interest payments and other goods and services are putting pressure on households and firms. The worsened global security situation is also imposing increased demands on the operational resilience in the financial sectorn. These are the conclusions of this year's first stability report.

Stephanie Eckermann Appointed As Member Of The Executive Board Of Deutsche Börse AG

Date 27/05/2024

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG appointed Stephanie Eckermann (47) as a new member of the Executive Board. As of 1 June, she will be leading the newly formed Post-Trading division, which comprises the Securities Services and Fund Services businesses with the post-trading service provider Clearstream.

ACER’s Consultancy Study Assesses The Benefits Of Implementing Co-Optimisation In The Day-Ahead Electricity Market

Date 27/05/2024

ACER publishes today a consultancy study on the expected social welfare benefits of implementing co-optimisation in the day-ahead coupling algorithm as compared to the current electricity market design.

mai-listed Companies Post 9.2% Rise In Q1/2024 Total Sales To THB 54.03 Billion

Date 27/05/2024

• Q1/2024 total sales up 9.2% y-o-y to THB 54.03 bln
• Q1 operating profits +40.2% y-o-y to THB 5.26 bln
• Q1 total net profits +76.2% y-o-y to THB4.61 bln

Building The Future Of Clearing: Vermiculus

Date 27/05/2024