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SEC Announces Agenda And Panelists For Roundtable On Financial Surveillance And Privacy

Date 05/12/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has announced the agenda and panelists for its rescheduled Roundtable on Financial Surveillance and Privacy.

Remarks For Investor Advisory Committee Meeting, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, Investor Advisory Committee Meeting, Washington D.C., Dec. 4, 2025

Date 05/12/2025

Good afternoon and thank you for the flexibility in allowing me to deliver my remarks towards the end of the day due to scheduling issues. Earlier, the Committee engaged in discussions on corporate governance and tokenization and will later discuss artificial intelligence disclosures.

Basel Committee Consults On Standard Format For Machine-Readable Disclosures

Date 05/12/2025

• The Basel Committee has published a consultation on a standard format for machine-readable disclosures by banks.
• The proposed standard format would make existing disclosure by banks more accessible and easier to aggregate.
• Comments on the proposals are requested by 5 March 2026.

FESE: New Commission’s Market Integration Package Offers A Good Opportunity To Strengthen Efficiency And Competitiveness In EU Capital Markets

Date 05/12/2025

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) welcomes the European Commission’s package of measures for market integration. This ambitious set of reforms is aimed at enhancing efficiencies across the Union and advancing cross-market integration.

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Statistics And Weekly Report For 5 December 2025

Date 05/12/2025

A total turnover of 6.617 billion shares worth N113.224 billion in 109,590 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 4.140 billion shares valued at N115.889 billion that exchanged hands last week in 102,351 deals.

EEX Group Monthly Volumes – November 2025

Date 05/12/2025

 EEX Group reports its November monthly volumes with the following highlights:

• In November, EEX Group's Global Power markets recorded a total traded volume of 1,105.0 TWh (-8% Year-on-Year (YoY)), comprising 79.9 TWh (+9%) by the European Power Spot markets, and 801.0 TWh contributed by the European Power Derivatives markets. This latter included a 66% volume growth on the Nordic Power Futures market YoY (2.2 TWh). New record volume levels were seen in Austrian power futures, with a 88% growth of traded volume YoY (8.8 TWh), as well as the Slovenian (834 GWh) and Croatian (589 GWh) power futures markets. This was complemented by strong development in EEX’s level of net Open Interest (OI)* on the French Power derivatives market, reaching an all-time high, with a +39.6% Year-on-Year increase.
• The EEX Japanese Power derivatives market maintained its steady growth with a traded volume of 14.0 TWh (+57% YoY).
• EEX Group’s Natural Gas markets reported a monthly trading volume of 695.0 TWh, marking a +3% YoY increase. This growth was fuelled by the European Natural Gas Derivatives market, which rose by +11% to 416.5 TWh. The Italian Natural Gas Futures market (PSV) achieved a new monthly record of 11.1 TWh, a surge of 131% compared to the same month last year.  In terms of EEX’s net OI*, the EEX German Natural Gas THE market set an all-time high, growing +51.7% Year-on-Year. The EEX Dutch Natural Gas TTF market-related EEX net OI grew +27.1% Year-on-Year.
• In November, traded volume in EEX’s GO Futures reached 3.7 TWh, representing a +195% Year-on-Year increase.
• EEX Group's Freight Options markets also achieved exceptional results, with traded volume growing by 262% Year-on-Year.

SEC To Host Webinar For Transfer Agents On Regulation S-P

Date 05/12/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it will hold the second in its series of compliance outreach events regarding the 2024 adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P. The event, for transfer agents, is a webinar scheduled for December 17 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET. The third event in the series, for small firms, will be announced at a later date.

Strong Capital And Profitability In EU/EEA Banks In A Context Of Increased Geopolitical Uncertainty And Operational Threats

Date 05/12/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today released its Autumn 2025 risk assessment Report (RAR), confirming that EU/EEA banks remain strong in capital, liquidity, profitability and asset quality. However, the EBA calls for continued vigilance as geopolitical uncertainty, market volatility and increasing operational risks persist. The Report is published alongside the 2025 EU-wide transparency exercise, providing detailed and comparable data for 119 banks across 25 countries of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), and is supplemented by the Autumn 2025 Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ).

Bank Of England - The Evolving Landscape Of UK Financial Mutuals: Every Challenge Is An Opportunity − Speech By Laura Wallis - Given At Bayes Business School For The 6th Research Workshop On The Future Of Financial Mutuals

Date 05/12/2025

Laura Wallis delivered a keynote speech at BAYES Business School’s 6th Research Workshop on The Future of Financial Mutuals. The address previewed the upcoming PRA and FCA Mutuals Landscape Report, highlighted the sector’s resilience and growth, and emphasised regulatory support for sustainable development and collaboration.

The EBA Publishes A Follow-Up Peer Review On Authorisation Of Payment Institutions And Electronic Money Institutions

Date 05/12/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a follow-up to the 2023 Peer Review Report assessing progress in the authorisation of payment institutions and electronic money institutions under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). While notable improvements and increased convergence have been observed, significant differences persist in key areas such as governance, internal control mechanisms, and local substance. These divergent implementations continue to pose risks of regulatory arbitrage and an uneven playing field across Member States.