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Federal Reserve: Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey On Bank Lending Practices

Date 06/11/2023

Survey of up to eighty large domestic banks and twenty-four U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. The Federal Reserve generally conducts the survey quarterly, timing it so that results are available for the January/February, April/May, August, and October/November meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee. The Federal Reserve occasionally conducts one or two additional surveys during the year. Questions cover changes in the standards and terms of the banks' lending and the state of business and household demand for loans. The survey often includes questions on one or two other topics of current interest.

CFTC: Federal Court Orders Former New York City Resident To Pay Over $2.6 Million In Monetary Sanctions For Fraudulent Solicitation And Misappropriation In A Commodity Pool Scheme

Date 06/11/2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered an order of final judgment against Mark A. Ramkishun, a former resident of Brooklyn, New York. The order resolves the CFTC’s January 9 lawsuit against Ramkishun and finds him liable for fraudulently soliciting investments in a purported commodity pool and misappropriating pool participants’ funds. [See CFTC Press Release No. 8646-23].

ISDA derivatiViews: Thinking About US Treasury Clearing

Date 06/11/2023

It is expected that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon finalize rules that will mandate the clearing of certain trades involving US Treasury securities. Given the pivotal role US Treasuries play in the derivatives and financial markets, it’s critical we think hard about the various implications and consequences of the SEC and other rules in combination to ensure we don’t negatively impact liquidity and market capacity.

Deutsche Börse AG: In The Context Of The 'Horizon 2026' Strategy And Its Further Refined Capital Management The Executive Board Resolves A Share Buy-Back Program Of €300 Million Beginning In Q1/24

Date 06/11/2023

Deutsche Börse AG, tomorrow, presents the new strategy “Horizon 2026” during its investor day. Due to successful implementation of the previous strategy and the expected further growth Deutsche Börse has refined its capital management framework.

ISDA: Strategy For Updating The FX Definitions

Date 06/11/2023

ISDA recently undertook a survey to better understand if and how the 1998 FX and Currency Option Definitions (“FX Definitions”) and related documentation might be improved and updated, taking into account developments and events in the FX market (e.g., currencies becoming non-deliverable) and the general evolution of FX trading since 1998. A variety of market participants submitted thoughtful responses to the survey and additional market participants (including buyside) provided feedback to ISDA separately. The survey remains available here.

CFTC Commissioner Goldsmith Romero To Deliver A Keynote Address At Consumer Federation Of America’s Financial Services Conference

Date 06/11/2023

Reuters Events Announces Winners Of The 14th Responsible Business Awards 2023 In London

Date 06/11/2023

Reuters Events announced the winners of the 14th Responsible Business Awards at the in-person ceremony in London where over 280 guests from all over the world came together to celebrate sustainable excellence of business.

CFTC Commissioner Goldsmith Romero To Participate In A Regulatory And Policy Roundtable At Georgetown’s Psaros Center

Date 06/11/2023

Financial Stability: Resilience And Challenges, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook, At Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Date 06/11/2023

I am delighted to be back at Duke University after spending many summers of my childhood here with my family visiting my uncle and his family. As you might know, my uncle Samuel DuBois Cook was a political theorist and the first African American professor tenured at Duke and at a major southern university. My family and I have many fond memories on this campus.

US Inter-Agency Working Group Releases New Report On Treasury Market Resilience Efforts

Date 06/11/2023

The Inter-Agency Working Group on Treasury Market Surveillance (IAWG)—which is composed of staff from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission—today issued a staff progress report to provide an additional update on a wide range of significant steps its members have taken to enhance the resilience of the U.S. Treasury market.