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BIS Innovation Hub And Bank Indonesia Announce Finalists Of G20 TechSprint CBDC Challenge

Date 12/07/2022

• Twenty-one teams have been shortlisted, out of almost 100 teams worldwide.
• Competition attracted proposals from a diverse range of competing organisations and teams.
• Winners to be announced in October ahead of G20 Summit.

LCH EquityClear SA Goes Live With New Value At Risk (VaR) Margin Model For Cash Equities

Date 12/07/2022

• VaR as the new risk methodology will be applied across 12 regulated markets and MTFs
• VaR captures all risk factors and respective correlations through a standard approach requirement and has an enhanced capacity to adapt to market volatility
• Reaffirms EquityClear SA’s commitment to improving efficiency for its clearing members

READOUT: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting With Japanese Business Leaders On Bolstering Supply Chain Resiliency And Expanding Friend-Shoring

Date 12/07/2022

Today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel participated in a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo with leaders of Japanese businesses to discuss how bolstering supply chain resiliency and expanding friend-shoring with trusted economic partners can help ease inflationary pressures over time and address the bottlenecks that are raising prices for consumers. The participants discussed the state of the American and Japanese economies, as well as efforts to mitigate supply chain challenges rising from the COVID-19 pandemic and Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified war in Ukraine, particularly its effects on global energy and food prices. Secretary Yellen provided an update on the United States’ rapid economic recovery thanks to President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and strategies to combat global inflation, including a price cap on the cost of Russian oil exports to lower prices for consumers in the United States, Japan, and around the world while limiting revenue for Putin’s war machine.

ESMA Issues A Third Statement On The Implementation Of LEI Requirements For Third-Country Issuers

Date 12/07/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, issues a third statement  on the implementation of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requirements for third-country issuers under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting regime. 

Cassini Systems Recognized As An Industry Leader In Collateral Management Optimization At This Year's RiskTech Buyside50

Date 12/07/2022

Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, has been recognized as an industry leader in Collateral Management Optimization at this year's RiskTech Buyside 50. Presented by Chartis Research, the RiskTech Buyside 50 ranks the world's top buy-side and risk technology companies based on the innovative solutions and technologies they contribute to their respective industries.

The Economic Landscape: Structural Change, Global R * And The Missing-Investment Puzzle − Speech By Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank Of England, Given At The Official Monetary And Financial Institutions Forum

Date 12/07/2022

Andrew Bailey discusses new research which looks at the global factors that have affected the trend real interest rate over the past sixty years or so.

SET Grants Outstanding Capital Market Research Award, Motivates Quality Researchers Inclusively

Date 12/07/2022

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has promoted quality researches on the Thai capital market, encouraged quality researchers and connected academic network to the capital market by presenting five awards to the finalists in the 2021/2022 SET Research Scholarship Project. The Outstanding Research Award was granted to Natthawut Wangwan, Thammasat University, for the research on the topic of “Hidden Ownership and Corporate Governance”. The Superior Research Award was granted to Watcharapat Masaeng, Thammasat University, for the research on the topic of "Real-financial Connectedness". In addition, three  honorary awards were also given to researchers of three quality research studies.

ESMA Corrects Double Volume Cap Results

Date 12/07/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, updates today the double volume cap (DVC) publication following a data correction submitted by a reporting entity. This data correction impacts the results for five ISINs for which the suspension is erroneously revoked from today 12 July 2022.

Some Lessons From The Crypto Winter − Speech By Sir Jon Cunliffe, Bank Of England Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Eden Hall, The British High Commissioner's Residence In Singapore

Date 12/07/2022

Jon Cunliffe sets out what he thinks are the lessons from the recent instability and losses in crypto markets – also called the ‘crypto winter’. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority Tells Banks To Improve Treatment Of Struggling Small Business Borrowers

Date 12/07/2022

As part of its work in response to the increased cost of living, the FCA has told banks they must treat small business customers fairly when collecting and recovering debts.