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BIS: Managing Banking Crises In Emerging Market Economies

Date 16/12/2021

Since the Great Financial Crisis, emerging market economies (EMEs) have made much progress on enhancing their frameworks to manage banking crises. Yet significant challenges remain. Banking sectors and bank ownership are more concentrated in EMEs than in advanced ecomonies (AEs), and banks fund themselves predominantly through deposits, rather than by tapping capital markets. 

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Wholesale Distribution Steering Group – 8 December 2021

Date 16/12/2021

The Wholesale Distribution Steering Group have the objective of overseeing the design of a new end-state model for wholesale cash distribution. This is to support the UK in an environment of declining cash volumes.

The EBA’s Feasibility Study On Integrated Reporting System Provides A Long-Term Vision For Increasing Efficiencies And Reducing Reporting Costs

Date 16/12/2021

• The EBA study concludes that an integrated reporting system (IRS) could be feasible to achieve.
• Achieving an integrated reporting system will require strong commitment from all parties involved so as to ensure further data comparability, data sharing and coordination of reporting processes.
• Setting up a common data dictionary is the first building block of the IRS, which will enable further data standardisation and promote the use of common definitions through the different reporting frameworks.

BIS: Building Benchmarks Portfolios With Decreasing Carbon Footprints

Date 16/12/2021

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An increasing share of investors and asset managers are looking for ways to trim the carbon footprint of their investments. We describe simple approaches that will help a passive investor make such reductions, whether in a world-wide or a regional portfolio of stocks. Of particular interest is whether investors would need to divest away from emerging market economies or high-emissions sectors such as energy, utilities and cement to reduce their carbon footprint.

EBA Issues Final Guidelines On Cooperation And Information Exchange Between Prudential Supervisors, AML/CFT Supervisors And Financial Intelligence Units

Date 16/12/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines setting out how prudential supervisors, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervisors and financial intelligence units (FIUs) should cooperate and exchange information in relation to AML/CFT, in line with provisions laid down in the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD).

U.S. Senate Unanimously Confirms Behnam As CFTC Chairman

Date 16/12/2021

The U.S. Senate last night voted unanimously to confirm Rostin Behnam as Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Behnam has served as Acting Chairman since January and issued the following statement regarding his confirmation:

IMF Executive Board Concludes Annual Discussions On CEMAC Common Policies, And Common Policies In Support Of Member Countries Reform Progra

Date 16/12/2021

• IMF Executive Board Concludes Annual Discussions on CEMAC Common Policies, and Common Policies in Support of Member Countries Reform Programs.
• The almost two-years pandemic-related crisis has left CEMAC with a fragile external position.
• A tighter policy stance, high oil prices, and Heads of States renewed commitments to accelerate structural, transparency and governance reforms are expected to support a stronger external position from 2022, as the region recovers from the crisis.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Changes For The Securities AMGN-RM, RU000A0JX090 And T-RM

Date 16/12/2021

Please follow the links below to access the information:

Risk parameters change for the security AMGN-RM
Risk parameters change for the security RU000A0JX090
Risk parameters change for the security T-RM

S.I.F. Italia S.P.A. Lists On Euronext Growth Milan

Date 16/12/2021

• 36th listing of 2021 on Euronext Growth Milan

• S.I.F. Italia S.p.A. is the 200th listing on Euronext markets in 2021

• S.I.F. Italia S.p.A. brings the total number of companies listed on Euronext Growth Milan to 167

• Total placement volume of the offering equal to €2.7 million

ESMA Publishes Its Annual Report On Waivers And Deferrals

Date 16/12/2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published its Annual Report on waivers and deferrals for equity and non-equity instruments covering the year 2020.