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  • BIS: Data Vs Collateral

    Date 01/09/2020

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    Collateral is used in debt contracts to mitigate the difficulties ("agency problems") that arise when the lender's knowledge of the borrower is incomplete ("asymmetric information"). Banks usually require borrowers to pledge tangible assets, such as real estate, to help offset such problems in credit assessment, or to reduce moral hazard and enforcement problems. By contrast, large technology firms ("big techs") can use massive amounts of data ("big data") to better assess firms' creditworthiness. These capabilities could help to reduce the importance of collateral in solving asymmetric information problems in credit markets.

  • LBMA, Bank Of England And Commercial Vaults: Increased Transparency Of London Gold Holdings

    Date 01/09/2020

    LBMA, the Bank of England and the commercial Vaults (Brink’s, HSBC, ICBC Standard Bank, JP Morgan, Loomis and Malca Amit) announced today that they will publish the gold and silver holdings of the vaults in London with a one-month lag. These figures provide an important insight into London’s durability and reinforce the underlying strength of the physical OTC Market.

  • Bank Of England: Increased Transparency Of London Gold Holdings

    Date 01/09/2020

    Alongside the London Bullion Market Association (LMBA) and other commercial vaults, the Bank of England will now publish gold holding data with a one-month lag.

  • ESMA Publishes Call For Evidence In The Context Of The Review Of Transparency Requirements For Equity And Non-Equity Instruments

    Date 01/09/2020

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published a Call for Evidence (CfE) in the context of its intention to review Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/587 (RTS 1) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/583 (RTS 2) starting from Q4 2020-Q1 2021. RTS 1 and RTS 2 contain the main implementing measures in respect of the MiFID II/MiFIR transparency regime for equity and non-equity instruments.


  • Second-Best Month In MGEX History

    Date 01/09/2020

    MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports that August 2020 was the second-best month in history with a total monthly volume of 318,992 contracts. This past month was also the best August in Exchange history, beating the previous record holder, August 2017, by nearly 7,500 contracts. August 2020 saw a 12% increase in total volume compared to August 2019. This is the sixth consecutive August (2015-2020) to hold a place in the top-25 record book for best overall month. Additionally, the calendar year to date total is up 17% compared to this time last year.