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ASIC, Australian Federal Police And Australian Taxation Office: Organised Crime Investigation Charges 12 Over Complex Fraud

Date 22/07/2020

A joint-agency investigation into an elaborate $17 million fraud has resulted in charges against 12 people across the east coast of Australia – including people who have been of long-term interest to transnational and serious organised crime investigators.

ISDA: Brexit FAQs – Version 8

Date 21/07/2020

These FAQs address the possible UK position post-Brexit, i.e. after the conclusion of the exit process under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The exit negotiations, and the position in respect of cross-border financial services, are still evolving and will depend upon the final relationship negotiated between the UK and the European Union (the “EU”).

Ontario Securities Commission Panel Approves Settlement With Coinsquare, Cole Diamond, Virgile Rostand And Felix Mazer

Date 21/07/2020

A Panel of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today approved a settlement agreement with Coinsquare Ltd., Cole Diamond, Virgile Rostand and Felix Mazer. The settlement relates to market manipulation on the Coinsquare platform, misleading statements to investors and a reprisal against an internal whistleblower.

ISDA: Bloomberg Begins Publishing Calculations Related To IBOR Fallbacks

Date 21/07/2020

Bloomberg and ISDA today announced that Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) has begun calculating and publishing fallbacks that ISDA intends to implement for certain key interbank offered rates (IBORs).

ICYMI: Chairman Tarbert Recaps His First Year Leading The CFTC On Bloomberg TV

Date 21/07/2020

Chairman Tarbert on the First Year of His Chairmanship and the Impact of COVID-19:

“It has been a tremendous twelve months and we have gotten so much done. The men and women of the CFTC have really risen to the occasion. We have had twelve open meetings and this week we are going to have meetings thirteen and fourteen, and that’s more than in the last six years the CFTC had combined. That said, in the middle of it, as you mentioned, we’ve had this major challenge, COVID-19 and its impact on our markets. And the good news for everyone is that our derivatives markets have remained incredibly resilient. They’re working just as we intended them to work. The system is safe and sound, and its enabled many Americans to go ahead and hedge the risk they’re experiencing because of this crisis.”

African Fund Managers Look For Governance In New Markets - Governance At The Heart Of Investment Decisions Of African Fund Managers

Date 21/07/2020

Governance, good regulation and availability of market data and prices help African fund managers decide on investing into other African markets, according to a survey of 50 African asset-managers for the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) project. Key factors when they choose new markets are: market regulation (91% of replies), followed by investor regulation and availability of market data and prices (90% each).

Opening Statement Of CFTC Chairman Heath P. Tarbert Before The Market Risk Advisory Committee Meeting

Date 21/07/2020

Introduction

Good morning and thank you all for attending this Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) meeting via teleconference.  I would especially like to thank Commissioner Behnam and his staff for convening this meeting.  I am also grateful to Alicia Lewis, the Designated Federal Officer for the MRAC, for organizing the meeting.  And of course, I must thank Nadia Zakir for serving as the MRAC Chair, and all the MRAC members for taking the time to share your valuable perspectives.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management And Hazeltree Partner To Streamline Cash And Liquidity Management For Private Fund Managers

Date 21/07/2020

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (NYSE: JPM) and Hazeltree, the leading provider of cloud-based treasury solutions for investment managers, have partnered to deliver a unique and integrated cash and liquidity management platform to private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure funds.

BIS: Effects Of Fed Policy Rate Forecasts On Real Yields And Inflation Expectations At The Zero Lower Bound

Date 21/07/2020

Focus

Long-term real interest rates play an important part in the transmission of monetary policy measures to aggregate demand. But there are concerns that the unconventional monetary policy tool of forward guidance may not be effective when policy rates fall to zero, ie reach their zero lower bound (ZLB). A further concern is that the publication of policy rate forecasts at the ZLB may be perceived as an unconditional commitment, thus undermining the credibility of monetary policy. We investigate both these concerns for the policy rate forecasts made by the Federal Reserve in its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP).

EBA Publishes Overview Of Public Guarantee Schemes Issued In Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic

Date 21/07/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a list of the public guarantee schemes issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This publication, which complements the information included in the EBA Report on the implementation of selected COVID-19 policies, aims at providing transparency to the public on the existence of public guarantees, as well as responding to the European Commission’s request for a stock-take of such guarantees.