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  • Readout: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Call With United Kingdom Chancellor Of The Exchequer Rishi Sunak

    Date 27/01/2021

    Earlier today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen spoke with United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. During the call, Secretary Yellen highlighted their shared priorities, including cooperating to end the pandemic and support a strong global recovery, fighting inequality, and forcefully addressing the threat of climate change. They also discussed the need to find multilateral solutions to many of the issues facing the global economy, including addressing the tax challenges of efficiently and equitably taxing the income of multinational firms. The Secretary noted the importance of the longstanding U.S.-UK relationship. Secretary Yellen looks forward to working closely with Chancellor Sunak during the UK’s leadership of the G7 and COP-26.

  • BIS: Permissioned Distributed Ledgers And The Governance Of Money

    Date 27/01/2021

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    Since the late 1990s, monetary theorists have regarded money in general and cash in particular as a substitute for a publicly available and freely accessible record-keeping device. Theoretically, cash could be replaced by a public ledger recording all past and present transactions. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is such a record-keeping device that can ensure trade without a central authority – but can it do so efficiently and more robustly than traditional, centralised exchange?

  • ESMA Reports On The Resources And Staffing It Will Need To Apply New Rules For Third-Country Firms Under MiFIR

    Date 27/01/2021

    The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator, has published its Report containing the assessment of ESMA’s staffing and resources needs arising from the assumption of powers and duties in accordance with the new MiFIR regime for third-country firms.

  • European Commission Adopts Equivalence Decision With Respect To SEC Regulatory Framework For Central Counterparties, Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee Jan. 27, 2021

    Date 27/01/2021

    On January 27, 2021, the European Commission (EC) adopted an equivalence decision stating that the SEC’s regulatory framework applicable to central counterparties (CCPs) that are “covered clearing agencies” under SEC rules is equivalent to relevant European legal and regulatory requirements.  The EC’s decision is an important first step on the road to providing greater regulatory certainty for CCPs and their members on both sides of the Atlantic. 

  • Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security GE-RM

    Date 27/01/2021

    As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 27.01.2021, 17-56 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 769) and initial margins (up to 20 %) for the security GE-RM were changed. New values are available here