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Maggie Sklar To Depart CFTC Chairman Giancarlo’s Office

Date 12/07/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Maggie Sklar is leaving her role as Senior Counsel to Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo upon his departure in July. Sklar has been responsible for advising on all domestic-facing rulemakings and staff actions from across a broad spectrum of CFTC divisions, including the Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Market Oversight, Swap Dealer & Intermediary Oversight, as well as Enforcement matters. She also served as a deputy to the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
ESMA Addresses Derivatives Trading Obligation Concerns Following Entry Into Force Of EMIR Refit

Date 12/07/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a public statement addressing the misalignment between the scope of counterparties subject to the EMIR clearing obligation (CO) and those subject to the MiFIR derivatives trading obligation (DTO).
Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump Announcing Important Progress In The CFTC’s Data Protection Initiative

Date 12/07/2019

Today, I am pleased to provide an update to the Data Protection Initiative I announced in March[1]. This initiative is meant to serve as a pathway to better ascertain the CFTC’s regulatory data needs and enhance its internal data protection measures. Data is critical to our markets and our regulatory mission, but the specter of data breaches requires our agency to consider the breadth of our data intake needs while weighing the sensitivity of the data with the possibility of unauthorized access. The CFTC collects information via both legacy and recently expanded powers and it must constantly evaluate its approach to data. The effort seeks to appraise our strengths and vulnerabilities through a structured process in an attempt to develop a meaningful policy adapted to ever-evolving threats and advances in data security. At the end of the day, I hope to implement consistent data protection procedures across the many functions required to carry out our mission that will benefit the agency and market participants.
ESMA Publishes Responses To Its Consultation On Indices And Recognised Exchanges Under The CRR

Date 12/07/2019

ESMA publishes responses to its Consultation on indices and recognised exchanges under the Capital Requirements Regulation.
CFTC Commissioner Stump Announces Important Progress In The CFTC’s Data Protection Initiative

Date 12/07/2019

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Dawn D. Stump today announced the completion of the “Scope” part of the Data Protection Initiative she launched in March. The initiative is meant to serve as a pathway to better ascertain the CFTC’s regulatory data needs and enhance its internal data protection measures.

EBA Reports On The Monitoring Of The LCR Implementation In The EU

Date 12/07/2019

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its first Report on the monitoring of liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) implementation in the EU. The EBA's monitoring of the LCR contributes to a consistent application of EU law and promotes common supervisory approaches and practices in this area. The EBA intends to regularly monitor the implementation of the LCR for EU banks and update this Report on an ongoing basis to set out its observations and provide further guidance, where necessary.
ESMA Publishes Responses To Its Call For Evidence On Position Limits In Commodity Derivatives

Date 12/07/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its Call for evidence on position limits in commodity derivatives.
Joint Consultation Response On The Future Of Emissions Trading In The UK

Date 12/07/2019

EFET, the Federation of European Energy Traders, and Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges welcome the opportunity to take part in the present consultation on the future of emissions trading in the UK, launched by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
ESMA Publishes Report On The Licencing Of FinTech Firms Across Europe

Date 12/07/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets’ regulator, today publishes a report on the status of licencing regimes of FinTech firms across the European Union (EU). The report is based on two surveys conducted by ESMA since January 2018, which gathered evidence from national competent authorities (NCAs) on the licensing regimes of FinTech firms in their jurisdictions.
Continuous Improvements In Communicating Monetary Policy - Speech By Gertjan Vlieghe, External Monetary Policy Committee Member, Bank Of England, Given At Thomson Reuters, London

Date 12/07/2019

The way the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) communicates has continuously evolved over the last few decades. In his speech, Gertjan Vlieghe argues the committee could improve its communications further by showing a forecast with its preferred future path of interest rates. He says this would be easier to understand, increase transparency and reduce communication challenges. He explains the strengths and weaknesses of the current approach and why and how it could be improved.