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  • IFC Launches Innovative Social Bond Program, Raising $500 Million Through Benchmark Bond

    Date 22/03/2017

    IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today issued a $500 million global benchmark bond, launching an innovative Social Bond Program to expand financing for projects that benefit women-owned enterprises and low-income communities in emerging markets.

  • Financial Services Industry Commends SEC On Final Rule To Facilitate A Shorter Settlement Cycle In U.S. - A Two-Day Settlement Cycle Will Yield Numerous Benefits For Investors, Regulators And Market Participants

    Date 22/03/2017

    The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), ICI and SIFMA, on behalf of the T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC), commend the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for finalizing rule changes that facilitate the industry’s transformational effort to achieve a two-day settlement cycle (T+2). The revised SEC rule establishes a standard settlement timeframe of two days for U.S. equity, corporate and municipal bond, and unit investment trust (UIT) trades, providing regulatory certainty to promote a coordinated and effective industry transition to T+2 on September 5, 2017.

  • Statement At Open Meeting On The Final Rule Amendment To Shorten The Transaction Settlement Cycle - SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein

    Date 22/03/2017

    Good morning. I would like to thank staff in offices throughout the Commission for their hard work on this final rule to shorten the settlement cycle for securities transactions. In particular, I would like to thank Jeff Mooney, Christian Sabella, Susan Petersen, Justin Pica, Andrew Shanbrom, and Jesse Capelle in the Division of Trading & Markets, and DERA’s Hari Phatak, Adam Yonce and Charles Lin.

  • EBA Publishes Annual Assessment Of EU Supervisory Colleges For 2016

    Date 22/03/2017

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its 2016 annual assessment of EU supervisory colleges, which are established for the effective supervision of EU cross-border banking groups. The Report highlighted a number of achievements made by colleges in the course of 2016, including a good level and quality of engagement, and also identified areas for improvement as well as topics for supervisory attention for 2017. The Report relied on the EBA staff observations gained through their participation in colleges of supervisors and on the consolidated results of the individual college assessments conducted at the end of 2016. 

  • SEC Adopts T+2 Settlement Cycle For Securities Transactions

    Date 22/03/2017

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted an amendment to shorten by one business day the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions.  Currently, the standard settlement cycle for these transactions is three business days, known as T+3.  The amended rule shortens the settlement cycle to two business days, T+2.