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From Our Man At The 31st Annual FIA Futures & Options Expo - Tom Groenfeldt: Regulators Are Balkanizing The Markets

Date 06/11/2015

Jeffrey Sprecher, chairman and CEO for Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), looks back with fondness to a period starting roughly in the year 2000.
Deutsche Börse: Unscheduled Free Float Adjustment In SDAX - Changes To Be Effective As Of 11 November

Date 06/11/2015

Deutsche Börse AG has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of alstria office REIT AG in SDAX. The company’s free float changed by more than 10 percentage points, which was caused by a capital increase due to the acquisition of another company as well as a significant change in the shareholder structure.
FSB Releases Progress Report On Reducing Misconduct Risk In The Finance Industry

Date 06/11/2015

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has today published a progress report for the G20 on the FSB’s work on addressing misconduct in the financial sector. The progress report on the Measures to reduce misconduct risk sets out details about the FSB-coordinated work to address misconduct in the financial sector and the timeline for the actions. That work includes: considering whether post crisis reforms to incentives are sufficient to address misconduct risks; and whether steps are needed to improve global standards of conduct in the fixed income, commodities and currency (FICC) markets, including, including improvements in the integrity and reliability of benchmarks.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Bulletin: Volcker Rule: Interagency Guidance On Capital Deduction Methodology

Date 06/11/2015

Summary

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is issuing the attached interagency guidance to banking organizations. For the OCC, the interagency guidance pertains to national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks). The interagency guidance addresses the deduction from regulatory capital for certain investments in covered funds pursuant to section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act, also known as the Volcker rule. The guidance clarifies the interaction between the deduction for covered funds under the Volcker rule and the deductions required for certain investments in non-consolidated financial institutions under the regulatory capital rule at 12 CFR 3.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 06/11/2015

The current reports for the week of November 3, 2015 are now available.

FSB Releases Report To G20 On The Decline In Correspondent Banking

Date 06/11/2015

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has today published a Report to the G20 on actions taken to assess and address the decline in correspondent banking. This report provides an update on work by the FSB in partnership with other organisations to examine the extent and causes of banks’ withdrawal from correspondent banking and the implications for affected jurisdictions, including risks of financial exclusion, particularly where it affects flows such as remittances which are a key source of funds for people in many developing countries.
National Stock Exchange, Inc. Announces Plan To Relaunch Exchange

Date 06/11/2015

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (“NSX”) announced today that it is in the final stages of relaunching its national securities exchange for trading equity securities and ETFs, subject to final approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Upon relaunch, NSX plans to employ a market and fee structure that will challenge long-standing and ordinary course exchange-industry practices.
CFTC: OTC Derivatives Regulators Deliver Report To The G20 Leaders

Date 06/11/2015

The OTC Derivatives Regulators Group (ODRG) delivered a report today to the G20 Leaders that provides an update regarding the ODRG’s continuing effort to identify and resolve cross-border issues associated with the implementation of the G20 OTC derivatives reform agenda. The ODRG includes the principals of those regulatory authorities with responsibility for the regulation of OTC derivatives markets in Australia, Brazil, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Ontario, Quebec, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States.
EBA Consultation On Guidelines On Stress Tests For Deposit Guarantee Schemes

Date 06/11/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on stress tests of Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGSs). The proposed Guidelines will provide the methodological principles to assess whether the operational and funding capabilities of DGSs are sufficient to ensure deposit protection in the event of a bank failure. In line with the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive (DGSD), these Guidelines will promote the quality and the consistency of these stress tests. The resulting data will also facilitate future peer reviews by the EBA, contributing to a safe and sound EU framework for the benefit of depositors and financial stability. The consultation runs until 8 February 2016.
IOSCO Reports On Transparency Of Firms That Audit Public Companies

Date 06/11/2015

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the final report Transparency of Firms that Audit Public Companies.