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Basel III capital ratios rise for largest global banks, finds BCBS report

26 September 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The most recent Basel III monitoring exercise finds that CET1 ratios for Group 1 banks have grown during H2 2022 to above pre-pandemic levels, rising 0.4 per cent to 13.1 per cent

Riksbank and the Bank of England reaffirm commitment to LCH oversight cooperation

25 September 2023 UK
Reporter: Jamie Richards

The Swedish and UK central banks have released a statement expressing continued commitment to their joint oversight of LCH Ltd.

FSB and IMF publish regulatory recommendations for cryptoasset activities

11 September 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The FSB and IMF have published a report recommending a policy and regulatory response to cryptoasset activities

SEC narrows securities association membership exemptions for firms trading off exchange

24 August 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Outlining the need for these amendments, Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler indicates that some broker-dealers continue to rely on exemptions from national securities association registration that are “older than the cell phone era

ESMA opens consultation on operating procedures for cryptoasset service providers

21 August 2023 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The consultation package provides a framework to guide the activities of service providers under the Regulation on Markets in Cryptoassets (MiCA), which entered into force in the European Union on 29 June 2023

SEC fines 10 broker-dealers for record keeping failures

08 August 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 10 broker-dealer firms with recordkeeping failures and violations relating to their use of electronic communications

BoE proposes extra powers to restrict payments to CCP shareholders in stress conditions

03 August 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

As part of its responsibility to preserve financial stability, the Bank of England has proposed additional powers to restrict discretionary payments to CCP shareholders or employees in severe circumstances, including dividends and share buy-backs

New-Jersey ETF Managers fined for breaches relating to award of securities lending mandate

02 August 2023 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined a New Jersey-based exchange-traded fund manager for breaches relating to the award of a securities lending mandate and for taking actions detrimental to the best interests of the fund and its investors

Clearstream picks Regnology’s Rcloud for cloud-enabled regulatory reporting

02 August 2023 Germany
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The platform, powered by Google Cloud Platform, was launched in November 2022 and delivers report submission and reporting data software

FCA updates guidance on regulatory reporting for short sales and SFTs

28 July 2023 UK
Reporter: SFT

The UK financial regulator will extend temporary measures introduced in January 2022 relating to short sales reporting under UK RTS 22 and it will widen these provisions to SFT fields and other indicators

CFTC proposes elimination of securities lending trade restrictions

27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposes to eliminate a provision disqualifying securities issued by certain pooled investment funds that transfer assets through securities lending and borrowing, repo and reverse repo

ESMA withdraws third-country recognition from UAE CCPs

26 July 2023 UAE
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Commission has highlighted “strategic deficiencies” in the UAE’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime and added the jurisdiction to its list of high-risk countries on 16 March 2023

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