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March 29, 2023
Industry taskforce to examine European shift to T+1 settlement
The US’s decision to proceed with T+1 settlement by May 2024 has increased the incentive to examine the practicalities of introducing...
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March 2, 2023
Securities industry asks big questions about SEC’s equity market reforms
Industry body seeking more time and data to understand the true impact of the major package of proposals. Most market...
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February 3, 2023
US cracks down on repo market blind spot
The US Treasury is clamping down on the repo market after a series of market stresses exposed a major blind...
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January 26, 2023
Crypto's advance already threatening some developing countries
Emerging market countries face growing financial threats to their banking systems and monetary sovereignty from the crypto-isation of their economies....
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January 25, 2023
ESMA advises use of DTIs as part of its digital asset reporting pilot
Market participants are being advised to use digital token identifiers (DTIs) by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in...
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January 24, 2023
Some US banks too big to manage and could be broken up
Some US banks are so large now that they could be too big to manage (TBTM) and therefore may need...
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January 24, 2023
European AT1 borrowing costs reach highest level in a decade
Coupon rates for newly issued contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) from European banks reached an average of 7.8% during the third...
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January 24, 2023
Standard setters explore two approaches to building global payment system
Global standard setters have outlined two approaches to creating a cross-jurisdictional multilateral platform that could make international payments faster and more...
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January 24, 2023
EU banks update their SREP requirements
A sample of 17 of the EU’s largest banks by rating agency Scope Ratings found that six had to increase...
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January 6, 2023
OFR proposes more data from opaque segment of US repo market
The largest institutions should submit daily data on all their outstanding non-centrally cleared bilateral repurchase agreement transactions (NCCBR), according to...
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January 6, 2023
Basel Committee brings clarity to crypto, but bankers disappointed
Banks now have a much clearer view over how they can interact with crypto-assets following the Basel Committee on Banking...
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