Jenny Radcliffe on People Hacking
UK ring-fencing and proprietary trading independent reviews: Terms of Reference - HM Treasury has published the Terms of Reference for the upcoming statutory reviews of the ring-fencing regime legislation and banks'...more
Insurance stress test 2019 and COVID-19 stress testing: FCA feedback - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a Dear CEO letter giving feedback to general and life insurers that participated in the 2019...more
The Bank of England has published a discussion paper seeking feedback on its proposals for a series of 2021 stress-tests on climate-related risks for the largest banks, insurers and the financial system. The stress tests will...more
BROKER-DEALER - Nasdaq Has Proposed a New Rule Change To Modify Its System of Volume-Based Credits - The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to...more
A banner round of stress-testing for the US’s biggest banks (all passed for the first time in the test’s 7-year history) is seen as paving the way for banks to pay out their largest dividends in nearly a decade....more
Federal District Court Approves Flash Crash Spoofer’s US $38 Million Settlement; Federal Appeals Court Appears Sympathetic to Michael Coscia’s Claim That Spoofing Prohibition Is Too Vague - The US federal court handling...more
Key Points - - All managers of SFC authorised funds (including overseas managers of SFC authorised funds) are required to enhance internal liquidity risk management processes and procedures in order to implement...more
FHFA Seeks Input on Single Security Structure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - On August 12, FHFA published a Request for Input on the proposed structure for a Single Security that would be issued and guaranteed by...more
CFTC Proposed Rule on Commodity Pools - On November 5, the CFTC issued a proposed rule that would require that all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors...more
In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Updated Leveraged Lending Guidance - CFTC No-Action Relief from Required Clearing for Some Partial Swap Novations and Terminations - FHFA...more