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Head of ESMA speaks about reporting of repos and securities lending trades.

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Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), today gave a speech at the International Securities Lending Association’s (ISLA) 25th Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference. The speech covers issues related to the availability of collateral and the reporting of repos and securities lending trades. He highlighted the importance of collateral …

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EBA publishes its consumer trends report 2016

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its fifth annual Consumer Trends Report, which provides an overview of the trends observed in 2016, the issues that will or could have an impact on consumers and other market participants and the areas where the EBA may take any action, if needed. The report covers all the …

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In a nutshell: The DAO attack and how to steal $60 million worth of cryptocurrency

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On Friday morning the Internet was abuzz with posts, messages and tweets that someone had stolen $60 million worth of a cryptocurrency called ether from an organisation called The DAO. While the average joe probably understands that a pretty big heist has taken place, any of the other terms are likely to make little sense. …

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IMF reports on Blockchain and Internet of Trust

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Created to avoid banks, bitcoin’s blockchain technology may end up helping them, is the subtitle of an article of IMF employees in the latest edition of the organisation’s monthly publication Finance & Development (F&D) entitled “The Internet of Trust”. The article discusses the role of technology in potentially making payment more simple and cheaper, explaining …

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Bank of England launches own FinTech Accelerator

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The Bank of England (“BoE”) has published a statement in relation to the launch of its own FinTech Accelerator. According to the statement, the BoE starts the initiative to work in partnership with FinTech firms on challenges that we, as a central bank, uniquely face. The Accelerator will work with new technology firms to help us harness FinTech …

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ESMA disagrees with Commission on inside information disclosure under MAR

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an Opinion in response to a notification by the European Commission about intended changes on a draft Implementing Technical Standard (ITS) on the disclosure of inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation. The ITS specify the technical means for disclosure of inside information by issuers …

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ESMA publishes annual report, highlights achievements for investor protection

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its Annual Report for 2015, which describes the key accomplishments by ESMA in 2015. In 2015, ESMA has made significant steps in realising its mission of enhancing investor protection and promoting stable and orderly financial markets through a variety of means, namely assessing risks to …

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EBA publishes Annual Report, highlights strengthening of Single Rulebook

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today its 2015 Annual Report, which provides a detailed account of all the work the Authority achieved in the past year and anticipates the key areas of focus in the coming years. In 2015, the EBA completed the bulk of the G20 package, thus strengthening the Single Rulebook applicable …

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German regulator issues monthly guidance – hot topics: netting agreements and the right to a basic bank account

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BaFin, the German financial regulatory authority, has today published its latest issue of the BaFin Journal, its monthly bulletin that contains technical articles, interviews and reports on important national and international regulatory issues as well as the official announcements of insurance supervision. The June 2016 issue amongst other topics focuses on BaFin’s recently published General Administrative Act …

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ESMA updates list of recognised third-country CCPs

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its list of recognised central counter-parties (CCPs) based in third countries. Today’s update concerns the recognition of the US Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME). The European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires third-country CCPs to be recognised by ESMA in order to operate in the European …

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June 2016

Head of ESMA speaks about reporting of repos and securities lending trades.

EBA publishes its consumer trends report 2016

In a nutshell: The DAO attack and how to steal $60 million worth of cryptocurrency

IMF reports on Blockchain and Internet of Trust

Bank of England launches own FinTech Accelerator

ESMA disagrees with Commission on inside information disclosure under MAR

ESMA publishes annual report, highlights achievements for investor protection

EBA publishes Annual Report, highlights strengthening of Single Rulebook

German regulator issues monthly guidance – hot topics: netting agreements and the right to a basic bank account

ESMA updates list of recognised third-country CCPs

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