Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to support smooth transfer of EONIA’s liquidity to €STR
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Feb
19
2020
Working group issues recommendations for a seamless transition from EONIA to €STR products… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2020/html/ecb.pr200219~8bf72afd89.en.html
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Measuring the effectiveness of macroprudential policies using supervisory bank-level data
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Feb
19
2020
One of the main challenges in implementing a new framework for financial stability is evaluating the effectiveness of macroprudential policies… https://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap110.htm
Feb
19
2020
ESMA identifies continued high risks and a weaker economic outlook as markets remain highly sensitive to geopolitical events… https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-finds-continued-high-risks-financial-markets-remain-highly-volatile
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Feb
12
2020
Operational risks are related to losses that could result from inadequate or failed internal processes, improper business practices, systems failures or from external events… https://www.bis.org/publ/work840.htm
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Feb
12
2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the Consolidated Banking Data (CBD) with reference to end-September 2019, a dataset of the European Union (EU) banking system compiled on a group consolidated basis… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2020/html/ecb.pr200212~8ed27d2ea4.en.html
Feb
12
2020
North Korea is stepping up mining of the privacy coin monero as the regime continues its efforts to circumvent sanctions… https://www.coindesk.com/north-korea-is-expanding-its-monero-mining-operations-says-report
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Feb
12
2020
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its public register with the latest set of double volume cap (DVC) data under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)… https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/mifid-ii-esma-issues-latest-double-volume-cap-data-19
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Feb
07
2020
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published seven opinions on position limits regarding commodity derivatives under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/MIFIR) today… https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-issues-opinions-position-limits-under-mifid-ii
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Feb
07
2020
The parent company behind the bitcoin-based smart contract platform RSK has launched a new token bridge joining it to ethereum… https://www.coindesk.com/rsk-launches-interoperability-bridge-between-bitcoin-and-ethereum
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Lael Brainard: The digitalization of payments and currency – some issues for consideration
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Feb
07
2020
Speech by Ms Lael Brainard, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Symposium on the Future of Payments, Stanford, California, 5 February 2020… https://www.bis.org/review/r200205j.htm
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