K. Treppides & Co Limited - ICAS Newsletter - Issue 43

ICAS
November Newsletter - Issue 43/2019

Announcements

ESMA
Advises on the supervisory regime for third-country CCPs

11 November 2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA"), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published three sets of technical advice to the European Commission ("EC") regarding third-country central counterparties ("TC-CCPs") under the revised European Market Infrastructure Regulation ("EMIR 2.2"). For more information please press here.

EBA
Launches consultation on draft amended technical standards on passport notification

13 November 2019

The European Banking Authority ("EBA") published a Consultation Paper on the draft amended Regulatory Technical Standards ("RTS") and Implementing Technical Standards ("ITS") on passport notification. The review of the abovementioned Regulations aims at improving the quality and consistency of information to be provided by a credit institution notifying its home competent authorities when it intends to open a branch or provide services in another Member State, as well as the communication between home and host authorities. For more information please press here.

EIOPA
Welcomes the adoption of the first global frameworks for supervision of internationally active insurance groups and mitigation of systemic risk in the insurance sector by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors

14 November 2019

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA") welcomes the adoption of the first global frameworks for supervision of internationally active insurance groups, including an Insurance Capital Standard Version 2.0, and for the mitigation of systemic risk in the insurance sector. For more information please press here.

Other Alerts

CySEC
Additional seminar of Continuous Professional Training ("CPT") organised by CySEC

08 November 2019

Further to the announcement dated September 12, 2019 regarding Seminars for Continuous Professional Training, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (the "CySEC") wishes to inform the persons registered in the public register that one additional seminar will be organised on December 14 at Nicosia with the subject: "Operational rules and reporting obligations of Alternative Investment Fund ("AIF"). For more information please press here.

FCA
Statement on MiFID II inducements and research

08 November 2019

The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") welcomes the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s ("US SEC") extension of no-action relief relating to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II ("MiFID II") inducements and research provisions. For more information please press here.

Market News

Bloomberg Professional
Chinese buyers return to market for U.S. soy after tariff waivers granted

14 November 2019

"Chinese buyers are back in the market for American soybeans after crushers in the Asian nation were granted a new round of tariff waivers. Soybean processors in China were granted permission to buy another 10 million metric tons of U.S. supplies without retaliatory duties. This would be a third round of waivers, with about 5 million tons granted previously." For more information please press here.

Bloomberg
Stocks climb after Kudlow talks up trade progress: Markets wrap

15 November 2019

"European and Asian stocks climbed alongside U.S. equity futures on Friday after a senior American official signaled progress on a trade deal between the world's two largest economies. Treasuries slipped with the yen and gold retreated." For more information please press here.

Reuters
U.S. and China "getting close" to trade deal: White House economic adviser

15 November 2019

"The United States and China are getting close to a trade agreement, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday, citing what he called very constructive talks with Beijing about ending a 16-month trade war." For more information please press here.

Financial Times
Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off

15 November 2019

"Trend-following investors switched bets after price crossed key threshold." For more information please press here.

Cryptocurrencies

MarketWatch
U.S. can’t let criminals get the upper hand by using China’s coming cryptocurrency

11 November 2019

"You may not like Facebook’s FB, -0.02% proposed Libra (pseudo) cryptocurrency, Zuckerberg implied, but a state-run Chinese digital currency with global ambitions is perhaps just a few months away, and you would probably like that even less. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was at least half right when he recently told the United States Congress that there is no U.S. monopoly on regulation of next-generation payments technology." For more information please press here.

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