The Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the branch of the U.S. Treasury Department that oversees national banks, proposed a rule on April 11 that would revise the leverage ratio requirements for the eight largest and most systemically important U.S. banking organizations.
CONTINUE READINGIn late April, the China Securities Regulatory Commission published a proposal to allow majority foreign ownership of domestic futures and securities firms, fulfilling a commitment made by the Chinese government in 2017.
CONTINUE READINGOn Jan. 8, the European Securities and Markets Authority opened a public consultation on draft guidelines that aim to clarify the implementation of anti-procyclicality provisions for central counterparties under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
CONTINUE READINGIn February, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's main financial regulator, began a consultation on a proposal to require that the trading of certain over-the-counter derivatives take place on organized markets such as exchanges.
CONTINUE READINGMarket regulators in several jurisdictions are taking steps to limit speculation in cryptocurrency trading.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report with recommendations for improving the process for managing the resolution of large financial institutions.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 12, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority published a report on the supervision of algorithmic trading in wholesale markets.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 12, the Trump administration proposed the introduction of fees on futures market participants as a way to boost funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGThe Financial Services Agency in January published a draft report on how it intends to transform its supervisory approach to be more holistic and forward-looking and to minimize the current “checklist” approach.
CONTINUE READINGOn Jan. 19, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Chris Giancarlo gave a speech outlining his views on how the agency should respond to the rise of virtual currencies.
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