MAS deputy managing director says outreach initiative to be launched to encourage more buy-side firms to sign up to global FX code of conduct
China crackdown on fintech firms hits float plans
Chinese fintech firms delay IPO plans as local regulators intensify crackdown on the non-banking financial sector
EU and Switzerland struggling to forge new treaty
EU-Swiss talks hit impasse with EU equivalence measures for the Swiss stock exchange potentially at stake
CFTC commissioners soon to be at full strength
US Senate swears in two new commissioners for the CFTC, enabling it to tackle controversial measures designed to restrict commodity speculation
SEC enforcement cases face retrial following improper procedure
The SEC faces revisiting more than 100 enforcement cases because it failed to follow proper procedures for appointing in-houses judges.
FSB pivot signals the start of a new era
Dietrich Domanski, the secretary general of the Financial Stability Board, talks to GRR about the organisation’s pivot away from policy-making towards implementation and evaluation, and discusses what that means in practical terms for regulators and the industry. By Justin Pugsley
SEC moves to simplify disclosure requirements to investors
SEC votes unanimously to simply disclosure requirements to investors by covered firms to reduce their reporting burden
CFTC looks to officially exempt smaller users from swaps clearing requirement
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted unanimously to exempt smaller swaps end users from the clearing requirement as part of a drive to simplify regulation.
Living will deadlines extended for two categories of financial firms
Four foreign banks and one designated non-bank have been given extra time by the Fed and FDIC to file their living will plans
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