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Analysis: US Money Market Funds, Advocates, Stake Out Positions as Crackdown Looms
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price
April 13, 2021, Reuters
Market participants this week staked out their positions on how to fix systemic risks in the $4.9 trillion US money …

US Money Markets Brace for Headaches as Debt Limit Draws Near
By Alex Harris
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Dollar-denominated funding markets are already facing myriad challenges that are distorting supply and demand, and these effects are only going to intensify as …

UK Finance Regulators Seek ‘Ambitious’ Access to US Markets
By Silla Brush
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Britain’s financial markets watchdog is looking to upgrade its relationship with the US and give UK firms permanent access to American securities and …

ECB Seeks Details on Banks’ Hedge Fund Risks After Archegos
By Steven Aarons and Nicholas Comfort
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Europe’s top financial watchdog has asked some of the bloc’s largest banks for additional information on their exposure to hedge …

ESMA Extends LEI Grace Period Until October 2022
By Oliver Wade
April 13, 2021, Global Investor Group
The European securities regulator has listened to calls from the industry and extended its forbearance period on the reporting of legal …

US Put Off Derivatives Rules for a Decade Before Archegos Blew Up
By Joe Rennison, Eric Platt, Colby Smith, and Philip Stafford
April 12, 2021, Financial Times
Rules written in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to limit the potential for …

Investment Firms Prudential Regime Paves Way for FCA’s Post-Brexit Supervision
By Alice Tchernookova
April 12, 2021, Practice Insight from IFLR
The UK’s new Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) bears testament to the Financial Conduct Authority’s new supervisory style in the …

Britain to Use Brexit ‘Flexibility’ to Make City of London More Attractive
By Huw Jones
April 13, 2021, Reuters
Britain will use its freedom from European Union rules to regulate markets flexibly and make the City of London even more attractive to …

US T+1 Settlement Could Save $7 Billion Per Day – DTCC
By Oliver Wade
April 9, 2021, Global Investor Group
Shortening the settlement cycle for US equities to one business day after the trade is executed (T+1) will reduce market volatility …

Banks, After Bracing for Disaster, Are Now Ready for a Boom
By Ben Eisen
April 13, 2021, The Wall Street Journal
The accelerating economic recovery is likely to boost bank profits.
Encouraged by government efforts to pump money into the economy …
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