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Hedge funds under scrutiny over role in March bond market ructions
By Robin Wigglesworth and Colby Smith
November 17, 2020, Financial Times
Global policymakers are examining the role hedge funds played in the mayhem that enveloped the $20tn US Treasury market …
Regulators target money market funds after COVID-19 turmoil
By Huw Jones
November 16, 2020, Reuters
Regulators will propose changes to money market funds next year after pandemic lockdowns in March highlighted how the $6.9 trillion sector struggled under …
Clearing houses face tougher crisis management scrutiny
By Huw Jones
November 16, 2020, Reuters
Global regulators have tightened their scrutiny of whether clearing houses hold enough capital and cash to avoid calling on taxpayers in a crisis, …
BoE’s Cunliffe says COVID-19 market volatility to prompt global reforms
By Huw Jones
November 12, 2020, Reuters
Global regulators will set out potential reforms to markets and funds after stresses surfaced during extreme market volatility in March as many countries …
Financial system stable ‘for now,’ but vulnerabilities rising: IMF
By Pete Schroeder
October 13, 2020, Reuters
Policymakers’ unprecedented response to the global health crisis has contained risks to the financial system, but a prolonged recession or policy missteps could …
IMF, World Bank, G20 Countries to Create Central Bank Digital Currency Rules
October 13, 2020, CoinDesk
International financial authorities and 20 of the world’s largest economies are establishing official standards for regulating and issuing sovereign digital currencies.
The Group of Twenty (G20) …
Hedge Funds May Escape Fed Blame Over Market Mayhem in March
By Rich Miller and Jesse Hamilton
September 30, 2020, Bloomberg
Hedge funds can rest easier for now.
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles said he doesn’t think the …
Fed Headed for a Clash With Hedge Funds, Other Shadow Banks
By Rich Miller and Jesse Hamilton
August 3, 2020, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve and other central banks are heading for a collision with shadow lenders — the firms with a …
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US hedge funds’ shadow-banking trades involving Treasuries, repos still risky, federal researchers say
By Neil Roland
July 17, 2020, MLex
US hedge funds’ participation in a complex kind of shadow banking transaction involving Treasuries and repurchase agreements remains risky even after the Federal …
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The Global LEI Initiative: Beginning 2021 With Much Accomplished and an Ambitious Agenda
By Allan D. Grody, Financial InterGroup
Read More →Originally published on the Financial InterGroup site
Below is a research note from Allan D. Grody of Financial InterGroup that looks back at the …