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Final Rule: Prohibition Against Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations

Prohibition Against Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations prohibiting a sponsor of an asset-backed security (including a synthetic asset-backed security) that would result in conflicts of interest effective February 5, 2024.

Background: * The SEC proposed new Rule 192 to implement the prohibition in Securities Act Section 27B1 (โ€œSection 27Bโ€), which was added by Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank Act. * Section 27B(a) provides that an underwriter, placement agent, initial purchaser, or sponsor, or affiliates or subsidiaries of any such entity, of
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 CME/FICC Cross Margining Enhancements Implementation Notice

CME/FICC Cross Margining Enhancements Implementation effective 1/22/24. In 2020, CME exposures were largeโ€”likely in excess of $100bn notional. Savings with Enhanced Cross-Margining estimated at ~80% to protect the clearinghouses...

Background for this post: * https://www.cftc.gov/media/9591/gmac_FICC_CME110623/download * https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/Downloads/legal/rule-filings/2023/FICC/SR-FICC-2023-010.pdf * https://www.dtcc.com/~/media/Files/Downloads/legal/rules/ficc_cme_crossmargin_agreement.pdf * https://www.dtcc.com/news/2023/july/18/
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Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr

"the discount window provides ready access to funding to help banks manage liquidity risks in normal conditions, it is also incredibly important that it be available to banks dealing with idiosyncratic or market-wide stress events."

Highlights: * "Credit Suisse came under renewed pressure in March 2023 after a long period of liquidity pressures that had been acute since the fall of 2022. Of course, Credit Suisse had been a troubled bank for some time, with doubts about its future viability after the Archegos and Greensill
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Federal Reserve Urged to Strengthen Guardrails for global systemically important banking organizations (GSIBs)

Senators urge Fed to strengthen guardrails on biggest banks: "These banks should be using more shareholdersโ€™ equity to fund their risky activities, so that they โ€“ not U.S. taxpayers โ€“ are on the hook if those bets do not pay off."

We strongly support the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systemโ€™s effort to make the U.S. banking system more resilient by strengthening the guardrails at global systemically important banking organizations (GSIBs). As we saw in the 2008 financial crisis, global megabanks took on layers of risky financial
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S&P Global Market Intelligence: UBS is least efficient bank in Europe in Q3 2023.

S&P Global Market Intelligence: UBS is least efficient bank in Europe in Q3 2023.

Source: https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/ubs-is-least-efficient-bank-in-europe-in-q3-2023-79149692 The Swiss bank recorded a third-quarter cost-to-income ratio of 99.56%, representing a 10.61-percentage-point increase from the previous quarter. UBS posted a third-quarter net loss attributable to shareholders of $785 million, compared to a $1.73 billion profit booked
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(PCAOB) levied the highest civil money penalty imposed against a China-based firm

Without firms admitting or denying the findings, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) levied the highest civil money penalty imposed against a China-based firm ($4 million) for auditors falsifying financial reports.

Wut Mean?: * The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) today announced three settled disciplinary orders sanctioning three China-based firms and four individuals for violations of the U.S. securities laws and PCAOB rules and standards.ย ย  * These are the first enforcement settlements with mainland Chinese and Hong Kong firms since the
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Concern over the rapid growth of the private credit market.

"Banks have engaged in lending to private credit funds, are partnering with funds to actively arrange private credit deals, and have begun transferring risk to private credit funds through exotic financial instruments."

Wut Mean?: * Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking and Housing Committee, urged financial regulators to assess the potential risks posed by the growing private credit market. * In a
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