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    ESG / Sustainability

    IIGCC Outlines Principles for Enhancing Net Zero Benchmarks

    By ESG Investor | 26/05/2023

    New IIGCC working group with Bloomberg, FTSE Russell, MSCI, and S&P Global aims to promote best practices and real-world emissions reductions.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    EU Commission Unveils Measures to “Empower” Retail Investors

    By Mark Johnston | 25/05/2023

    The measures include better disclosures about investment products and services and a ban on inducements for “execution-only” sales.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    PITCH! REGTECH: ESG Data Needs to Be More Accurate 

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/05/2023

    Panellists at Regulation Asia’s PITCH! REGTECH conference said RegTech needs to be “creative” to help FIs manage ESG data.

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    Market Infrastructure

    Five Eyes Agencies Warn of State Sponsored Cyber Attacks

    By Editors | 25/05/2023

    Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the joint advisory is a “collective disinformation campaign” from the “empire of hacking”.

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    HSBC Planning Exit from Up to a Dozen Markets – Report

    By Editors | 25/05/2023

    It is not yet known which jurisdictions HSBC is considering exiting, but they are understood to be relatively small markets that may have underperformed.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    NGFS Explores Short-Term Climate Scenarios

    By ESG Investor | 24/05/2023

    The NGFS is inviting modelling teams to participate and contribute to the development of short-term climate scenarios.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    IOSCO Proposes First-Ever Global Regulations for Crypto Market

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/05/2023

    The recommendations cover activities including offering, admission to trading, ongoing trading, settlement, market surveillance and custody, and retail distribution.

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    Market Infrastructure

    LCH SwapClear Completes USD LIBOR to SOFR Conversion

    By Editors | 23/05/2023

    In aggregate, LCH SwapClear has successfully converted approximately 600,000 USD LIBOR contracts with notional value of $45tr.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    G7 Leaders Committed to Tackling Biodiversity Crisis

    By ESG Investor | 22/05/2023

    The G7 will “identify incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity by 2025″.

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    Sanctions

    G7 Allies Impose Expansive New Russia-related Sanctions

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/05/2023

    The US issued more than 300 new designations. The UK, Canada, and Japan also announced new sanctions.

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