The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Financial Research proposed requiring certain broker-dealers, government securities broker-dealers (including banks), other financial companies and investment advisers to submit daily trade and collateral information on their outstanding non-centrally cleared bilateral repurchase agreement transactions.
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Several trade associations highlighted concerns about an SEC proposal to establish minimum standards for investment advisers before outsourcing certain services or functions.
Based on an ISDA survey of an SEC proposal to require Fixed Income Clearing Corporation members to centrally clear repo transactions in Treasury securities, ISDA said market participants generally supported voluntary clearing, but few supported broad clearing mandates.
A cryptocurrency exchange settled New York State Department of Financial Services charges for failing to establish a compliance program to satisfy (i) New York banking law and (ii) NYDFS virtual currency, money transmitter, transaction monitoring and cybersecurity regulations.
In a joint statement, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board and the OCC highlighted key crypto-asset risks to banking organizations and outlined their approach to crypto-asset-related supervision.