Federal Reserve Alert! Guidance on Resolution forthcoming. Resolution plans, required by the Dodd-Frank Act and commonly known as “living wills,” describe a financial company’s strategy for rapid and orderly resolution under bankruptcy in the event of financial distress or failure.

September 30, 2022 Agencies announce forthcoming resolution plan guidance for large banks and deliver feedback on resolution plan of Truist Financial Corporation Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation For release at 4:30 p.m. EDT …

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Federal Reserve Alert! U.S. economy likely to slow further, Fed’s Beige Book finds. Most business respondents “expected price pressures to persist at least through the end of the year.”

via federalreserve.gov: Labor Markets Employment rose at a modest to moderate pace in most Districts. Overall labor market conditions remained tight, although nearly all Districts highlighted some improvement in labor availability, particularly among manufacturing, construction, and financial services contacts. Moreover, employers …

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George Soros election alert…

With voters in San Francisco having recalled controversial prosecutor Chesa Boudin this week, critics are turning to other anti-bail, anti-jail DAs funded by liberal billionaire George Soros and his groups for ousters. Topping that list are Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, Baltimore State’s …

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ALERT: WHO Upgrades MonkeyPox Threat Level

Global monkeypox threat upgraded to ‘moderate’ by World Health Organization amid fears virus will jump to animals and never be eradicated WHO said outbreak is ‘moderate risk’ because clusters have been reported in different places simultaneously The outbreak, which was …

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FINRA Alert! Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6730 to Enhance TRACE Reporting Obligations for U.S. Treasury Securities.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source (pdf) Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6730 to Enhance TRACE Reporting Obligations for U.S. Treasury SecuritiesComments due: 21 days after publication in the Federal RegisterAdditional Materials: Exhibit 2a, Exhibit 2b, Exhibit 2c, Exhibit 5 Submit Comments on …

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NSCC ALERT! PROPOSED RULE CHANGE FILING – AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEARING AGENCY STRESS TESTING (MARKET RISK) FRAMEWORK AND CLEARING AGENCY LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (SR-NSCC-2022-006)

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source (pdf) Others following suit: FICC – GOV (pdf): Submission of Rule Filing SR-FICC-2022-004 – Amendments to the Clearing Agency Liquidity Risk Management Framework, Clearing Agency Stress Testing (Market Risk) Framework and MBSD Rules FICC – MBS (pdf): Submission of Rule …

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FICC – MBS Alert! Ccertain Deterministic Risk Component items (Mark-to-Market items, cash obligation items and accrued principal and interest) from the Required Fund Deposit calculation to Cash Settlement, revise thresholds in the Intraday Mark-to-Market Charge, establish a new Intraday VaR Charge

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source (pdf) Smoothbrain take; Housing loans are treated as securities/assets. There are rules about how that works. They’re moving risky shit(calls/puts, loans/intrest) from ‘you just need a deposit’ to yall better have fucking cash. They’re also revising the every …

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NSCC Alert! ETF PCF CYCLE EXPANSION.

by Dismal-Jellyfish This is the official notice of an upcoming change that will impact the frequency and timing of the ETF Portfolio Composition File (PCF) primary cycle. Once this enhancement is implemented, NSCC will no longer grant PCF extension requests! …

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