Events listed in Benchmark Regulation (BMR)
MoU between ESMA and the FCA concerning the recognition of UK benchmark ...
ID 21567
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded between itself and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as regards the supervision benchmark administrators. Therein, the regulators agree to closely cooperate on such supervision and exchange information – within legal limits – on benchmark administrators that are applying or have already applied for third-country recognition in the European ...
Public consultation on the draft Recommendation for new contracts for products in ...
ID 21482
In view of the transition from the (use of) WIBOR, the Warsaw Interbank Offered Rate, to the Warsaw Interest Rate Overnight index WIRON, the National Working Group for the benchmark reform (NWG) has now come up with and seeks feedback on draft recommendations for the use of WIRON in financial products. Specifically, in its recommendations, the NWG recommends 1. retail client floating rate mortgage ...
The NWG Steering Committee has endorsed a recommendation on the standard OIS ...
ID 21471
Following the issuance of draft recommendations for the definition of technical parameters for a „standard OIS (overnight index swap) transaction based on the PLN WIRON index, the Warsaw Interest Rate Overnight index“, including the parameters for the calculation of the interest on the floating leg of an OIS based on the compounded PLN WIRON index, the National Working Group for the benchmark reform (NWG) ...
Authorisation as an administrator of STIBOR – FI assesses that the application is ...
ID 21344
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press statement to announce that the application of the Swedish Financial Benchmark Facility AB (SFBF) to become a benchmark administrator is now complete and will be assessed shortly. Specifically, SFBF had applied to become an administrator of STIBOR, the Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate, under the European Union Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) on December 27, 2021, ...