Securities Operations Advisory Group Content

As we previously informed you, in September the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a circular introducing T+1 rolling settlement on an optional basis for Indian equities with an effective date of January 1, 2022.

On September 26, SEC staff issued a report examining the January 2021 trading activity in GameStop stock (GME), which has led regulators and other policymakers to focus on certain equity market structure issues. While the report does not address the underlying causes of the "meme...

On October 18, 2021, ICI Global submitted the attached letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regarding SEBI's circular introducing T+1 rolling settlement on an optional basis for Indian equities with an effective date of January 1, 2022.

On September 14, SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee as part of that committee's oversight of the SEC. His testimony covered four topics from the SEC's unified agenda: (i) funds and investment management; (ii) market...

On September 1, SEC Chair Gensler spoke to the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs on three topics: (i) Predictive Data Analytics, Digital Engagement Practices, and Financial Stability; (ii) Crypto Assets; and (iii) Issuer Disclosures. Chair Gensler's...

On July 21, 2021, SEC Chair Gary Gensler made a speech at the American Bar Association Derivatives and Futures Law Committee Virtual Mid-Year Program. Gensler's speech highlighted the Securities and Exchange Commission's agenda regarding security-based swaps (SBSs). Highlights of the...

On Wednesday, July 14th, 2021, ICI Global along with several trade associations, representing the buy-side, sell-side, and market infrastructures, jointly submitted the attached letter to the European Commission ("the Commission"), and the European Securities and Markets Authority (...

On 1 July 2021, the European Commission ("the Commission") published a report ("the Report") on the Central Securities Depositaries Regulation (CSDR). As outlined below, the Commission has identified where further action may be required to achieve the CSDR's objectives in a more...

As we previously informed you, on June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of...