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On May 3, 2022, the European Commission launched a call for evidence on the upcoming Retail Investment Strategy, with a deadline of May 31, 2022.

ICI Global submitted the attached response to selected survey questions from the European Commission's Targeted Consultation on the Functioning of the ESG Ratings Market in the European Union and on the Consideration of ESG Factors in Credit Ratings.

On March 16, 2022, the European Commission (Commission) proposed the review of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR).

On 27 May 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) (the "Regulators") announced the inclusion of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) into the Mainland-Hong Kong Stock Connect ("Stock Connect").

Under the EU Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), a banking organization must report to supervisory authorities its ten largest exposures to "shadow banking entities which carry out banking activities outside the regulated framework." The European Banking Authority (EBA) has...

On 29 April 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) released for public consultation the Measures for the Administration of Cybersecurity Relating to the Securities and Futures Industry (Draft for Comments) ("Draft Measures").

As we previously informed you, on April 12 the European Commission (Commission) published a targeted consultation on the functioning of the Money Market Fund Regulation (MMFR), which has been fully applicable since January 2019.

On May 13, we submitted a letter to Andrea Gacki, the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), regarding the Russia sanctions. In the letter, we requested that OFAC amend General License No. 9C (GL 9C) to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations...

In April, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a discussion paper on the corporate bond markets, focusing on their experiences during the COVID-19 induced market stress of March 2020.

On April 12, the European Commission (Commission) published a targeted consultation on the functioning of the Money Market Fund Regulation (MMFR), which has been fully applicable since January 2019.