Some EU banks have completed Brexit plans but are holding off on execution, European Central Bank Supervisory Board Chairman Andrea Enria says. They are awaiting the outcome of talks between the EU and the UK before deciding whether to move capital and employees, Enria told a conference.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid says he sees no reason to extend the term of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, despite disruption from Brexit. The Conservative Party will pick a BoE chief quickly if it wins the election, Javid says.

A midcycle internal stress test finds all 18 banks participating can withstand a financial crisis, staying above the regulatory minimum for post-stress risk- and leverage-based capital ratios.

Benoit Coeure, an outgoing member of the European Central Bank Executive Board, will lead the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub, starting a five-year term Jan. 15. The hub was established in June to identify and develop "critical trends in technology affecting central banking."

Cyberrisk-rating firms have emerged to offer financial institutions an alternative way to vet vendors' risk management. However, there are concerns ratings from these firms might not comprehensively measure a vendor's cyberrisk.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has released guidance on third-country central counterparties that could have an impact on UK and US derivatives clearinghouses doing business with EU clients after Brexit. The guidance is part of legislation referred to as European Market Infrastructure Regulation 2.2.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is considering establishing a single margin system for futures and options trading in order to reduce market participants' costs, possibly by up to 35%, sources say. Traders have been lobbying for the change, saying India's current margins are some of the world's highest.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated her government is willing to reconsider plans for EU-wide bank deposit insurance. "We will still discuss the details within the German government, but all in all the things are going in the direction that we need," she said.

China is willing to give users of a proposed government-sponsored digital currency the same anonymity they enjoy when using paper money and coins, says Mu Changchun, who leads the People's Bank of China's digital-currency research institute. However, safeguards would exist to protect against tax evasion, money laundering, terrorism financing, online gambling and other illegal activities, Mu says.

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The ISDA Interest Rate Benchmarks Review analyzes trading volumes of interest rate derivatives transactions in the US referencing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and other selected alternative risk-free rates. In addition, the report analyzes IRD traded notional referencing LIBOR denominated in US dollars, sterling, Swiss franc, yen, euro, as well as EURIBOR and TIBOR. READ REPORT HERE.