ݮtv FMA Insights Nº 4
We are delighted to inform that the 4th edition of the ݮtv FMA Insights Newsletter has been launched and it's available!
In this new number, you can find the important input of Kim Winding Larsen, ݮtv FMA President, interesting contributions from Rui Correia, Chair of the Board of Education and Alan Scott, Chair of the Crypto Working Group and the testimony of Mohammed Al Hashemi, ݮtv Middle East President.
The objective of the ݮtv FMA Insights Newsletter is to bring news and updates from ݮtv FMA activities to all our global ݮtv members, on a quarterly basis.
ݮtv FMA are longstanding proponents and influencers of ethical conduct and good market practices to all financial market professionals.
Welcome from ݮtv FMA President
ݮtv FMA began 2021 with renewed energy, hope for the New Year, and has immediately started to work on a new project related to Education, one of the core values that rule the Association and that should be, in my opinion, a priority for governments worldwide.
Continuing the work started in 2020, ݮtv FMA invested more time and devoted more resources to release the latest Education videos. These instruments, as well as the previous ELAC videos, that were disclosed the last summer, are available to the financial market’s community. These videos are important means to spreading the ݮtv FMA messages and, mainly, to promote the vast educational offer available to the industry. Bearing in mind the goals set in this area, this year we will continue to develop products, new content and initiatives aimed at improving our education program and benefitting our members. ݮtv FMA hopes that the products and services offered are an asset to those who use them.
In this edition, you can find a very interesting contribution from Rui Correia, Chair of the Board of Education, a CWG insight through the vision of Alan Scott and finally, the testimony of Mohammed Al Hashemi whose mandate has come to an end after 6 years as the ݮtv Middle East President. I take this opportunity to thank Mohammed Al Hashemi for the extraordinary work done for the Middle East Region and ݮtv FMA as a whole. Faithfully,
Kim Winding Larsen, ݮtv FMA President
Message from ݮtv FMA Middle-East President
It was a great honor to be part of the ݮtv FMA management board and president of ݮtv Middle East during the past 6 years as we have worked closely in developing the region’s awareness about the FX Global
Code, ELAC and accredited Certifications. ݮtv FMA has grown to be recognized by various Central Banks and Financial Institutions across the region. During the past few years, we have seen growth in the number of Members associating with ݮtv FMA.
The ݮtv Middle East region has successfully hosted the 2017 ICA Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and, for the first time, the joint ݮtv ICA Financial Markets World Congress in 2018 was held in Cairo, Egypt. The region is also currently preparing to host the ݮtv ICA Financial Markets World Congress joint conference, for the second time, from the 17th to the 20th November 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported me during my term as ݮtv Middle East president and wish the upcoming nominated president the best of luck.
Mohammed Al Hashemi, ݮtv Middle East President
Message from Chair of Board of Education
A long, long time ago, more specifically in June 1964, Malcolm X, the famous human rights activist, stated in a forum that “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today”. As a proud representative of ݮtv FMA Education, I firmly believe that this quote will always represent the key role that ongoing learning plays in our personal and professional lives.
Financial markets are dynamic and changes in their environment can happen very quickly, so it is absolutely essential that all professionals involved in these markets are willing to enhance their knowledge on a continuously basis. For that to happen, appropriate and updated educational tools must be at their disposal, regardless of where these market participants are located in the world. To support this, the Board of Education (BOE) at ݮtv FMA is always looking to enhance our offering of training and certification methodologies, so that its content remains updated and relevant to face the latest market developments.
With members from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the BOE welcomes and regularly discusses all ideas that seek the development of our educational contribution to the members of ݮtv FMA and to the financial market industry as a whole.
2020 was an important year in that regard, as we have spent significant time updating our exams, launching projects for our e-learning tool (ELAC) and implementing new training channels. But our work continues daily, as we aim to grow and keep delivering the best educational instruments for financial
markets… because the future starts today, not tomorrow.
Rui Correia, Chair Board of Education
Message from Chair of Crypto Working Group
The Crypto Working Group has been established in 2019 and has been working primarily in:
- Changes and evolution within regulatory regimes;
- Progress on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) as well as other stablecoins such as Tether and Facebook's Diem;
- What code of conduct should it back or develop for use by the ݮtv membership.
The Working Group is actively monitoring developments and has noticed the following trends:
- Stablecoins: In January 308 USD billion of transactions were processed using stablecoins and they are increasingly being used by Institutions as a temporary store of value on allocation/reallocation decisions.
- Crypto: Such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are behaving more like an investment instrument where the primary motivation is around return rather than as a currency.
- Assets: The representation of real-world assets such as equities, art and gold with tokens to enable efficient trading and settlement are increasingly being explored.
There are a number of different kinds of Digital currency also being explored by Central Banks, Commercial Banks and Private Sector players.
The larger Banks are getting serious with significant investments not just in learning but also now in doing.
It is believed many Banks will bypass the development of a custody service and go straight to setting up trading desks with connectivity to a number of services and settlement solutions.
DeFI (distributed finance infrastructure by engineered protocols) which is growing rapidly with some 35 USD Billion under management, will be a difficult challenge for regulators as it is difficult to identify which entity is responsible for what activity.
With CBDC’s we are seeing in many cases Central Banks leading Commercial Banks in innovation which is the opposite of what normally happens with a new technology.
We firmly believe that Crypto or the broader definition of digital assets will be a driving force in shaping the future banking industry and its associated infrastructure.
Alan Scott, Chair Crypto Working Group