April 23, 2020 | 2 minutes read

Deloitte | COVID-19 | Global Regulatory Intelligence Bulletin | Thursday 23rd April 2020

Chris Brown

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Senior Manager

Director

Partner

The COVID-19 situation is complex and fast-moving, resulting in an extremely challenging environment to navigate. We have developed a daily regulatory intelligence bulletin, powered by RegHub and Corlytics, which aims to provide a summary of regulatory developments relating to COVID-19. More information on how COVID-19 might impact your firm is available here.

Thursday 23rd April 2020

United Kingdom

CMA	Merger assessments during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
CMA	COVID-19: CMA approach to merger assessments
UK Finance	Banking and mobile industries unite to tackle Covid-19 text message scams

European Union

EBA	EBA provides further guidance on the use of flexibility in relation to COVID-19 and calls for heightened attention to risks
EC	State aid: Commission approves €5.3 million Maltese scheme to support research and development related to coronavirus outbreak
	State aid: Commission approves €110 million Polish loan and guarantee scheme to support the economy in coronavirus outbreak
	State aid: Commission approves Dutch guarantee scheme of up to €10 billion to support the economy in context of coronavirus outbreak
	State aid: Commission approves €38 million Swedish scheme to compensate damages caused by cancelled or postponed cultural events due to coronavirus outbreak
	Coronavirus: Commission announces exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector
	Coronavirus: Commission proposes €3 billion macro-financial assistance package to support ten neighbouring countries
ECB	ECB takes steps to mitigate impact of possible rating downgrades on collateral availability
EUPARL	Ten technologies to fight coronavirus

United States of America

CFTC	Statement of Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz—Meeting of the Agricultural Advisory Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Agricultural Commodity Markets
	Opening Statement of Commissioner Brian Quintenz before the CFTC Agricultural Advisory Committee
	Opening Statement of Chairman Heath P. Tarbert Before the April 22 Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting
DOT	Statement by Secretary Mnuchin on the Spring 2020 Meeting of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees
FDIC	FIL-49-2020 Banker Webinar: How to Become a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Lender
NYDFS	DFS Directs Health Plans to Provide Financial and Administrative Relief To New York Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic

China

PBC	Credit Support for the Real Economy is Better Targeted and More Effective
	PBC Held 2020 Anti-Money Laundering Work Virtual Conference

Hong Kong

HKMA	Postponement of 2020 Supervisor-Driven Stress Test
	Staunch Support for the Banking Sector and the Economy – A Three-pronged Approach
	US Dollar Liquidity Facility

Singapore

SGX

Regulator’s Column: What SGX expects of issuers’ disclosures during COVID-19

Phillipines

BSP	Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Encourages Shift to E-payments Amid Quarantine
SECP	SEC TRACKS DOWN MORE UNAUTHORIZED INVESTMENT SCHEMES

Australia

ASIC

20-095MR ASIC notes financial reporting changes

Global / International

OECD	Covid-19 crisis underscores need to address trade in fake pharmaceuticals, say OECD & EUIPO
	The global response to the coronavirus pandemic must not be undermined by bribery

Note: Key Updates as of 8:00am Thursday 23rd April 2020