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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A1006G4
Date 25/02/2021
As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 25.02.2021, 15-14 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 121.27) and initial margins (up to 20 %) for the security RU000A1006G4 were changed. New values are available here
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Makes Senior Appointments To Drive Its Transformation
Date 25/02/2021
As part of its transformation programme to build a data-led regulator able to make fast and effective decisions, the FCA announced a restructure in December. This brought together two supervision divisions with the FCA’s policy and competition functions. Following rigorous and wide-ranging recruitment processes, Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive of the FCA since October, has now made four further appointments to the FCA’s executive team:
- Stephanie Cohen will be the FCA’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).
- Jessica Rusu will join the FCA’s as its first Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer (CDIIO).
- Sarah Pritchard will become Executive Director, Markets.
- Emily Shepperd will take up the newly created role of Executive Director, Authorisations. -
International Success Of KDPW IT Developers
Date 25/02/2021
Buy-in reporting messages developed by KDPW have been successfully approved by ISO20022. As the first messages ever to be registered, they set the buy-in reporting standard, developed from scratch on the initiative of KDPW in ISO20022. The standard defined by KDPW and approved by ISO20022 will apply internationally.
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Single Rulebook Launches New Functionality To Switch Between UK And EU Regulation
Date 25/02/2021
Single Rulebook, a leading and integrated software platform for the management of regulatory rules, today announced that it has launched new functionality and tools to enable clients to compare and work effectively across existing EU regulations such as EMIR and MiFID II and the new UK Handbook, published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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LGX Expands To Welcome Climate-Aligned Issuers
Date 25/02/2021
In the presence of Climate Bonds Initiative’s CEO Sean Kidney, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) today announced the latest development of the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX): a brand-new section of LGX dedicated to Climate-Aligned Issuers (CAI), built on Climate Bonds Initiative’s issuer screening and research. As the world’s leading platform for sustainable finance, LGX is now adding to its labelled bonds section a new section dedicated to issuers of debt securities that are active in climate-aligned sectors such as clean energy, low-carbon transport and sustainable land use, but that may not have issued bonds in the labelled format.
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UK Financial Conduct Authority Censures Premier FX For Payment Rule Breaches
Date 25/02/2021
The FCA has publicly censured Premier FX Limited (Premier FX) for failing to safeguard its customers’ money and for misuse of its payment accounts under the Payments Services Regulations. In doing so, Premier FX seriously misled its customers about the services it was authorised to provide and how it held customers’ money.
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Horizon Wins Best Sell-Side EMS At TradingTech Insight Europe Awards 2021
Date 25/02/2021
Horizon Software (Horizon), the world’s leading provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, announced today that it has won Best Sell-Side EMS at the TradingTech Insight Europe Awards 2021.
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DIFC Announced Proposed Amendments To The Employment Law, Data Protection Law And Insolvency Law For Public Consultation
Date 25/02/2021
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has proposed the enactment of legislation to enhance the regulatory framework in the DIFC, bringing it in line with international best practice. In doing so, DIFC Authority has taken into account specific factors relating to the DIFC and the need to provide an appropriate regulatory environment for businesses to operate in or from the Centre.
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State Street Global Markets: Investor Confidence Decreased In February By 8.9 Points To 91.9
Date 25/02/2021
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for February 2021.
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Broadridge Appoints Jerome Hoffman To Be Head Of International Partnerships And Alliances
Date 25/02/2021
Broadridge has appointed Jerome Hoffman to the newly created role of Head of International Partnerships and Alliances, focusing on the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. In this new role Hoffman will focus on creating and further developing relationships with firms across the financial services spectrum, including technology vendors and service providers, consultancies, system integrators, market intermediaries and infrastructure providers.
