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Bank Of England Teams Up With The University Of Manchester To Improve Access To Economics In Schools

Date 30/04/2025

• Partnership to offer teacher training programme to increase access to economics in state schools.
• Launch coincides with new research showing how participation in economics at school and university is highly uneven with big variations by gender, region, socio-economic background and ethnicity. 

ECB Introduces Changes To The Dedicated Credit Facility For Euro Area CCPs

Date 30/04/2025

• Discretionary activation by the Governing Council no longer required
• Additional safeguards introduced in relation to financial soundness and sound liquidity risk management
• Changes will come into effect through the adoption of relevant legal acts in 2025, including the TARGET Guideline

Tehran Securities Exchange Chairs First FEAS Market Surveillance Working Group

Date 30/04/2025

Tehran Securities Exchange (TSE) was appointed as the chair of the "Market Surveillance" expert Working Group under Federation of Euro-Asian Capital Markets (FEAS) in Winter 2024 and Mr. Reza Ghafouri, TSE’s Market Surveillance director, assumed leadership of the group.

The EBA Consults On Draft Amending Technical Standards On Factors Assessing The Appropriateness Of Real Estate Risk Weights

Date 30/04/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on its draft amending Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the types of factors to be considered by national authorities in assessing the appropriateness of real estate risk weights. This review is driven by the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR 3), which confers a new mandate onto the EBA. The consultation runs until 30 May 2025.

MNI Chicago Business Barometer: Chicago Business Barometer™ - Slipped To 44.6 In April

Date 30/04/2025

The Chicago Business Barometer™, produced with MNI slipped 3.0 points to 44.6 in April. This more than reverses March’s 2.1 point rise, but still leaves the index above January’s 39.5 reading. The index has been in contraction for seventeen consecutive months.

United Wholesale Mortgage Selects ICE Mortgage Technology To Power In-House Servicing Strategy

Date 30/04/2025

• Nation’s largest mortgage lender selects ICE Mortgage Technology’s MSP®to provide world-class servicing support that fuels recapture and referral business for brokers

NSE Indices Index Dashboard For The Month Ended April 2025

Date 30/04/2025

 Click here to download the 'Index Dashboard' for the month ended April 2025.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury Quarterly Refunding Statement Of Acting Assistant Secretary For Financial Markets Brian Smith

Date 30/04/2025

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is offering $125 billion of Treasury securities to refund approximately $94.2 billion of privately-held Treasury notes maturing on May 15, 2025.  This issuance will raise new cash from private investors of approximately $30.8 billion.  

Bank Of England's Renewed RTGS Service Goes Live

Date 30/04/2025

On 28 April, our renewed RTGS service – known as RT2 – went live. RT2 will support our strategic objectives for RTGS and CHAPS and act as an open platform for change and innovation, driving improvement in wholesale settlement efficiency and facilitating greater competition. 

HKEX: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions (April 2025)

Date 30/04/2025

This monthly report provides key statistics relating to the various stages in discharging our regulatory oversight duties during the reporting period. The information for the reporting period covers, among others, the number of applications processed and their current status, the number of comment letters and guidance issued to new/ potential new listing applicants and their advisers with the corresponding processing time, the number of rejection and return of listing applications, as well as the number of delisted and suspended companies.