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Listed@ASX Compliance Update - COVID-19 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations
Date 31/03/2020
Under listing rule 3.1, once an entity is or becomes aware of any information concerning it that a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on the price or value of the entity’s securities, the entity must immediately tell ASX that information.
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FTSE Equity Country Classification – March 2020 Interim Update
Date 31/03/2020
The March 2020 FTSE Equity Country Classification Interim Update has been published. Please click on the following link to view the Interim Update:
FTSE Equity Country Classification March 2020 Interim Update
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SEC Small Business Advocate To Host Virtual Coffee Breaks Discussing Small Business Capital Raising
Date 31/03/2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation is hosting a series of virtual coffee breaks to engage with the public to discuss updates, trends, and perspectives on how COVID-19 is impacting raising capital.
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Volcker Revision And Coronavirus, By Kelvin To, Founder And President Of Data Boiler Technologies
Date 31/03/2020
On behalf of Data Boiler Technologies, I am pleased to provide the FED, SEC, CFTC, FDIC, and OCC (collectively, the “Agencies”) with comments and thanks for acknowledging our prior comments 9 times in the preamble of the agencies’ proposal to revise section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act (a.k.a. the Volcker Rule). This proposal is considered in midst of a global financial turmoil that triggered by the novelty Coronavirus (CoVID-19) situation. Indeed, this is exactly the moment I long advocated for the need of and referred to as “Stress RENTD”. It is time for banks to pour liquidity to markets and temporarily lifting related regulatory restrictions on their ability to scoop up troubled assets to restore financial stability.
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S&P Dow Jones Indices: Europe Dashboard
Date 31/03/2020
Europe
- Marred by global pandemic fears as COVID-19 spread rapidly across the continent, Italy, then Spain and shortly thereafter most of the remainder of the continent was locked down in order to slow the spread of the virus.
- European equities struggled in the face of a global sell-off; the S&P Europe 350® fell to post its worst monthly and quarterly performance since September 2002.
- The pandemic did little to abate an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, which has driven crude prices down to multi-decade lows and pulled down the energy sector with it.
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Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width
Date 31/03/2020
Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) hereby provides notice that due to increased volatility in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of March 23, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice.
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MIAX: Market Maker Option Quote Reporting Exemption For The Consolidated Audit Trail And New Sent Timestamp Field For MEI And MEO Interfaces
Date 31/03/2020
Please refer to the following MIAX Regulatory Circulars for information on Market Makers option quote reporting requirements for the Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) and a related change to the MIAX Express Interface (“MEI”) and MIAX Express Orders (“MEO”) specification documents.
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SEC Announces Ad Hoc Meeting Of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee In Response To COVID-19 Challenges Faced By Small Businesses
Date 31/03/2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will host a meeting via video conference on April 2, 2020, in response to the challenges small businesses are facing in coping with COVID-19.
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CFTC Provides Further Relief To Market Participants In Response To COVID-19
Date 31/03/2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced that it has issued additional targeted, temporary no-action relief to foreign affiliates of certain futures commission merchants (FCMs) in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The relief expires on September 30, 2020.
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Drawbridge Appoints Simon Eyre Head Of Europe - Renowned Technologist And Security Professional Joins Drawbridge Executive Leadership Team
Date 31/03/2020
Drawbridge Partners, a premier cybersecurity software and services firm specializing in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, today announced the appointment of Simon Eyre as Managing Director overseeing the European market. In this role, Mr. Eyre will lead Drawbridge’s engineering, product and customer engagement teams across Europe.
