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Date 27/09/2022

Opening Speech By European Commissioner McGuinness At Banque de France Conference, “Opportunities And Challenges Of The Tokenisation Of Finance: Which Role For Central Banks?”

Thank you, François, for both the invitation and particularly for your wide-ranging opening remarks.Thank you, François, for both the invitation and particularly for your wide-ranging opening remarks.

Date 27/09/2022

Borsa İstanbul Announces The Constituent Changes To The BIST Participation Indices For The period October 2022 – April 2023

Please click for the lists of included/excluded stocks and the lists of constituents of BIST Participation All Shares, BIST Participation 100, BIST Participation 50 and BIST Participation 30 Indices. All changes will be applied after the close of business on Friday, September 30, 2022 and will be effective on Monday, October 3, 2022.

Date 27/09/2022

How Regulation Can Prepare The Ground For Economic Growth - Speech By Sarah Pritchard, UK Financial Conduct Authority Executive Director, Markets, At City And Financial Global's 'The Future Of UK Financial Services Regulation' Summit

Key points

• Protecting consumers from harm and maintaining market integrity are key elements of boosting economic growth and international competitiveness.
• The FCA continues to work on ways to reduce regulatory burden where possible whilst maintaining high standards so the UK is the best place in the world to do business
• The pending authorisations backlog has been slashed by 40% in the last year and the FCA is trialling automated forms to further speed the process
• The FCA is looking at reforming investment advice rules so that specialist knowledge is available to mass market consumers for lower risk products

Date 27/09/2022

ESMA Publishes Report On The DLT Pilot Regime

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published its Report on the distributed ledger technology pilot regime (DLT Pilot).  In the report, ESMA provides guidance on certain technical elements and makes recommendations on compensatory measures on supervisory data to ensure a consistent application by DLT market infrastructures from the start of the regime.

Date 27/09/2022

The UK Prudential Regulation Authority's Future Approach To Policy − Speech By Vicky Saporta, Executive Director, Prudential Policy, Given At The City & Financial Global Event

Vicky explains how regulation that is strong and responsive can avoid unnecessary trade-offs between competitiveness and resilience.

Date 27/09/2022

Carbonfuture Raises EUR 5.5 Million From Existing And New Investors To Accelerate Its Growth Globally

Carbonfuture, the digital MRV platform and marketplace for high-quality carbon removal credits, successfully raised EUR 5.5M in a round led by its existing investors Carbon Removal Partners, Übermorgen Ventures, and WiVenture. They were joined by tech4good venture capital fund 4impact capital and value-add investor Sustainable Future Ventures. The funding will allow Carbonfuture to further grow its presence with a focus on the US market, enabling it to meet the growing demand of high-ranking customers like Microsoft, Swiss Re, Klarna, and South Pole. This will be achieved by broadening the range of innovative carbon removal technologies supported by its platform, as well as by the expansion of its platform services to additional ecosystem partners.

Date 27/09/2022

Saudi Exchange Company Announces The Approval Of The Amended Listing Rules

The Saudi Exchange announces that the Capital Market Authority’s Board has issued its resolution number (3-96-2022) Dated 10/02/1444H corresponding to 06/09/2022G approving the following:

Date 27/09/2022

Qatar Investment Authority Launches Market Making Initiative To Boost Liquidity At Qatar Stock Exchange

• QSE licensed market makers will be able to access some of QIA’s stock inventory and incentives programs
• Move is part of QIA’s commitment to support Qatar’s economy and will facilitate markets in QSE listed stocks.

Date 27/09/2022

Dubai Sustainable Finance Working Group Introduces New Self-Assessment Tool For Companies Of Any Size To Measure Their ESG Maturity

The Dubai Sustainable Finance Working Group (DSFWG), established in 2019 by Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, and Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the leading financial market across the region, has announced the introduction of a self-assessment tool formeasuring the maturity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies and practices in companies. This is in-line with the group's continuous efforts to raise awareness and encourage the adoption of sustainability in the UAE.

Date 27/09/2022

Technicolor Creative Studios Lists On Euronext And Joins The Euronext Tech Leaders Segment

• Technicolor Creative Studios lists on Euronext following its spin-off from Technicolor

• Technicolor Creative Studios joins the Euronext Tech Leaders segment, dedicated to European leading and high-growth Tech companies

• Technicolor Creative Studios is the 3rd listing on Euronext Tech Leaders since the launch of the initiative in June 2022

• 58th listing on Euronext in 2022

• Market capitalisation of €1.07 billion