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Refinitiv To Transition Prototype USD IBOR Consumer Cash Fallbacks To Production Status On July 3, 2023

Date 20/06/2023

Refinitiv today announced that effective July 3, 2023, all Refinitiv USD IBOR Consumer Cash Fallbacks currently in prototype status will transition to production and the spread adjustment will follow a one-year linear transition towards the long-term fixed value.  Firms with an appropriate license can use these rates in financial contracts. 

With Leverage Comes Responsibility − Speech By Jonathan Hall, Bank Of England, External Member Of The Financial Policy Committee, Given At The National Institute Of Economic And Social Research

Date 20/06/2023

Jonathan Hall outlines the dynamic nature of leverage and the tension between deleveraging activity and financial stability. He illustrates this with reference to the leveraged Liability Driven Investment structures that amplified the market shock of Autumn 2022.

Deribit Trading Capacity Added To Exegy Metro Trading Platform - World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Options Exchange Added To Leading Trading Platform

Date 20/06/2023

Exegy, Inc., a leading provider of front-office trading solutions for the capital markets, announced today that it has added Deribit, the world’s largest cryptocurrency options exchange, to its covered crypto derivatives markets for the Metro professional trading platform. The addition will allow crypto traders using Deribit to benefit from Metro’s pricing, execution, and risk management capabilities, gaining a competitive advantage.

CME Group To Launch Lithium Carbonate Futures As Electric Vehicle Demand Surges

Date 20/06/2023

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch a Lithium Carbonate futures contract on July 17, 2023, pending all relevant regulatory reviews. 

Nasdaq, Inc. Announces Proposed Senior Notes Offerings

Date 20/06/2023

Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that it plans to offer, subject to market and other conditions, U.S. dollar-denominated senior notes (the “Dollar Offering”) and euro-denominated senior notes (the “Euro Offering” and, together with the Dollar Offering, the “Offerings”). The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Offerings, together with cash on hand and proceeds of other debt, to fund the cash consideration payable by the Company in connection with its pending acquisition of Adenza Holdings, Inc. (“Adenza”), to repay certain outstanding indebtedness of Adenza and its subsidiaries and to pay related expenses, and for general corporate purposes.

BIS Builds Out "Game-Changing" Blueprint For The Future Monetary And Financial System

Date 20/06/2023

• Programmable central bank money could knit together tokenised commercial bank money and assets on a single platform to enable transactions and contracts in real time.
• New financial infrastructure would be a game-changer, making possible new types of economic arrangement that could revolutionise the monetary and financial system.
• Eventual benefits would go beyond faster speeds and lower costs, to enable entirely new types of transaction, limited only by the ingenuity of public and private innovators.

DigiShares Partners With Texture Capital To Provide Secondary Liquidity For Tokenized Real-World Assets

Date 20/06/2023

DigiShares today announces it has partnered with Texture Capital to provide secondary trading capabilities to clients of their white-label investor management platform and enable issuers to list their security tokens on RealEstate.Exchange (RE.X).

Borsa Istanbul - Periodic Review For The BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond Indices For The Period July-September 2023 Has Been Finalized

Date 20/06/2023

In accordance with the Article 3.3. of BIST-KYD Indices Ground Rules, the periodic review of the BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond Indices for the period July-September 2023 (July 1, 2023 – September 30, 2023) has been finalized. There is no Eurobond to be included in or excluded from the BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond USD and BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond USD (TRY) Indices and they will continue to be calculated with the same list of constituents in the period July-September 2023.

DFM Successfully Concludes International Investor Roadshow In London

Date 20/06/2023

• The Roadshow successfully conducted 87 meetings, bringing together a diverse range of over 100 international funds represented by 231 diligent investors.
• International investors are showing increasing interest in bolstering their participation in the capital markets of Dubai.

UAE Securities And Commodities Authority: Financial Markets To Close For Eid Al-Adha Holidays From June 27 To 30

Date 20/06/2023

Under Circular No. 05 of 2023 issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources concerning Eid Al-Adha holidays, and following consultation with the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and the Dubai Financial Market, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) announced that financial markets are to close for Eid Al-Adha holidays on Tuesday, Dhul Hijjah 9, (corresponding to June 27) until Friday, Dhul Hijjah 12 (corresponding to June 30). They will reopen on Monday, July 3. It is up to the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange to decide when the holiday starts and ends, subject to public interest requirements.