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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters For New Bonds
Date 15/09/2020
New bonds will be accepted to margin trading starting from 16.09.2020. From this date on, the following risk parameters will be applied:
№ Ticker Minimum Initial Margin for the Market Risk, % Concentration Limit, # of securities Level 1, S_1_min Level 2, S_2_min Level 3, S_3_min Level 1 Level 2 1 SU52003RMFS9 11% 12% 13% 1 000 000 5 000 000 -
IIROC: Best Practices For Electronic Proceedings
Date 15/09/2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person hearings at IIROC have been postponed or converted into electronic hearings, proceeding by either telephone or videoconference. To provide guidance on the conduct of electronic hearings, IIROC has issued the IIROC Hearing Committee Best Practices for Electronic Proceedings. The Best Practices also outline the minimum technical requirements for electronic proceedings.
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British Columbia Securities Commission: Total Market Value Of British Columbia’s Publicly Listed Companies Grows After Initial Impact Of COVID-19
Date 15/09/2020
The total value of British Columbia’s publicly listed companies dropped 26 per cent in the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, but then climbed above December 2019 levels, according to a new report from the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC).
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Canadian Securities Regulators Provide Update On Timing Of Annual Report On Women On Boards And In Executive Officer Positions
Date 15/09/2020
The securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (the participating jurisdictions) are providing an update on the timing of the annual report on women on boards and in executive officer positions. The report summarizes results from the participating jurisdictions’ review focusing on disclosure requirements regarding the representation of women on boards and in executive officer positions, as set out in National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices.
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SEC: Unregistered ICO Issuer Agrees To Disable Tokens And Pay Penalty For Distribution To Harmed Investors
Date 15/09/2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Unikrn Inc., an operator of an online eSports gaming and gambling platform headquartered in Seattle, Washington, for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of digital asset securities. Unikrn agreed to settle the charges by paying a $6.1 million penalty, substantially all of the company's assets, to be distributed to investors through a Fair Fund.
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CFTC Staff Provides Relief And Further Guidance Regarding FCM Separate Account Practices
Date 15/09/2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) and Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued a joint staff letter containing an advisory and time limited, conditional no-action relief related to the treatment by futures commission merchants (FCMs) of separate accounts for a particular customer.
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TheCityUK: Economic Outlook Improving, But Data Shows Huge SME Debt Challenge Remains
Date 15/09/2020
TheCityUK’s Recapitalisation Group (RCG), supported by EY, has today published updated projections for levels of unsustainable debt faced by SMEs. An improved outlook for the economy, due in part to Government stimulus, has led to a fall in the projected level of unsustainable debt, but the recapitalisation of UK SMEs remains a huge challenge, which will be a drag on the long-term return to economic growth.
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CFTC: Federal Court Orders Illinois Software Development Firm To Pay Penalty And Disgorgement For Aiding And Abetting Illegal Conduct
Date 15/09/2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a consent order of permanent injunction against Edge Financial Technologies, LLC, an Illinois firm that provided software development and computer programming services for traders. This ruling resolves a 2018 enforcement action brought in connection with the Division of Enforcement’s Spoofing Task Force. [See CFTC Press Release No. 7689-18]
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The Indices Linked To BME Growth Change Name
Date 15/09/2020
BME has agreed to carry out a modification of the Technical Standards for the composition and calculation of the stock market indices. These changes take place following MAB’s rebranding as BME Growth, after the Spanish stock market supervisor, CNMV, granted this market the European Growth Market status, called Mercado de Pymes en Expansión in Spain.
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Bank Of England: Changes To Publication Of Capital Expenditure And Channel Islands And Isle Of Man Data
Date 15/09/2020
This article provides proposals to discontinue the publication of statistics for monetary financial institutions’ capital expenditure, and balance sheet data for monetary financial institutions located in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
