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ACER: Most EU Gas Transportation Networks Not Yet Ready To Transport Hydrogen
Date 10/07/2020
For the European Union (EU) to be climate neutral by 2050, gas networks will have to be gradually adapted to carry green gases such as biomethane and hydrogen. 23 national regulatory authorities (NRAs) have looked into the current possibilities for admixing hydrogen and injecting biomethane or transporting pure hydrogen via existing gas networks, as well as network adaptations to allow this in the future and reported via a survey to the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
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IMF: The Platform For Collaboration On Tax Publishes Its Progress Report 2020
Date 10/07/2020
The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) – a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and the World Bank – published today its Progress Report 2020, which gives a snapshot of the world’s four leading multilateral organizations’ cooperation in the area of domestic resource mobilization, including in their responses to COVID-19.
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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters For New Bonds
Date 10/07/2020
New bonds will be accepted to margin trading starting from 08.07.2020. 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 SU29014RMFS6 10% 11% 12% 1,000,000 5,000,000 -
ESMA Publishes Guidelines On Securitisation Repository Data Completeness And Consistency Thresholds
Date 10/07/2020
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published its final report on the Guidelines on securitisation respository data completeness and consistency thresholds. The Guidelines provide clarity for market participants and securitisation repositories (SRs) on the accepted levels of No-Data (ND) options contained in the securitisation data submitted to SRs.
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UK Financial Conduct Authority: Annual Report And Accounts 2019/20 And Annual Public Meeting
Date 10/07/2020
THe FCA normally publish its Annual Report and Accounts in July. However, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the National Audit Office in completing the audit of the FCA’s financial statements, as well as those of other public bodies, in the usual timeframe. This means the FCA will be unable to lay the document in Parliament in July. In response to the challenges caused by the pandemic affecting a number of other government entities, HMT has announced a general extension to the filing deadline to 30 September. In line with HMT and other similarly affected public bodies, the FCA will now be publishing our Annual Report and Accounts for 2019/2020 in September.
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HKEX: Appointment Of Listing Review Committee Members
Date 10/07/2020
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), announces the appointment of members to the Listing Review Committee of the Main Board and GEM (together, the Listing Review Committee1).
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ING Appoints Former Google Compare And Confused.Com CEO, Nicolas Weng Kan As The CEO Of Yolt
Date 10/07/2020
- Nicolas Weng Kan will be responsible for both arms of the ING backed Fintech, the B2C Yolt app and B2B open banking provider, Yolt Technology Services
- CEO joins as award winning money app Yolt announces 1.5 million registered users and as Yolt Technology Services (YTS) celebrates making over 800 million API calls to date (22 million per week)
- A true champion of product innovation, Nicolas will lead both brands in empowering more consumers and businesses to reap the benefits of open banking technology
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Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security DSKY
Date 10/07/2020
As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 10.07.2020, 11-19 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate for tenor Y0/Y1Dt (up to -85.75 %), penalty rate and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.819 rub) for the security DSKY were changed. New values are available here
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HKEX: Appointment Of Listing Committee Members
Date 10/07/2020
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), announces the appointment of members to the Listing Committee of the Main Board and GEM (together, the Listing Committee).
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Securities Commission Malaysia And Bursa Malaysia Implement Temporary Revisions To Market Management And Control Mechanisms
Date 10/07/2020
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) will implement temporary revisions to existing market management and control mechanisms, namely the dynamic and static price limits, and the circuit breaker, to provide added stability and confidence in the marketplace. The revisions will be applicable for a six-month period from 20 July 2020 to 18 January 2021.
