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NGX’s CEO Highlights The Value Of Corporate Governance In Capital Market

Date 23/03/2022

Nigerian Exchange Limited (“NGX”), highlighted the value of sound corporate governance as the foundation that creates transparency and establishes the trust required to keep the global financial system running. He said this during the launch of the Corporate Governance Triangle, an initiative of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), Nigerian Exchange Limited and the Institute of Directors, Nigeria (IoD) on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.

Supporting Consumers Through Tough Times – Priorities For Credit Regulation - Speech By Brian Corr, FCA Interim Director Of Retail Lending At The FCA, Delivered At Credit Summit 2022, On 23 March 2022

Date 23/03/2022

Highlights

• Consumers are facing increasing financial pressure – credit matters greatly for consumers and can help them to cope, but also has significant potential for harm
• We’re focusing closely on delivering the right outcomes for consumers who use credit products, and we want firms to do the same – the new Consumer Duty will play a big part in this
• Ensuring that borrowers get the right help and support from their providers when they get into financial difficulty remains a key priority, as it’s likely more people will need it
• We’re also looking at how to help people with limited borrowing options, without reducing protection from unaffordable lending and other types of harm

Bank Of Russia: Russian Stock Exchanges To Maintain Listing Of Securities Of Multinational Companies Headquartered In Russia If They Are Delisted Abroad

Date 23/03/2022

The Bank of Russia has set a moratorium, to be effective until 1 January 2023, on the delisting of shares of foreign issuers, as well as depository receipts certifying the rights in respect of such shares admitted to organised trading by the decision of the Russian exchange pursuant to Clause 4 of Article 51.1 of Federal Law No. 39-FZ, dated 22 April 1996, ‘On the Securities Market’ in the event of the delisting of these securities on a foreign exchange.

Moscow Exchange To Resume Equity Trading

Date 23/03/2022

On 24 March 2022, Moscow Exchange will resume trading in stocks. MOEX’s markets will operate as follows as decided by the Bank of Russia.

NeXR Technologies SE: BaFin Imposes Administrative Fine

Date 23/03/2022

On 16 March 2022, BaFin imposed an administrative fine amounting to 60,000 euros on NeXR Technologies SE.

CICC Hong Kong Asset Management Selects ICE Index For CICC Carbon Futures ETF

Date 23/03/2022

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced that China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Asset Management Limited (CICC HKAM) has selected the ICE EUA Carbon Futures Index (Excess Return) for its CICC Carbon Futures ETF.

ACER: Final Report On The Local Power Grid Incident In Rogowiec (Poland) Substation On 17 May 2021

Date 23/03/2022

The Expert Panel composed of ENTSO-E, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. (PSE, the Polish Transmission System Operator (TSO)), ACER and relevant National Regulatory Authority (NRA) representatives publish their Final Report on the Local Grid Incident in Rogowiec (Poland) substation that occurred on 17 May 2021, issued in accordance with the System Operation Guideline (SO GL) and the Incident Classification Scale (ICS) Methodology. 

Cowen Launches Digital Asset Division Offering Trading And Custody Solutions For Institutional Investors - Cowen Digital Leads US Banks In Providing Institutional Grade End-To-End Infrastructure For The Emerging Digital Asset Class

Date 23/03/2022

Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) (“Cowen” or the “Company”) today announced the public launch of its digital asset division, Cowen Digital LLC.  The new division offers full-service trade execution and custody solutions on a platform that provides institutional clients with secure and compliant access to the digital asset ecosystem. Custody solutions are provided through Cowen’s strategic partnership with Polysign’s Standard Custody & Trust.

Stock Exchanges In Luxembourg And Rwanda Take First Important Steps Together

Date 23/03/2022

In a special Ring the Bell ceremony held in Luxembourg earlier today, in the presence of Rwanda’s Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, His Excellency Ambassador Sebashongore, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) joined together to celebrate the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions.

The Amman Stock Exchange Requests Listed Companies To File The Financial Statements Of 2021 Before The End Of The Specified Period

Date 23/03/2022

Mr. Mazen Wathaifi the Chief Executive Officer of Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) said that the ASE requests listed companies to submit their audited annual financial statements reports for the period ended December 31, 2021, through the e- disclosure System XBRL, prior to the end of this month March,2022.