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FSB Warns Of Emerging Risks From Crypto-Assets To Global Financial Stability

Date 16/02/2022

Crypto-asset markets are fast evolving and could reach a point where they represent a threat to global financial stability due to their scale, structural vulnerabilities and increasing interconnectedness with the traditional financial system. This is the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB’s) updated assessment of risks to financial stability from crypto-assets, published today.

Solactive Partners With Osmosis To Launch Resource Efficient Core Equity Ex-Fossil Fuels Global Equity Index, With £200m Seed Investment From East Sussex Pension Fund

Date 16/02/2022

Over the last few years, investors have been increasingly considering aligning investment decisions with ESG values. Last year, this focus increased as the entire world watched heads of states’ debates on effective actions against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Now, Solactive is pleased to announce that East Sussex Pension Fund has partnered with sustainable investment manager Osmosis to launch a £200m global equity ex-fossil fuels portfolio linked to Solactive Osmosis Resource Efficient Core Equity Ex-Fossil Fuels Index.

Statement On Public Dissemination Of Security-Based Swap Transactions, SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Feb. 16, 2022

Date 16/02/2022

On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission took another step to promote transparency in our markets. The public now has access to critical information about security-based swap transactions, including the key economic terms, price, and notional value. This development strengthens post-trade transparency and efficiency in the security-based swaps market, which historically has operated in the dark.

DTCC Launches Treasury Kinetics Service, Providing Access To Repo Trade Data Amid Market Uncertainty - The Service Is Part Of The Firm’s Ongoing Effort To Increase Market Transparency And Provide New Insights As The Industry Continues To Navigate Volatility

Date 16/02/2022

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of DTCC Treasury Kinetics, a new service that provides access to critical U.S. treasury transaction data, increasing transparency into the repurchase agreement (repo) market. Leveraging data from the Government Securities Division of DTCC’s subsidiary, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), this new service provides a daily summary of aggregated and anonymized trade activity including number of trades, volumes, dollar amounts and rates for delivery vs. payment (DVP) repo. On average, FICC matches, nets and settles repo transactions valued at more than $3 trillion dollars each day. 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security LSCC-RM

Date 16/02/2022

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 16.02.2022, 15-03 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 5129) and initial margins (up to 27.5 %) for the security LSCC-RM were changed.

CME Group Launches First Price Comparison Tool For Listed And Cash U.S. Treasuries: UST Market Profile

Date 16/02/2022

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it has launched UST Market Profile, the industry's first tool to bring together listed Treasury futures and BrokerTec cash treasuries in one comprehensive view for global bond traders to trade more efficiently between these two highly complementary liquidity pools.

MFS Africa Joins The Pan-African Payment And Settlement System (PAPSS) Network

Date 16/02/2022

MFS Africa, Africa’s largest digital payments network, today announces that it has joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) network, which is the newly established African cross-border and financial markets infrastructure facilitating the payment, clearance and settlement for intra-African trade payments. MFS Africa will extend the reach of the PAPSS network to over 320 million mobile money and last mile users across 35 African markets, enabling borderless and seamless possibilities for transactions and trade.  

SoftBank Backs Funding Societies With US$294m To Fuel Expansion Plans In Southeast Asia

Date 16/02/2022

• Southeast Asia’s largest SME digital financing platform raises US$144 million Series C+ equity and US$150 million debt lines from financial institutions in Europe, the United States, and Asia.
• The round is led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from VNG, Rapyd Ventures, EDBI, Indies Capital, Ascend Vietnam Ventures and existing shareholders like Sequoia Capital India and BRI Ventures.
• Operating across five countries in Southeast Asia, the FinTech has disbursed over US$2 billion in business financing to MSMEs through more than 5 million loan transactions.

Stronghold Launches $100 Million Investment Fund - Stronghold Capital’s Investments Will Expand Founder Representation And Access In Fintech Innovation

Date 16/02/2022

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JXFY6

Date 16/02/2022

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 16.02.2022, 13-32 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 115.08) and initial margins (up to 30 %) for the security RU000A0JXFY6 were changed.