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IIROC Welcomes New Board Director And Thanks Outgoing Director - Debra Doucette Brings Over 35 Years Of Industry Experience To IIROC’s Board

Date 25/11/2021

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is pleased to announce that Debra Doucette has been elected to IIROC’s Board of Directors as an industry director, effective November 25, 2021. Holly A. Benson, who served on IIROC’s board for almost seven years, will step down from her role as industry director, effective November 24, 2021, due to her retirement from the industry. 

Moscow Exchange: Preliminary Parameters For The Start Of Trading In VEON Ltd Ordinary Shares

Date 25/11/2021

Moscow Exchange announces trading parameters for VEON Ltd ordinary shares (ISIN BMG9349W1038) to be admitted from 26 November 2021 following the decision of the Exchange to include the securities in the MOEX Level 3 List as from 25 November 2021.

BIS: Back To The Future: Intellectual Challenges For Monetary Policy

Date 25/11/2021

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The central banking community faces daunting challenges, which may well define the future of the central bank as an institution for years to come. These entwined challenges are economic, intellectual and institutional. This lecture focuses on the intellectual challenge, ie the facts on the ground are increasingly testing the long-standing analytical paradigms on which central banks may rely to inform their policies. 

BME Brings Together 12 Spanish Companies With 60 European Investors At The Geneva European Midcap Event

Date 25/11/2021

• The companies represented at the event, which will be held remotely on December 1 and 2, have a combined market value of 23 billion euros

The UK Prudential Regulation Authority’s Role In Improving The Processes That Support Insurers’ Investment - Speech By Charlotte Gerken, Bank Of England, Executive Director, Insurance, Given At The Insurance Asset Management Conference

Date 25/11/2021

Insurers play a key role as investors in the UK economy says Charlotte Gerken.

Charlotte talks about the Prudential Regulation Authority’s role in the review of Solvency II. As part of this review, she says, there is an opportunity to consider reforms that will support insurers to invest.

Eurex Expands FX Offering To Major European Currencies - Seven New FX Futures On Scandinavian Currencies

Date 25/11/2021

Eurex has expanded its FX Futures coverage to the most heavily traded European currencies after GBP, CHF, and EUR. The derivatives trading arm of Eurex continues to develop into a liquidity hub covering major European currencies.

Take Off S.p.A. Lists On Euronext Growth Milan

Date 25/11/2021

• 32nd listing of 2021 on Euronext Growth Milan

• Take Off S.p.A. brings the total number of companies listed on Euronext Growth Milan to 163

• Total placement volume of the offering equal to €12.5 million

BME Admits ICO’s 500 Million Euro Eighth Social Bond

Date 25/11/2021

• The issue matures in April 2025 and will be used to finance positive impact projects of self-employed workers, SMEs and Spanish companies
• The volume issued was 2.5 oversubscribed, bringing the bond's yield down to -0.322%.
• With this placement, the volume of ESG bond issues in BME's fixed-income markets reached 93 billion euros.

BIS: Navigating By R*: Safe Or Hazardous?

Date 25/11/2021

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The concept of the natural rate of interest, or r-star (r*), has risen to prominence in monetary policy following the Great Financial Crisis. R-star is the real (inflation-adjusted) interest rate that equilibrates output at potential, so that inflation is stable. How useful is this concept as a guide to policy?

FSB Commonwealth Of Independent States (CIS) Group Discusses Risks Relating To High Debt Levels And Crypto Assets

Date 25/11/2021

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held a virtual meeting today.