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FTSE Russell: Sustainable Investment Is Now Standard According To Global Asset Owner Survey

Date 07/10/2021

• Sustainable investment is now standard globally: 84% of asset owners are either implementing or evaluating sustainability into their portfolios
• Risk management considerations fuel appetite for sustainable investment, with two thirds stating mitigating long-term investment risk is a key factor
• Globally, climate and carbon are the leading priorities for 67% of respondents, but US asset owners cite social themes as top focus
• Sustainable investment regulation is viewed positively, with 82% seeing it as enabling or potentially enabling

FINRA: New Research: Racial And Ethnic Disparities Persist Among American Households Who Own Taxable Investments - Small, But Encouraging Gains Apparent Among Some Groups

Date 07/10/2021

African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos continue to be underrepresented among investor households in America, despite modest gains by African Americans in recent years, according to new research released by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation).

TMX Group Limited Announces Release Date For Q3 2021 Financial Results And Analyst Conference Call

Date 07/10/2021

TMX Group Limited will announce its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021 in the evening of Monday, November 8, 2021. An analyst conference call to review the results will be held on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. ET.

SEC: PLI Broker/Dealer Regulation And Enforcement 2021 - Speech By Gurbir Grewal, Director, Division Of Enforcement

Date 07/10/2021

Thank you for that introduction and for having me here today. At the Division of Enforcement, ensuring that broker-dealers and associated individuals follow our laws and regulations is critical to our mission, so it’s only fitting that my first speech as Director is at this event.

EBA Updates Risk Assessment Indicators

Date 07/10/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of indicators for risk assessment and risk analysis tools, together with the accompanying methodological guide. Without adding any reporting burden neither on reporting institutions nor on competent authorities, this guidance describes how risk indicators are computed in EBA publications and allows competent authorities and users of EBA data to interpret key bank figures in a consistent fashion when conducting their risk assessments and analyses.

ACER Administrative Board And Energy Community Secretariat Discuss Cooperation And Greening Action Plans

Date 07/10/2021

The ACER Administrative Board and the Energy Community Secretariat held a joint meeting in Vienna on 7 October. The meeting took place back-to-back to the 50th meeting of the ACER Administrative Board.

Istanbul Financial Center To Support Turkey's Ambition To Become A Top 10 Global Economy

Date 07/10/2021

• Financial hub unites Turkey's financial services industry and international investors in the heart of Istanbul, with ambitions to become one of the largest financial centers in the world
•  Sponsors of this weekend's Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix as part of global marketing strategy

CPMI Calls For Ideas On Solutions To Expand PvP Settlement

Date 07/10/2021

Settling FX trades can lead to significant principal risk exposures when one counterparty to a trade sends a currency payment to the other counterparty before receiving the currency it is buying. Payment-versus-payment (PvP) mechanisms, which ensure that the final transfer of a payment in one currency occurs if and only if the final transfer of a payment in another currency or currencies takes place, can significantly mitigate principal risk.

US Treasury Releases Climate Action Plan - The Plan Lays Out Efforts To Bolster Adaptation And Increase Resilience Of Treasury Facilities And Operations To The Impacts Of Climate Change

Date 07/10/2021

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Treasury Climate Action Plan, which is directed by Section 211 of Executive Order 14008 and Treasury’s efforts to bolster adaptation and increase resilience of its facilities and operations to the impacts of climate change.

Europex - Energy Price Surge: EU Member States Must Preserve The Benefits Of The Internal Energy Market While Safeguarding Consumers

Date 07/10/2021

Energy prices have increased globally, including in Europe, due to a combination of fundamental supply and demand factors, including among others:

• Increased global energy demand (including for natural gas, LNG, electricity, coal and oil) due to the economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic;
• An unusually cold and long winter season in the northern hemisphere, and, hence, low gas storage levels across Europe;
• Relatively low intermittent RES-electricity production and low hydro power reserve levels due to unfavourable weather conditions in the summer.