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

Date 18/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 18.08.2021, 17-27 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 3215) and initial margins (up to 23.75 %) for the security VIAC-RM were changed. New values are available here

Sanjay Wadhwa Named Deputy Director Of Enforcement Division

Date 18/08/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Sanjay Wadhwa as Deputy Director of the Division of Enforcement. Mr. Wadhwa most recently served as the Senior Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement in the New York Regional Office (NYRO), where he managed more than 150 personnel in enforcing federal securities laws. His new role is effective immediately.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security LOW-RM - Update

Date 18/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 18.08.2021, 17-18 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 15462) and initial margins (up to 22.5 %) for the security LOW-RM were changed. New values are available here

BIS: Could Corporate Credit Losses Turn Out Higher Than Expected?

Date 18/08/2021

Key takeaways

• Credit risk forecasts should provide information both about losses in a baseline scenario ("expected losses") and about the potential for extreme outcomes ("unexpected losses").
• Policy support measures have kept debt service costs low during the pandemic, thus underpinning benign baseline forecasts of corporate credit losses up to 2024.
• High indebtedness, built up when the pandemic impaired real activity, suggests increased tail risks: plausible deviations from the baseline scenario feature ballooning corporate insolvencies.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 18/08/2021

The following risk parameters will be changed:

MGEX Announces SPIKES Futures Best Daily Volume And Overall Top 20 Day

Date 18/08/2021

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports that August 17th, 2021 was the 19th best overall day in the history of the Exchange with a total of 26,196 contracts. SPIKES® Futures contributed 8,202 contracts to the total volume, which was the highest amount since the product relaunched in December 2020.

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

Date 18/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 18.08.2021, 16-48 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 14958) and initial margins (up to 18.75 %) for the security LOW-RM were changed. New values are available here

Umbrella Network Launches Community Validator Program Further Decentralizing Its Oracle Network - Solving The Problem Of Decentralization, Umbrella Network Becomes The First Fully Decentralized Community-Owned Oracle Network

Date 18/08/2021

Umbrella Network (https://www.umb.network/), the decentralized Layer-2 oracle network, announced today the launch of its community validator program. The onboarding of community validator members will democratize oracle data and allow members of the network to vote for which validators they want representing them. This will create a fair and decentralized process to run consensus.

Chainalysis Releases 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index To Kick Off Geography Of Crypto Report Series - The Index Provides Insights Into The Data The Blockchain Platform Provides By Measuring Cryptocurrency Adoption And The Methodology Behind It Around The Globe

Date 18/08/2021

Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, today released its 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index, the second iteration of its efforts to measure grassroots cryptocurrency adoption around the world. The index is the first part of Chainalysis’s series of reports which will be followed by a DeFi index, crime report, and Western Europe crypto adoption report. 

REX Shares Lists ETNs Including The Largest US Tech Companies In Two Easily Investable Products – The ETNs Track Solactive Indices

Date 18/08/2021

Changing the life of billions of people for the better is an accomplishment that is reserved only for few companies. In the past decade, four technology giants created a supergroup of companies that goes by the acronym FANG standing for Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet (formerly acknowledged as Google). Undeniably, these four companies deserve the top spot, but other tech companies like Nvidia or Tesla hold a candle to these big four. US-based financial company REX Shares released two ETNs, the MicroSectors Solactive FANG & Innovation 3x Leveraged ETN (BULZ) and MicroSectors Solactive FANG & Innovation -3x Inverse Leveraged ETN (BERZ), tracking the Solactive FANG Innovation Index and including the largest thirty US-based technology stocks.