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

Date 10/05/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 10.05.2021, 16-39 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 1963) and initial margins (up to 22.5 %) for the security BKR-RM were changed. New values are available here

ACER Has Reached A Decision On The Definition Of Capacity Calculation Regions

Date 10/05/2021

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has reached a Decision on all Transmission System Operators (TSOs)’ proposal defining the capacity calculation regions (CCR).

Sureties On Blockchain: Testing Phase Completed, Market Launch By The End Of The Year - CeTIF – Cattolica University, SIA And Reply Partner In The Initiative

Date 10/05/2021

• The launch of the first system platform that will enable sureties to be managed in the banking and insurance sectors through DLT technology will happen in the second half of 2021
• More than 50 players took part in the trial, with over 350 contracts managed in four months having guaranteed sums ranging from €10,000 to €1.4m and an average amount of €275,000

DTCC Receives SEC Approval To Provide Security-Based Swap Data Reporting Services In THE U.S. - DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) Service To Offer New Trade Reporting Capabilities In Support Of Forthcoming SEC Rules, Providing The Industry With A Single Reporting Platform Across Asset Classes And Markets

Date 10/05/2021

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the DTCC Data Repository (U.S.) LLC (DDR) application to operate as a registered security-based swap data repository (SBSDR). 

Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Question On The Implementation Progress Of Project Ubin - Written Reply To Parliamentary Question On The Implementation Progress Of Project Ubin

Date 10/05/2021

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister (a) what is the implementation progress of Project Ubin; (b) whether Singapore will issue a central bank digital currency; and (c) given the fast pace of development of decentralised finance, whether the Government will accelerate efforts to capture the emerging opportunities.

BME: Nueva Pescanova Registers A New 50 Million Euro Commercial Paper Programme With MARF

Date 10/05/2021

BME’s Fixed Income Market, MARF, today admitted the first Commercial Paper (CP) Programme for trading from Nueva Pescanova. This commercial paper program will allow Nueva Pescanova to access professional investors in a flexible manner to diversify its sources of financing and place issues up to a maximum outstanding balance of 50 million euros. The CPs to be issued will have a nominal value per unit of 100,000 euros and a maximum maturity of two years.

Lessons From The Japanese Banking Crisis Presentation By Himino Ryozo, Commissioner, Japan Financial Services Agency, At An On-Line Seminar Hosted By The Financial Stability Institute Of The Bank For International Settlements, April 22, 2021

Date 10/05/2021

Thank you, Fernando (Restoy, Chairman, Financial Stability Institute) for your kind introduction and for giving me this opportunity to talk about lessons from the Japanese banking crisis.

TrackInsight Releases 2021 Global ETF Survey

Date 10/05/2021

• Survey polled over 370 professional investors from 18 countries
• Thematic, Active and ESG as allocations set to surge
• 2020 was the year of ESG ETFs, but HALF of investors have no allocations

EGX’s Executive Chairman Meets With The Coordination Of Parties Youth And Politicians

Date 10/05/2021

Dr. Mohamed Farid Saleh, Executive Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange, met with members of the Coordination of Parties Youth to discuss means of cooperation to raise financial awareness of the fundamentals of investment in the Egyptian capital market as well as spreading financial literacy among the Egyptian society.

Qatar Stock Exchange Eid Al-Fitr Holiday

Date 10/05/2021

Qatar Stock Exchange would like to inform you that: 

It has been decided that Eid Al-Fitr Holiday will be starting from Wednesday 12/05/2021 until Sunday 16/05/2021. The market will resume work on Monday 17/05/2021.