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Financial Sector’s Roles In The Transition To Carbon Neutrality - Concluding Remarks By Himino Ryozo, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency Of Japan, At The Virtual Research Workshop Climate-Related Financial Risks: Interactions Of Climate Change And The Financial System, Hosted By The Financial System And Bank Examination Department Of The Bank Of Japan On March 25-26, 2021

Date 29/03/2021

Yesterday and today, we had a rich discussion on the interactions between climate related risks, the banking sector and asset prices, as well as their policy implications. Let me add comments from the perspective of a regulator who is in charge of both prudential and capital market regulations.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange To Delist Six Cash-Settled Petroleum Product Futures Contracts And Aluminum Futures Contract

Date 29/03/2021

１．The following six cash-settled petroleum product futures contracts will be delisted on April 1, 2021.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On Trading Adjustments For Qingming Festival 2021

Date 29/03/2021

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has released its Circular on Trading Adjustments for Qingming Festival 2021 as follows:
 

In accordance with Trading Schedule during National Holidays for Year 2021 and Risk Management Rules of the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, Shanghai International Energy Exchange hereby notifies the trading adjustments for Qingming Festival 2021 as follows:

House Of Representatives Standing Committee On Economics - Opening Statement - 29 March 2021- Opening Statement By ASIC Chair James Shipton At The House Of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, 29 March 2021, Parliament House, Canberra

Date 29/03/2021

Thank you Chair for the opportunity to appear before this committee.

ASIC is an agency with a remit that is broader than almost any equivalent regulator elsewhere in the world.

2 April Is Non-Trading Day For US Securities On MOEX

Date 29/03/2021

On 2 April 2021, Moscow Exchange markets will be closed for trading of shares of US companies through MOEX’s central T+ order books, due to public holidays in the US.

ASIC’s CFD Product Intervention Order Takes Effect

Date 29/03/2021

ASIC’s product intervention order imposing conditions on the issue and distribution of contracts for difference (CFDs) to retail clients takes effect from today.

NZX Derivatives Market Rule Amendment

Date 28/03/2021

Notification of amendment to NZX Derivatives Market Rules: Conformance Amendments

PIMFA Welcomes Enhancements To Consumer Protection Laid Out In New Work And Pensions Committee Report On Pension Savers And Scams

Date 28/03/2021

PIMFA, the trade association for wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial advice industry, welcomes the enhancements to consumer protection laid out in the new Work and Pensions Committee Report 'Protecting pension savers - five years on from the pension freedoms: Pension scams'.

Franklin Wireless Approved For Nasdaq Listing - Company To Trade Under Ticker “FKWL” On The Nasdaq Effective Monday, March 29, 2021

Date 26/03/2021

Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTCQB: FKWL), a market leader in broadband data communications, has received approval to uplist to the Nasdaq Capital Market®. The company’s common stock will commence trading on the exchange at the opening of the market Monday, March 29, 2021, under the same symbol, “FKWL”.

Federal Court Orders UK Man To Pay More Than $571 Million For Operating Fraudulent Bitcoin Trading Scheme

Date 26/03/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a default judgment against Benjamin Reynolds, purportedly of Manchester, England, finding that he operated a fraudulent scheme to solicit bitcoin from members of the public and misappropriated customers’ bitcoin. This case was brought in connection with the Division of Enforcement’s Digital Assets Task Force.