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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches 2021 “Investor Service Season” Campaign

Date 16/03/2021

To enforce the guiding principles of the 2021 China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) System Working Conference, enhance the investor protection awareness of market participants, and help small and medium-sized investors improve their self-protection ability, SZSE launched the 2021 “Investor Service Season” Campaign with the theme of “Protecting the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Investors, We Are in Action” on March 16 under the guidance of Investor Protection Bureau of the CSRC.

SGX RegCo Allows Mainboard Issuers Up To 31 Dec 2021 To Seek Or Renew Enhanced Share Issue Limit

Date 16/03/2021

Singapore Exchange Regulation (“SGX RegCo”) in consultation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) has on 16 March 2021 extended the availability of the Enhanced Share Issue Limit for Mainboard issuers. 

Correction - FIA’s Annual Boca International Derivatives Industry Conference - Lukken Opening Remarks: “The Boca That Is”

Date 16/03/2021

Welcome to FIA’s annual Boca International Derivatives Industry Conference. I hope our video intro brought back some fond memories of being in the warmth of south Florida in the company of friends and colleagues. While we are still not able to meet in-person, I am confident that next March I will be at the newly renovated Boca Raton Resort with many of you, with a broad smile on my face. I literally cannot wait! If you want a sneak peek at the new Boca renovations, check out the Boca video in our on-demand section.

The UAE Securities and Commodities Authority Board Makes It Mandatory For Listed Companies To Comply With The Percentage Of Women’s Representation On Their Boards

Date 16/03/2021

• “Enhancing the performance of the country’s financial markets is of top priority. SCA will be working with its partners to develop a resilient investment environment that serves the targets set for the next 50 years,” Bin Touq says.
• The board amended the legislation regulating the trading of derivatives contracts on the DFM

EBA Reports On The Monitoring Of The LCR Implementation In The EU

Date 16/03/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its second Report on the monitoring of liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) implementation in the EU. This Report, which complements the one published on 12 July 2019, highlights areas in which further guidance is deemed useful for banks and supervisors in order to foster a common understanding and harmonisation of the application of the liquidity standard across the EU, as well as to reduce some level playing field issues. The EBA will continue regularly monitoring the implementation of the LCR for EU banks and will update these reports on an ongoing basis to set out its observations and provide further guidance, where necessary.

IQ-EQ Launches Enhanced Global Private Debt & Credit Desk To Meet Growing Demand

Date 16/03/2021

IQ-EQ, a leading investor services provider, has today unveiled its Global Private Debt & Credit Desk to enhance its current private debt and credit offering to align more closely with client needs and address continued demand for the asset class worldwide.

ACER To Decide On Cross-Border Capacity Allocation Methodologies For The Exchange Of Balancing Capacity In 19 EU Member States

Date 16/03/2021

The National Regulatory Authorities for energy from the Hansa, Core and Baltic regions asked the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to decide on the respective region’s market-based cross-border capacity allocation process.

TradingScreen's QUO Launches Web Solution For Sell-Side's Private Banking Clients - QUO Launches New Web Solution For Sell-Side Distribution To Private Bank And Wealth Management Clients

Date 16/03/2021

QUO, the execution management and workflow solution from TradingScreen (TS), the all-asset class execution and order management system, has launched a new web solution for the Private Bank and Wealth Management divisions of sell-side institutions to distribute to their buy-side clients. A cloud based high-touch execution management system, the web application is a workflow solution and trading platform now available to banks and brokers.

Q&A By Shenzhen Stock Exchange Spokesperson And Reporters On Delisting Of *ST KDX

Date 16/03/2021

On 15 March 2021, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) issued a prior notice of delisting to Kangdexin Composite Material Group (*ST KDX or the Company). SZSE spokesperson answered reporters’ questions on the relevant arrangements for *ST KDX’s triggering two delisting circumstances at the same time.

EBA Releases Its Annual Assessment Of The Consistency Of Internal Model Outcomes For 2020

Date 16/03/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today two Reports on the consistency of risk weighted assets (RWAs) across all EU institutions authorised to use internal approaches for the calculation of capital requirements for 2020. The Reports cover credit risk for high and low default portfolios (LDPs and HDPs), as well as market risk. The results confirm that the majority of risk-weights (RWs) variability can be explained by fundamentals. These benchmarking exercises are a fundamental supervisory and convergence tool to address unwarranted inconsistencies and restoring trust in internal models.