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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 03/02/2021

CCP NCC sets the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from February 04, 2021:

Mounting Cost Pressures For Commodities To Drive Goods Price Inflation In Next Six Months - Commodity Prices May See Modest Corrections By Spring Or Summer: IHS Markit Commodity Price Watch

Date 03/02/2021

“Commodity markets remain buoyant. Notwithstanding a retreat in late January, prices as measured by the IHS Markit Materials Price Index have advanced nearly 8% since mid-December and by almost 36% since early November. A solid rebound in manufacturing, a weaker US dollar, generous government stimulus, and investor buying are all providing demand-side support.” – John Mothersole, pricing and purchasing research director, IHS Markit

TheCityUK Responds To Restoration Of UK-Swiss Share Trading

Date 03/02/2021

The UK and Switzerland today restored cross-border access to share trading venues.

Bitfinex Terminal Launches Historical Funding Statistical Data

Date 03/02/2021

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has launched historical funding statistical data on Bitfinex Terminal, a real-time market data feed.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Quarterly Refunding Statement Of Deputy Assistant Secretary For Federal Finance Brian Smith

Date 03/02/2021

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is offering $126 billion of Treasury securities to refund approximately $62.9 billion of privately-held Treasury notes and bonds maturing on February 15, 2021. This issuance will raise new cash of approximately $63.1 billion. The securities are:

Intercontinental Exchange Reports January 2021 Statistics

Date 03/02/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listings services, today reported January 2021 trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company’s investor relations website at https://ir.theice.com/ir-resources/supplemental-information in the Monthly Statistics Tracking spreadsheet.

Banking In Wealth Management: Cash Is Still King, Wealth Management Firms Are Acquiring, Expanding, Or Enhancing Banking Services In Response To New Trends, As Explored In The Latest Aite Group Report

Date 03/02/2021

Many wealth management firms have been offering cash management and transactional banking capabilities to retail clients for decades through third parties or their own bank affiliates. Revenue from these banking entities has grown strongly over the years, and now nonbanks are eager to acquire banking capabilities of their own. While offering banking solutions to wealth management clients is not new, the importance of these solutions to wealth management firms of all types for acquiring, deepening, and retaining client relationships has grown. A new Aite Group report, Banking in Wealth Management: Cash Is Still King, examines the trends driving new banking and cash management offers from traditional and challenger wealth management firms in the United States over the last few years.

The Bank Of England Will Not Be Restarting The 2019 Liquidity Biennial Exploratory Scenario (BES)

Date 03/02/2021

The Bank of England uses Biennial Exploratory Scenario to explore the potential impact of risks which are not covered by its annual solvency stress tests of large UK banks. The 2019 test focused on how banks would respond to a severe liquidity stress.

ESMA Provides Input To The Commission On Improvements For ELTIF

Date 03/02/2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today sent a letter to the European Commission consultation on the review of the European Long Term Investment Funds (ELTIF) Regulation. ESMA highlights the key topics of the ELTIF review where we see the need to consider amendments to this framework.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Sets Out Its Approach To International Firms

Date 03/02/2021

The FCA today published its approach to the authorisation and supervision of international firms.