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Getting Over Covid - Speech By Andrew Bailey, Bank Of Engloand Governor - Given At The Resolution Foundation

Date 08/03/2021

Andrew Bailey talks about the post-Covid future as the economy recovers from the pandemic.  

He examines the nature of the shock to the economy and looks at how it may change the way people work and shop. He says it’s important to boost investment and productivity growth, to raise the sustainable rate of growth of the economy.  

Locking Down Market Abuse: Speech By Mark Steward, Executive Director Of Enforcement And Market Oversight, Delivered At The Expert Forum: Market Abuse 2021

Date 08/03/2021

Highlights

• Surveillance and investigation work has reduced trading by certain actors whose trading prompted high numbers of suspicious transaction and order reports.
• Increase in the FCA’s proactive market monitoring and the introduction of some new initiatives, notably a new approach to short selling reporting.
• Introduction of a new market cleanliness measure, the Potentially Anomalous Trading Ratio.
• Enforcement action taken in key market abuse cases against individuals and firms.

The Spanish Stock Exchange Opens The Trading Session On Women's Day Ringing The Bell For Gender Equality

Date 08/03/2021

• BME and the Global Compact Spanish Network promote this event, which is part of a global initiative in which more than 100 stock exchanges around the world take part
• More than 300 people have followed the event remotely

First Ever Female City Stockbroking CEO Calls On British Chancellor To Report To Parliament Every Year On Gender Bias

Date 08/03/2021

Commenting on International Women’s Day, Samantha Smith, founder and CEO of finnCap Group, said:

“COVID-19 risks many women leaving the workforce, leading to fewer women role models in leadership positions. That’s because pandemic-induced home working has seen lots of women effectively working a double shift, combining full time jobs with home schooling and caregiving.

FIA Announces 2021 Futures Hall Of Fame Inductees

Date 08/03/2021

FIA today announced the induction of eight new members into the FIA Futures Hall of Fame. This year’s class joins 157 other honorees in the Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 on FIA’s 50th anniversary. The new members will be honored at an awards ceremony during FIA’s annual flagship Boca International Futures Industry Conference.

ING Deepens Partnership With Flowcast, Invests Additional $3 Million - Fintech Improves Customer Experience By Enabling ING To Re-Assess And Enhance Its Non-Performing Loans Processes

Date 08/03/2021

Building on a successful proof of concept, Flowcast and ING Belgium are announcing to further test in a pilot the preventive and proactive possibilities for the end to end Non-Performing Loans process. As part of the collaboration, ING Ventures is investing an additional USD 3 million into Flowcast, the fintech startup that provides AI solutions to modernise credit and collection.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For February 2021

Date 08/03/2021

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for February 2021 is now available:

• For Main Market Statistics click here
• For NewConnect Alternative Market Statistics click here
• For Catalyst Bond Market statistics click here
• For Derivatives Statistic click here

Resumption Of Trading On Qatar Stock Exchange

Date 08/03/2021

Qatar Stock Exchange announces that the technical issue has been solved and the trading will resume as per the following trading timetable.

ICM.com Appoints Joanne Tayara As Director Of Dubai Office

Date 08/03/2021

ICM.com, a UK-based global multi-regulated financial service provider, today announced that Joanne Tayara has been named as Director of the Dubai representative office. The new designation became the validation of successful input and excellent leadership that Joanne provided over the past seven years with ICM.

SET Market Report For February 2021

Date 08/03/2021

The global stock exchanges in February 2021 faced volatility from bond yield spike that hit the 12-month high, reflecting an anxiety in revising inflation forecast that could cause major central banks in many countries to temper monetary policy easing sooner than previously expected. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index fared well on the heels of the global economic rebound and optimism on recovery in service and tourism sectors following the domestic vaccination rollout.