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SIFMA Issues 2021 And 2022 Fixed Income Recommendations For Full & Early Holiday Closes In The U.S., U.K., And Japan

Date 15/12/2020

SIFMA today issued its 2021 and 2022 holiday recommendations for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income securities in the U.S. and the U.K. The 2021 U.S. holiday schedule includes one change from standard practice, which has been previously updated. For Good Friday 2021, there will an early close at 12:00 p.m., EST, due to the BLS employment release schedule. All 2022 recommendations for Japan are subject to confirmation by the Bank of Japan. SIFMA will confirm its 2022 recommendations for Japan in early 2021.

Cboe Global Markets And CoinRoutes Enter Exclusive Licensing Agreement For CoinRoutes RealPrice™ Cryptocurrency Market Data

Date 15/12/2020

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a market operator and global trading solutions provider, today announced it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with CoinRoutes to disseminate its market data and create potential derived data and analytics products using its RealPrice data.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters On Securities Market - Update

Date 15/12/2020

CCP NCC will set the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from December 16, 2020 for DSKY:

FINRA Appoints Scott W. Anderson As Head Of Market Regulation And Transparency Services

Date 15/12/2020

FINRA announced today that it has appointed Scott W. Anderson as Executive Vice President and Head of Market Regulation and Transparency Services. Anderson began his career at NASD, FINRA’s predecessor organization, and has 25 years of experience working on complex legal and compliance matters relating to the regulation of securities markets. He will join FINRA on Jan. 25, report to President and CEO Robert W. Cook and serve on FINRA’s Management Committee.

BIS: The Recession-Mortality Nexus And Covid-19

Date 15/12/2020

Key takeaways

• Countries with a stronger predicted GDP decline in 2020 have also seen a larger number of deaths in excess of official Covid-19 fatalities.
• Historical data show that recessions are systematically associated with higher mortality, especially in developing economies. Following a recession, death rates remain elevated for several years.
• The eventual death toll of Covid-19 may be understated if the impact of the pandemic-induced recession is neglected. Limiting the economic fallout of the pandemic could also reduce excess mortality.

Finansinspektionen: US Central Bank Joins NGFS

Date 15/12/2020

FI welcomes the Federal Reserve to the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), which celebrates its third anniversary today.

BIS: Financial Market Development, Monetary Policy And Financial Stability In Emerging Market Economies - The Papers In This Volume Were Prepared For A Meeting Of Senior Officials From Central Banks Held At The Bank For International Settlements

Date 15/12/2020

Financial markets are an important component in the transmission of monetary policy and play a key role in fostering financial stability. Financial market development (FMD) aims at enhancing the capacity of the financial system to pool domestic savings and foreign capital in funding investment and consumption, and at enabling efficient risk-sharing. Deep and liquid markets promote transparent and efficient pricing of assets, attract a diverse investor base, and help transfer risk to parties willing and able to bear them. This volume contains papers that were originally prepared for a meeting of Deputy Governors of central banks from emerging market economies (EMEs), exploring issues related to FMD and its interaction with, as well as implications for, the conduct of monetary policy and financial stability.

CME Group Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Date

Date 15/12/2020

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will conduct its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.  Additional information will be provided in the company's proxy statement.

BIS - Recessions And Mortality: A Global Perspective

Date 15/12/2020

Summary

Focus

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the most severe contraction in global economic activity in post-WWII history. Strikingly, countries with a steeper predicted GDP decline in 2020 also have seen a higher number of deaths in excess of Covid-19-related fatalities, especially among emerging market economies (EMEs). As a possible explanation for the pattern, this paper investigates the link between recessions and mortality using historical data covering 180 countries over six decades.

Brett W. Redfearn To Conclude Transformative Tenure As SEC Trading And Markets Director

Date 15/12/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brett Redfearn, Director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, will conclude his tenure as Director by the end of the year after leading the Division for over three years.