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Bank Of England: Bank Rate Maintained At 0.1% - December 2020

Date 17/12/2020

Monetary Policy Summary and minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting

ESMA Renews Its Decision Requiring Net Short Position Holders To Report Positions Of 0.1% And Above

Date 17/12/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has renewed its decision to temporarily require the holders of net short positions in shares traded on a European Union (EU) regulated market, to notify the relevant national competent authority (NCA) if the position reaches, exceeds or falls below 0.1% of the issued share capital. The measure applies from 19 December 2020 for a period of three months.

Bank Of England: Extension Of The Term Funding Scheme With Additional Incentives For SMEs (TFSME)

Date 17/12/2020

The TFSME offers term funding at or very close to Bank Rate. The MPC has agreed a six-month extension of the scheme.

ESMA Publishes Final Guidance To Address Leverage Risk In The AIF Sector

Date 17/12/2020

Nasdaq Welcomed 300 IPOs And 21 Exchange Transfers In 2020

Date 17/12/2020

• Leading U.S. exchange by number of IPOs and proceeds raised for the second consecutive year
• Largest year for IPOs on Nasdaq in the past decade by number of IPOs and proceeds raised
• $278 billion in market value switched to Nasdaq in 2020

ESMA Appoints New Chair Of Its Supervisory Convergence Standing Committee

Date 17/12/2020

The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Mr Jos Heuvelman, who is a Member of Executive Board of the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) of the Netherlands, to serve as the chair of the Supervisory Convergence Standing Committee (SCSC) and as  chair of the Senior Supervisors Forum.

EBA Launches Consultation On Its New Guidelines On Internal Governance For Investment Firms

Date 17/12/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its new Guidelines on internal governance under the Investment Firms Directive (IFD), specifying the governance provisions that Class 2 investment firms should comply with, taking into account the proportionality principle. This governance framework aims at ensuring that investment firms have a clear organisational structure, effectively manage their risks  and have adequate internal control mechanisms in place. The consultation runs until 17 March 2021.

Thailand Futures Exchange Presents TFEX Best Awards 2020 To Four Brokers

Date 17/12/2020

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) today announced winners of four categories of TFEX Best Awards 2020. Kiatnakin Phatra Securities pcl won Most Active House award, Country Group Securities pcl won Most Active Agent award, KGI Securities (Thailand) pcl won Most Active Prop-Trading award, and MTS Gold Futures Co., Ltd. won Market Maker Best Performance award.

In The Busiest Year On Record For Initial Public Offerings, The New York Stock Exchange Ranks Number One For IPO Proceeds

Date 17/12/2020

• Exchange drives innovation to meet unique issuer needs during pandemic, emerging the year’s winner with increased interest in SPACs and Direct Listings
• Executes biggest U.S. IPO for 8th straight year, 6 of the 7 largest tech IPOs of 2020

Aviva Investors More Confident On Outlook For 2021

Date 17/12/2020

Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva PLC (‘Aviva’), expects 2021 to be a year of economic recovery, with GDP reversing much of the unprecedented declines seen in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The development of a number of effective vaccines changes the end-game of the crisis fundamentally, although there will be some difficult months ahead.