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DIFC FinTech Hive And FinTech-Aviv Reach Landmark Agreement

Date 29/11/2020

• Agreement outlines partnership opportunities between DIFC FinTech Hive and Israel’s FinTech Aviv, focused on innovation and financial technology
• Agreement follows new economic collaboration between the two countries following historic agreement between UAE and Israel

Dubai Financial Services Authority Sanctions Upheld Against Dr Mubashir Sheikh For Serious Misconduct

Date 29/11/2020

The Financial Markets Tribunal (FMT) has upheld enforcement action taken by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) against Dr Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh for serious misconduct including misleading and deceptive behaviour.

Euronext Confirms Successful Oslo Børs Cash Equities, Structured Products And ETFs Migration To Euronext Systems

Date 28/11/2020

What Has Central Bank Independence Ever Done For Us? - Speech By Andy Haldane, Bank Of England Chief Economist And Member Of The Monetary Policy Committee, Given At The UCL Economists’ Society Economics Conference

Date 28/11/2020

Andy Haldane sets out what we mean when we say the Bank of England is independent. And he explains why that is important for the work we do to control inflation and keep banks safe.

UAE Securities And Commodities Authority Puts Into Effect The Shareholders’ Agent Mechanism At General Meetings Of Shareholders, In Line With Its Decision Approving The Public Joint-Stock Companies’ Governance Guide

Date 28/11/2020

As part of its keen efforts to promote the participation of minority shareholders at general meetings of publicly-traded companies—in line with the best international practices—and to ensure that they take part in decision-making; voice their views; and discuss draft resolutions, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has taken all actions necessary to bring into effect the articles on the shareholders’ agent provided under the SCA Board Chairman’s Decision No. (3/Chairman) of 2020 Approving the Public Joint-Stock Companies’ Governance Guide.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 27/11/2020

Due to the federal holiday, the Commitments of Traders market report will be released on Monday, November 30, 2020. Please visit CFTC.gov for the latest market report information.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 27/11/2020

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) hereby provides notice that due to increased volatility in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of November 23, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

Ontario Securities Commission Provides Funding To FAIR Canada

Date 27/11/2020

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced that it will provide $3.75 million to FAIR Canada (FAIR), a national charitable organization dedicated to advancing the interests of individual investors.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 27/11/2020

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions: 

• No EUR/JPY or USD/CAD 5-Minute contracts were listed for the 6:05pm ET expiration time on trade date November 23, 2020.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For November 27th 2020

Date 27/11/2020

A total turnover of 1.816 billion shares worth N25.791 billion in 31,665 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 11.400 billion shares valued at N35.892 billion that exchanged hands last week in 39,265deals.