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Statement On Adoption Of Market Data Infrastructure Rules Under Regulation NMS, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Dec. 9, 2020

Date 09/12/2020

Good morning. This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2020, under the Government in the Sunshine Act. The Commission today will consider a staff recommendation to adopt amendments to Regulation NMS to modernize the national market system for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination of information with respect to quotations for and transactions in national market system (“NMS”) stocks (“NMS market data”). Broadly speaking, these amendments would, first, expand the content of NMS market data that must be collected, consolidated, and disseminated as part of the national market system under Regulation NMS. Second, the amendments would modernize the way NMS market data is disseminated by replacing the existing centralized consolidation model with a decentralized consolidation model that features competing consolidators.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security T-RM

Date 09/12/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 09.12.2020, 17-38 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 2382) and initial margins (up to 15 %) for the security T-RM were changed. New values are available here

Successful Start For Eurex's New Options On Euro-Buxl® Futures

Date 09/12/2020

A little over two months at market and our new Buxl options are seeing impressive volume development: more than 78,000 contracts have traded since the launch in late September. We are seeing a strong liquidity picture in the order book with seven market makers providing prices.

A New IPO: Bouali Sina Petrochemical Company Joins Tehran Stock Exchange

Date 09/12/2020

A new company was listed in Tehran Stock Exchange: Bouali Sina Petrochemical Co. (BSPC) went public in Tehran's Bourse.

European Council Endorses New Rules Addressing Cessation Of Financial Benchmarks

Date 09/12/2020

As one of the first jurisdictions worldwide, the EU is putting in place a framework to ensure a smooth transition when financial benchmarks are terminated.

BME: MARF Registers A New Fund From Haya Titulización Originated By TWC To Provide SMEs With Funding

Date 09/12/2020

BME's Fixed Income Market, MARF, today admitted to trading the first compartment of HT Working Capital, Securitisation Fund, from Sociedad Gestora Haya Titulización SGFT for an amount of 75 million euros. This first compartment is structured as a continuous issuance programme that will allow the successive placement of commercial paper (CPs) securities backed by credit rights assigned to the Fund by Trade & Working Capital (TWC), which provides companies with working capital financing. The credit rights will consist of invoices, receipts or other rights that companies and SMEs have on their balance sheets as a result of work and services provided to third parties and whose collection will be made in advance via their assignment to TWC. The Fund will allow TWC to finance these credit rights.

Small-Cap Stocks Now Eligible For Inclusion In FTSE Blossom Japan Index

Date 09/12/2020

• apanese small-cap stocks will be added to the FTSE Blossom Japan Index for the first time at the December 2020 semi-annual review 
• Underlying benchmark switched to FTSE All Cap Japan Index following market consultation to include small-cap stocks
• Inclusion follows previous expansion of FTSE Russell’s ESG Ratings coverage of Japanese small-caps to 1,300 

SEC: Global Securities Pricing Service To Pay $8 Million For Compliance Failures

Date 09/12/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data LLC, a global securities pricing service and New York-based registered investment adviser, for compliance deficiencies relating to its delivery to clients of prices based on quotes it received from a single market participant, also known as single broker quotes.  ICE Data PRD has agreed to pay $8 million to settle the charges. 

20 Technology Providers Agree To Certify Their Ctm Interfaces In Support Of Enhanced US Trade Flow Capabilities, Accelerating Adoption Of The Upgraded Service In 2021 - CTM Momentum Continues As Community Reaps The Benefits Of A Single Central Matching Engine

Date 09/12/2020

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announces today that 20 financial services technology providers have agreed to certify their interfaces in support of enhanced US trade flow capabilities in DTCC’s CTM service. CTM is the industry standard platform for the central matching of cross-border and domestic transactions, automating the trade confirmation process across multiple asset classes. Seven of the firm’s top 10 Order Management Solution (OMS) providers, representing over 70% of OMS trade allocation volumes, have already migrated to CTM’s latest version.

Attorneys And Activists Launch First Full-Service International Whistleblower Support Organization - Experts Unite To Assist Citizens And Employees With Disclosures, Protection And Compensation

Date 09/12/2020

The first organization that provides the full range of assistance and support to whistleblowers worldwide was launched today by an international team of attorneys and activists. The Center for Whistleblower Rights & Rewards is being announced on December 9 in recognition of the UN’s International Anti-Corruption Day.