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Holly Duran Real Estate Partners Joins Colliers International Chicago

Date 08/12/2020

Holly Duran Real Estate Partners LLC (HDREP), a boutique commercial real estate services firm headquartered in Chicago, has joined Colliers International Chicago (Colliers), announced Jim Carris, executive managing director and market leader. The firm is led by one of the most influential and successful women in the industry today, Holly Duran, who will serve as Principal and financial services lead for the global brokerage's local office. 

UBS MTF Market Notice: Double Volume Cap Update

Date 08/12/2020

Following the ESMA update published on 7 December, UBS MTF would like to inform you of upcoming double volume cap suspension changes this week:

• Effective from the start of trading on 11 December, the DVC suspension ends for 30 instruments on UBS MTF and therefore these instruments will again be available for trading under the Reference Price Waiver.
• Also effective from the start of trading on 11 December, a six-month DVC suspension commences for four instruments and is extended for one instrument on UBS MTF, which means that they will not be available under the Reference Price Waiver during this period. These capped instruments remain available for trading under the Large in Scale Waiver as well as on our Periodic Auction Order Book.

EBA Informs Customers Of UK Financial Institutions About The End Of The Brexit Transition Period

Date 08/12/2020

The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. Under the Withdrawal Agreement reached between the EU and UK, EU law applies in the UK during a transition period until 31 December 2020. This means that EU law will stop to apply in the UK as of 1 January 2021, and from that date onwards, UK financial institutions not holding a valid authorisation from the supervisory authorities in the EU will lose the right to provide financial services in the EU.

Enabling Open Finance Through APIs - Report By The Consultative Group On Innovation And The Digital Economy (CGIDE) Established At The BIS Representative Office For The Americas

Date 08/12/2020

In response to the need to facilitate payment services and expand the public's access to them, this report explores the development of an identification and authentication application program interface (API) that could be used to implement privately and publicly administered open finance solutions with seamless scalability. An open finance ecosystem can benefit financial system participants and society in general by creating an environment in which the competitive advantage of different players can be used to provide people with better financial services.

Fifth Meeting Of The UK PRA And UK FCA’s joint Climate Financial Risk Forum

Date 08/12/2020

The co-chairs welcomed one new member organisation, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and two new observers, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

Brexit: Joint Statement By The Co-Chairs Of The EU-UK Joint Committee

Date 08/12/2020

The co-chairs of the EU-UK Joint Committee – European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and the UK Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Rt Hon Michael Gove – yesterday held a political meeting to address the outstanding issues related to the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement. Ensuring that the Withdrawal Agreement, in particular the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, is fully operational at the end of the transition period, i.e. as of 1 January 2021, is essential. The Protocol protects the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement in all its dimensions, maintaining peace, stability and prosperity on the island of Ireland.

TASE’s Foreign Investors Index “TA-Foreign Investments” TASE Is Considering The Launch Of A New Innovative Index That Will Comprise Companies With Some Foreign Holdings - The New Index Is Expected To Include 22 Companies With A Total Market Cap Of NIS 190 Billion

Date 08/12/2020

TASE is inviting listed companies to voluntarily report, in a designated form, holdings of foreign investors in the shares of the company in order, among others, to better reflect to the public the extent of foreign investment therein.

Euronext Announces Quarterly Review Results Of The AEX Family

Date 08/12/2020

Euronext today announced the results of the quarterly review for the  AEX®, AMX® and AScX®. The changes due to the review will be effective from Monday 21 December 2020.

Zarubezhneft Held One More Export Crude Auction At The OTC Platform By SPIMEX

Date 08/12/2020

On December 3 2020 one more auction for the export sale of URALS crude was held at the auction platform of the Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). JSC Zarubezhneft sold 300,000 tonnes of crude oil with FOB Primorsk delivery in the first quarter of 2021.

Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, Delivers Keynote About Paradoxes Of Sustainability Reporting

Date 08/12/2020

Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has delivered today a keynote speech at the webinar “A new standard for a new capitalism: accelerating corporate responsibility through non-financial information” organised by the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery.