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UK Financial Conduct Authority Reminds Insurance Firms To Review The Value Of Their Products In Light Of The Impacts Of Coronavirus

Date 30/10/2020

Firms should complete their reviews by 3 December 2020. In addition, FCA confirms additional measures to help customers in financial difficulty.

Moscow Exchange Risk Parameters Changes - Update 2

Date 30/10/2020

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ESMA Makes New Bond Liquidity Data Available

Date 30/10/2020

HKEX Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions

Date 30/10/2020

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions (As at 30 October 2020)

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Update Re Circular And General Meeting

Date 30/10/2020

London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG plc”) announced on 9 October 2020 that it had agreed to sell its entire shareholding in London Stock Exchange Group Holding Italia S.p.A. (“LSEG Italia”) to Euronext N.V. (the “Transaction”). The Transaction constitutes a related party transaction for LSEG plc under the Listing Rules and is conditional upon, amongst other things, the approval of LSEG plc shareholders (“LSEG Shareholders”).

Extension To De La Rue Contract - The Bank Of England Announces A Three Year Extension To Its Banknote Printing Contract With De La Rue

Date 30/10/2020

The Bank has decided to extend its contract with De La Rue to operate the printing facility at Debden, Essex until 2028. The current contract came into effect in April 2015, and was due to expire in 2025. The contract provided for the option of a three year extension. The decision to exercise the extension option was approved by the Bank’s Court of Directors.

Decisions Taken By The Governing Council Of The ECB (In Addition To Decisions Setting Interest Rates)

Date 30/10/2020

Market operations

Amendments to monetary policy implementation guidelines

On 25 September 2020 the Governing Council adopted amendments to the ECB legal framework for the implementation of monetary policy, applicable from 1 January 2021. Under the amended Guidelines, no secured marketable assets other than asset-backed securities and covered bonds would be accepted as Eurosystem collateral. The ECB will also phase out non-legislative covered bonds (i.e. contractual covered bonds) from the Eurosystem collateral framework. The amended Guidelines also clarify the application process and acceptance criteria for external credit assessment institutions in the Eurosystem credit assessment framework, and furthermore amend the Eurosystem monetary policy counterparty framework with respect to the treatment of confirmed breaches of minimum own funds requirements and breaches of the obligation to report information on capital ratios within the required deadlines. A related press release, the amended Guidelines (Guideline ECB/2020/45 amending Guideline (EU) 2015/510 on the implementation of the Eurosystem monetary policy framework, Guideline ECB/2020/46 amending Guideline (EU) 2016/65 on the valuation haircuts applied in the implementation of the Eurosystem monetary policy framework, and Guideline ECB/2020/47 amending Guideline ECB/2014/31 on additional temporary measures relating to Eurosystem refinancing operations and eligibility of collateral) and the Decision those Guidelines implement (Decision ECB/2020/48 amending Decision (EU) 2020/187 on the implementation of the third covered bonds purchase programme) are available on the ECB’s website.

Moscow Exchange Trading Schedule For November 4 Public Holiday

Date 30/10/2020

Moscow Exchange reminds market participants that all MOEX markets will be closed on 4 November 2020 due to the Russian public holiday. International stocks will also not trade on this day.

NICE First To Achieve Microsoft Teams Certification For Unified Communications Recording, Enabling Digital Transformation Of Financial Services Organizations - Microsoft Certification And New Azure IP Co-Sell Ready Status Means Firms Can Entrust NICE For All Types Of Microsoft Teams Unified Communications Capture And Analysis

Date 30/10/2020

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE), a leading provider of financial communication compliance solutions, today announced that its NICE Trading Recording System (NTR) is first to market for compliance recording solutions to be certified under the Microsoft Teams certification program. NTR is the first solution to receive its certification under the program. The certification assures financial services organizations (FSOs) that NTR has been tested and verified to provide the quality, compatibility and reliability they’ve come to expect from Teams. NTR provides complete recording coverage for all Microsoft Teams communications, including voice, video, chat and screen sharing, leveraging the Microsoft Azure secure cloud for application hosting, and compliant capture and archiving of regulated employee communications. 

Cboe Global Markets Reports Results For Third Quarter 2020

Date 30/10/2020

Third Quarter 2020 Highlights

• Diluted EPS for the Quarter of $1.01, Up 7 Percent
• Adjusted Diluted EPS¹ for the Quarter of $1.11, Down 14 Percent
• Net Revenue for the Quarter of $292.0 Million, Down 1 Percent
• EBITDA Margin¹ for the Quarter of 72.6 Percent Compared to 65.2 Percent in 2019
• Adjusted EBITDA Margin¹ for the Quarter of 65.9 Percent Compared to 70.9 Percent in 2019
• Returned $88 Million to Shareholders Through Share Repurchases and Dividends