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UK Financial Conduct Authority Regulation Of Consumer Credit – During The Pandemic And Beyond - Speech By Nisha Arora, Director Of Consumer And Retail Policy, Given At The Financial Leasing Association Conference

Date 13/10/2020

Highlights

• Whilst the range of firms, consumers and uses of credit varies widely, across the board we want credit markets to achieve certain key outcomes for consumers.
• We want to ensure credit markets work well for consumers – that means people don’t get into unaffordable debt and are treated well if they do.
• The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has highlighted the need for the regulator, Government, industry and consumer and debt advice organisations to continue to work together in partnership to ensure that consumer credit markets work well for consumers.

Mercury Digital Assets Partners With Bit.Com To Enable Bitcoin Options And Perpetual Swaps Trading - Partnership Allows Traders Using Mercury’s BEACON Platform And API To Trade Bitcoin Options And Perpetual Swaps On Bit.com’s Crypto Derivatives Exchange

Date 13/10/2020

Mercury Digital Assets (“Mercury”), a technology provider for digital asset markets, announced today its partnership with Bit.com, a secure, high-performance crypto derivatives exchange launched by Matrixport. This partnership enhances trading capabilities for both parties’ customers at a time of growing interest in crypto derivatives.

Europe Loses Ground In Climate Technology Start-Ups, Only 11.7% Of Global Investment Goes To European Companies

Date 13/10/2020

• 11.7% of global venture capital investments into climate technology start-ups benefits European companies
• Firms from the USA and Canada reel in almost half of all investment
• 290% more investment into climate technology start-ups last year compared to 2013
• Global Clean Energy ETF posts 63.3% increase over the year, while DAX gains just 5.6 %
• Growing interest in green stocks on Google

Qatar Stock Exchange: QNB Financial Services Will Start Liquidity Provision Activity For Qatar National Bank (QNBK) From Thursday, 15 October 2020

Date 13/10/2020

Qatar Stock Exchange announces that QNB Financial Services (QNBFS) Has signed a liquidity provision agreement with Qatar National Bank (QNBK). QNBFS will start liquidity provision activity for Qatar National Bank (QNBK) from Thursday, 15 October 2020.

Bedford Row Capital PLC Launches The First Inflation-Linked Sukuk

Date 13/10/2020

Bedford Row Capital PLC (BRC), a global non-bank structuring specialist today announces the launch of an 18-month inflation-linked sukuk. The notes will be EUR, CHF, USD and GBP, denominated Insured Money Market Certificates (IMMCTM) and will be open to investment from 14th October 2020.

IOSCO: World Investor Week Spurs Investor Protection And Education During COVID-19

Date 13/10/2020

Members and stakeholders of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) concluded the fourth World Investor Week on 11 October. While the week may have concluded, the participants efforts to promote investor education and protection will have a lasting effect.

Bank Of England: Elisabeth Stheeman Reappointed To The Financial Policy Committee

Date 13/10/2020

Elisabeth Stheeman has been reappointed as an external member of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has announced.

Dubai Mercantile Exchange Signs MoU With Kpler To Deliver Enhanced Market Intelligence

Date 13/10/2020

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kpler, the leading provider of data-driven transparency solutions in commodity markets.

Deutsche Börse Group: Business Indicators For September 2020

Date 13/10/2020

Click here to download a summary of Deutsche Börse Group's business indicators for September 2020.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Thirteenth Meeting Of The "Council For Cooperation On Financial Stability"

Date 13/10/2020

On October 13, 2020, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held the thirteenth meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" to exchange views on the current situation of the financial system and the market among senior officials, including the Commissioner of the FSA and the Deputy Governor of the BOJ.