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Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) Group Selects DIFC For Middle East expansion

Date 05/10/2020

• Africa Re’s first office outside Africa opens in DIFC.
• Africa Re will provide both Conventional and Retakaful Capacity to support Takaful and Conventional companies.
• Africa Re’s opening further reinforces DIFC’s position as the region’s leading insurance and reinsurance hub.

Reply To Parliamentary Question On family Offices In Singapore

Date 05/10/2020

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister (a) in the past three years, how many high net worth individuals have set up or have been given approval to set up family offices in Singapore; (b) what is the total quantum of assets that have been attracted to Singapore through these high net worth individuals; and (c) how many Singaporeans have been employed by such family offices in Singapore.

Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Minister in charge of MAS:

1.      As Single Family Offices (SFOs) do not manage third party monies, they are not registered with or licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). So MAS does not have hard data on the scale of their operations. 

NZX Shareholder Metrics - September 2020

Date 04/10/2020

Please see attached NZX Limited shareholder metrics for September 2020.

EGX Quarterly Report - Third Quarter 2020

Date 04/10/2020

The total value traded recorded EGP 144.1 billion, while the total volume traded reached 28,361 million securities executed over 2,571 thousand transactions this quarter.

Joint Statement By The President Of The European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen And The Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom, Boris Johnson

Date 03/10/2020

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, spoke today about the state of play in the negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and the EU.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Moves Closer To The Launch Of West Africa’s First Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETDs) With SEC’s Approval-In-Principle Of NG Clearing

Date 03/10/2020

Investors in the global capital markets can expect the launch of West Africa’s first Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETDs) on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) in the near term following the registration of NG Clearing by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a premier Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP). The approval-in-principle will allow The Exchange to launch ETDs supported by NG Clearing in the risk management process.

EU Set To Raise Antitrust Concerns Regarding London Stock Exchange Group Acquisition Of Refinitiv

Date 03/10/2020

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is set to receive a list of antitrust objections from European Union regulators examining its USD27 acquisition of Refinitiv.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Response To Letter “须加强监管保险产品”- Lianhe Zaobao, 21 September 2020

Date 03/10/2020

Dear Editor,

We refer to the letter by Mr Huang Da Tian (“须加强监管保险产品”, 21 Sep). Mr Huang raised concerns over the rising cost of his relative’s Integrated Shield Plans (IPs) with AXA Insurance Pte Ltd (AXA) and called on authorities to strengthen supervision over IPs.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 02/10/2020

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 September 28, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

CFTC’s Energy And Environmental Markets Advisory Committee To Meet On October 16

Date 02/10/2020

Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz, the sponsor of the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC) at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, today announced that the EEMAC will hold a public meeting on Friday, October 16, 2020 to hear remarks on the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors within the energy and environmental markets. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) and be held via videoconference in accordance with the agency’s implementation of social distancing due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.