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Corrected: Moneyhub Launches API To Help FinTech Innovators Simplify Tax Returns For Landlords

Date 15/10/2020

Open Finance data, intelligence and payments platform Moneyhub, has transformed the ease and speed at which landlords can now file their HMRC Self-Assessment: UK property (SA105) form. Moneyhub’s Data & Intelligence API makes this new feature accessible to fintech innovators seeking to enhance their proposition for landlords.

Substantive Research Appoints Jonathan Furse As Chief Technology Officer - Continues To Grow Its Team Of Developers Following The Recent Expansion To The US

Date 15/10/2020

Substantive Research, the research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, has appointed Jonathan Furse as Chief Technology Officer.

Circular On Self-Regulatory Measures Taken By CFFEX In September 2020

Date 15/10/2020

To prevent market risks, maintain the orderly operation of the market and protect investors’ legitimate rights and interests, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) took the following self-regulatory measures against violations of exchange rules in September 2020.

All Things Tech: Worldline Technical Experts Unveil What’s Next In Digital Innovation For The Payments Industry In Their In-House Worldline TeX Show

Date 15/10/2020

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, highlights the latest technologies in digital payment innovation through its internal community event, the Worldline TeX Show, throughout the month of October. In a series of webinars and video presentations, Worldline’s technical community share and exchange information on the latest achievements, discoveries and innovations in fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, quantum computing, face recognition, mobile authentication and many others.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter - October 2020

Date 15/10/2020

Fueled by a strong growth of 60.5% year-on-year (YoY) in September, TAIFEX broke another historical record with total volume of 261,228,026 contracts in the first three quarters of 2020. Led by the tripling of monthly trading of Mini-TAIEX Futures (MTX) to 5,503,622 contracts, TAIFEX core products – MTX, TAIEX Futures (TX) and TAIEX Options (TXO) - marked substantial increase of trading activity in the month with growths of 196.7%, 74.7% and 42.9% YoY, respectively. With continued interests in trading in Taiwan’s futures market, TAIFEX is anticipated to hit a new all-time high by the end of the year.

Bursa Malaysia Successfully Conducts It’s First Virtual Listing Ceremony To Offer More Flexibilities For Issuers

Date 15/10/2020

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange) welcomed it’s newest listing on the ACE Market via a virtual listing ceremony. This is Bursa Malaysia’s first-ever virtual listing ceremony, a new offering by the Exchange arising from the reinstatement of the Conditional Movement Control Order (“CMCO”) in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

NZX Global Futures And Options Expiry Calendars

Date 15/10/2020

Please find attached:

• NZX Global WMP, SMP, AMF and BTR Futures Expiry Calendars: (Effective 21 October 2020)  
• NZX Global WMP Options Expiry Calendar: (Effective 21 October 2020) 
• NZX Global SMP Options Expiry Calendar: (Effective 21 October 2020) 
• NZX MKP Futures and Options Calendar: (unchanged)

ISDA, AFME Respond To ECB Guide On Climate And Environmental Risks

Date 14/10/2020

ISDA and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) have submitted a joint response to the European Central Bank (ECB) Guide on Climate and Environmental Risks. For the second year in a row, the ECB has identified climate-related and environmental risks as a key risk driver in the Single Supervisory Mechanism Risk Map for the euro area banking system. This four-month consultation on the ECB Guide to climate-related and environmental risks details how such risks should be managed by banks. As part of a supervisory dialogue in 2021 based on end-2020, significant institutions will be asked to inform the ECB of any divergences of their practices from the supervisory expectations described in the document. Where needed, significant institutions will be expected to promptly start adapting their practices. The industry sets out its general comments submitted as part of the consultation response.

AMERIBOR® Benchmark Interest Rate Reaffirmed To Meet IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarks

Date 14/10/2020

American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions, announced today that the AFX’s American Interbank Offering Rate (AMERIBOR®) has been independently reviewed as of June 30, 2020 and has been reaffirmed to meet all nineteen (19) principles set forth by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) for Financial Benchmarks.

Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, Lima Stock Exchange, Santiago Stock Exchange: Regional Exchanges Integration Process

Date 14/10/2020

Bolsa de Valores de Colombia – bvc (ticker BVC:CB) in the context of the process carried out together with the Stock Exchanges of Lima (BVL) and Santiago (BCS), which is aimed to an eventual integration of Stock Exchanges’ infrastructures and/or services, informs that in the Board of Directors meeting held on October 14th, the report presented by the independent consultant hired by the three entities was analyzed, which purpose is the study and analysis of the technical feasibility and potential paths that would allow to move forward in the abovementioned process. The report was also presented to the Board of Directors of BVL and BCS held on 28 September 2020.