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FSB Middle East And North Africa Group Discusses Financial Market Developments And Enhancing Cross-Border Payments

Date 24/03/2021

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) held its 19th (virtual) meeting today to discuss financial stability issues affecting the region, including those stemming from recent developments associated with the COVID‑19 pandemic.

MVIS And CryptoCompare Launch The MVIS CryptoCompare Ethereum Benchmark Rate - Designed To Be A Robust Hourly Price For Ethereum In USD Across Major Exchanges

Date 24/03/2021

MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS®) in partnership with CryptoCompare, global leader in digital asset data, today announced the launch of the MVIS CryptoCompare Ethereum Benchmark Rate (ticker: EBR), an index designed to offer a robust hourly price for Ethereum in USD.

Thiel Capital: BaFin Prohibits Unauthorised Safe Custody Business

Date 24/03/2021

In a notice dated 5 March 2021, BaFin ordered Thiel Capital to immediately cease its unauthorised safe custody business.

Derivative Path Acquisition Empowers ‘Main Street’ With Greater Access To Capital Markets - Integration Of Monetics Debt Platform Delivers Unified Commercial Loan And Derivatives Management For Thousands Of Institutions, Corporations, And Middle-Market Participants

Date 24/03/2021

Derivative Path, a leading provider of capital markets technology and derivatives execution services to mid-sized U.S. financial institutions, has acquired Monetics, an innovative debt management platform servicing commercial real estate participants. The transaction democratizes access to capital markets by streamlining workflow between regional banks, credit unions, and the thousands of commercial clients they serve, while opening new revenue channels for the major Wall Street liquidity providers.

SEC Issues Amendments, Seeks Public Comment On Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

Date 24/03/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted interim final amendments to implement congressionally mandated submission and disclosure requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCA Act). 

Royal C Bank/Online Trading Platform Royalcbank.Com: BaFin prohibits Unauthorised Portfolio Management

Date 24/03/2021

In a notice dated 1 March 2021, BaFin ordered Royal C Bank to immediately cease its unauthorised portfolio management activities.

Speech By European Commission President von der Leyen At The Opening Of The High-Level Conference 'Investing In Climate Action: The Make-Or-Break Decade', In Cooperation With The EIB

Date 24/03/2021

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a pleasure to welcome you to this conference on ‘the Make-or-Break Decade' for climate action. The next ten years must be a turning point. First and foremost, for global CO2 emissions. Today, global emissions are still rising. And this has to change as a matter of urgency.

MIAX Options and Pearl Options - Announce Support For Additional MEI And MEO Limited Service Ports

Date 24/03/2021

The MIAX Options and Pearl Options Exchanges propose, pending filing with the SEC, to offer the ability to purchase an additional two (2) Limited Service Ports per matching engine for the MIAX Express Interface (MEI) and MIAX Express Orders (MEO) respectively.  The two additional Limited Service Ports will be available on April 12, 2021 in conjunction with deployment of the first of two additional shared segment ULL switches which were previously announced in the March 4 , 2021 Alert.  These will be over and above the current eight (8) additional Limited Service MEI/MEO Ports per matching engine that are currently available for purchase.  MEI/MEO Interface users will now be limited to purchasing ten (10) additional Limited Service MEI/MEO Ports per matching engine, for a maximum of twelve (12) per matching engine. 

Kyoto Lists On Euronext Growth Oslo

Date 24/03/2021

Thermal battery producer Kyoto has today been admitted to trading on Euronext Growth (ticker code: KYOTO).

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange And Montréal Exchange Closed For Good Friday

Date 24/03/2021

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange will be closed on Friday, April 2, 2021, for Good Friday.