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Bank Of England: Minutes Of Money Markets Committee Meeting - 3 December 2020

Date 21/01/2021

The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.

Bitfinex Launches Global Grid Trading Competition

Date 21/01/2021

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has unveiled the Global Grid Trading Competition, allowing eligible users to deploy grid trading bots and compete for a top prize of 2,500 Tether tokens (USDt)

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 21/01/2021

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 25 January 2021 (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract will be revised and can be found here.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security F-RM

Date 21/01/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 21.01.2021, 15-24 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 894) and initial margins (up to 26.25 %) for the security F-RM were changed. New values are available here

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts: New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Date 21/01/2021

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 22 January 2021 (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract will be revised and can be found here.

Press Conference: Christine Lagarde, President Of The ECB, Luis de Guindos, Vice-President Of The ECB

Date 21/01/2021

Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. We will now report on the outcome of today’s meeting of the Governing Council, which was also attended by the Commission Executive Vice-President, Mr Dombrovskis.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Proposes CMC Fee Price Cap

Date 21/01/2021

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published proposals to introduce a price cap on the fees claims management companies (CMCs) charge their customers in relation to claims for financial products and services.

FIA: Global Futures And Options Trading Reaches Record Level In 2020

Date 21/01/2021

FIA today released yearly statistics that show the total number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide reached a record level of 46.77 billion contracts in 2020, up 35.6% from 2019. Total futures trading rose 32.7% to 25.55 billion. Total options trading rose 39.3% to 21.22 billion. Open interest, which measures the number of outstanding contracts at a point in time, also reached a record high, reaching 987.3 million contracts at year-end, up 9.7% from December 2019.

HKEX To Launch Mini USD/CNH Futures

Date 21/01/2021

• Mini USD/CNH Futures to launch in the first half of 2021, with contract size of US$20,000
• Developed in response to market demand from smaller corporates and individuals, allowing for more precise risk management
• Complements existing HKEX RMB currency products, such as USD/CNH Futures and USD/CNH Options

ETF & ETP Statistics 2020: Sustainability, Thematic ETFs And Cryptocurrencies In Investor Focus - Invested Assets In The ETF Segment Rise To €788.1 Billion - Xetra Europe's Leading Exchange For Sustainable ETFs

Date 21/01/2021

The shift towards passive investments via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued to rise in 2020. As reported by Deutsche Börse in its annual trading statistics, the assets under management of ETFs listed on its Xetra exchange reached a record level of €788.1 billion at the end of the year (2019: €709.8 billion).