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Business And Individual Investors Organisations Issue Statement On The European Commission’s Upcoming Initiative On Sustainable Corporate Governance

Date 03/05/2021

On 3 May 2021, business and individual investors organisations – namely BETTER FINANCE, ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), Invest Europe and SMEUnited - sent a joint letter to the European Commission to convey their shared concerns regarding the upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance. 

Digital Dollar Project To Launch Pilot Programs To Explore Designs And Uses Of A U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency - Project Co-Founder Accenture To Provide Initial Funding For Pilots, Which Marks Next Step In Bringing The Digital Dollar Closer To Reality

Date 03/05/2021

The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) will launch at least five pilot programs over the next 12 months with interested stakeholders and DDP participants to measure the value of and inform the future design of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC), or “digital dollar.”

ESA’s Joint Board Of Appeal Dismissed Appeal By Societatea De Asigurare-Reasigurare City Insurance SA Against The European Insurance And Occupational Pensions Authority

Date 03/05/2021

The Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority) unanimously decided that the appeal brought by Societatea de Asigurare-Reasigurare City Insurance SA against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is inadmissible. 

Deutsche Börse Cash Market Trading Volumes In April

Date 03/05/2021

Deutsche Börse’s cash markets generated a turnover of €147.1 billion in April (previous year: €172.8 billion).

ACER Publishes Updated Guidance To Facilitate REMIT Transaction Reporting

Date 03/05/2021

Following a six-month consultation with stakeholders and with the objective to contribute to the improvement of REMIT data reporting, ACER published  updated REMIT guidance.

Boerse Stuttgart Records April Turnover Of Around EUR 8,4 Billion - Equities, Investment Products And ETPs Show Increase In Trading Volume Compared To April 2020

Date 03/05/2021

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 8,4 billion in April.

Amman Stock Exchange: Increase The Net Profit For The First Quarter Of 2021 For Listed Companies By 176.6% Compared To The Same Period For 2020

Date 03/05/2021

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Mr. Mazen Wathaifi stated that 162 out of 174 listed companies provided ASE their financial reports for the first quarter of 2021, where the net profit after tax attributable to shareholders for the first quarter of 2021 for the listed companies has increased to JD293.8 million, compared to JD106.2 million for first quarter of 2020, an increase of 176.6

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Head Of Fixed Income

Date 03/05/2021

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Olivier de Larouzière as Chief Investment Officer for Global Fixed Income, as of 23 April 2021.  Olivier is based in Paris and reports to Rob Gambi, BNPP AM’s Global Head of Investments.

UK Failing To Commercialise Its Intellectual Property - GovGrant

Date 03/05/2021

• The UK is a global leader in research but is failing to commercialise its IP and risks being left behind in the post-COVID economic recovery 
• Business investment in R&D (1.7% of GDP) falls short of OECD average (2.4%) 
• Just 10 firms dominate one fifth (18%) of all UK-based patent applications 

Joint Statement Of The 24th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers' And Central Bank Governors' Meeting

Date 03/05/2021

I. Introduction

1.      The 24th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM+3) was convened on 3 May 2021 under the co-chairmanship of H.E. Dato Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy (Fiscal) of Brunei Darussalam, H.E. Rokiah Badar, Managing Director of Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam and H.E. Nam-Ki Hong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Juyeol Lee, Governor of the Bank of Korea. The meeting was held in virtual format under the extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the Secretary-General of ASEAN, and the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were also present at our meeting.