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MGEX Reports The Second-Best April In History

Date 01/05/2020

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports that April 2020 as the second best April in history with a total exchange volume of 256,276 contracts. This past month also entered the record book as the 14th best overall month in history of the Exchange. The total exchange volume from this past month was also 7% higher compared to April 2019.

Bank Of England: Asset Purchase Facility (APF): Additional Corporate Bond Purchases – Market Notice 1 May 2020

Date 01/05/2020

This Market Notice describes the operation of the Bank of England’s Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme. It consolidates the currently effective provisions of previous Market Notices in relation to the Bank’s Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme and so replaces all previous Market Notices relevant to these operations.

MIAX Exchange Group - Options Markets - OPRA Failed Over To Secondary Site On Multiple Servers

Date 01/05/2020

Please be advised that OPRA experienced an issue on multiple primary servers due to an incorrect configuration.  The disconnect occured at 10:22:03 and reconnected at 10:22:08 Eastern Time.  

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Is Now Supervising Mortgage Brokerage

Date 01/05/2020

The provisions of An Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions pertaining to the transfer of supervision of the mortgage brokerage sector to the Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) come into force today. This is therefore also the day on which the related regulations made by the AMF come into effect.

Cboe Global Markets Reports Record Results For First Quarter 2020

Date 01/05/2020

First Quarter 2020 Highlights

• Diluted EPS for the Quarter of $1.42, Up 67 Percent
• Record Adjusted Diluted EPS¹ for the Quarter of $1.65, Up 48 Percent
• Record Net Revenue for the Quarter of $358.3 Million, Up 28 Percent
• Set New Quarterly Highs for Total Options and FX Volume
• EBITDA Margin¹ for the Quarter of 73.9 Percent, Up 820 bps
• Adjusted EBITDA Margin¹ for the Quarter of 74.2 Percent, Up 770 bps
• Returned $160 Million to Shareholders Through Share Repurchases and Dividends

Commenting On COVID-19’s Economic Impacts: By Frédérique Carrier, Head Of Investment Strategy, RBC Wealth Management

Date 01/05/2020

A clear trend this earnings season with respect to consensus estimates of COVID-19’s economic impacts is that consensus has generally underestimated the positive impact of stockpiling for the Consumer Staples and Health Care sectors.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The RTGS Renewal Programme External Advisory Body - March 2020

Date 01/05/2020

The meeting of the Advisory Body was held in March 2020.

ESMA Closed On Friday 1 May For Public Holiday

Date 01/05/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is closed on Friday 1 May and reopens on Monday 4 May.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Statement On Mortgage Prisoners

Date 01/05/2020

The FCA has been working for some time to support mortgage prisoners. This work has continued during the disruption caused by coronavirus (Covid-19). So far, our action has resulted in reductions in mortgage payments for the vast majority of mortgage prisoners, by ensuring base rate cuts are passed on where possible.

No Trading On The Vienna Stock Exchange On 1 May 2020

Date 01/05/2020

Due to the holiday there is no trading on 1 May 2020 on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Trading will be continued on Monday, 4 May 2020.