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ACER Publishes The 5th Edition Of The Guidance On REMIT Application

Date 08/04/2020

ACER publishes today the 5th edition of the Guidance on the application of the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT), including updates and further elaboration on the guidance to National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) related to assessing inside information in wholesale energy products.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JVYN4

Date 08/04/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 08.04.2020, 16-40 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 107.81) and initial margins (up to 12.5 %) for the security RU000A0JVYN4 were changed. New values are available here

ESMA Issues An Opinion On Hungarian Product Intervention Measures

Date 08/04/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today issued two opinions on product intervention measures taken by the Magyar Nemzeti Bank of Hungary (MNB)

BCBS And IOSCO Announce A One-Year Deferral Of The Remaining Global Initial Margin Requirements In Response To Coronavirus Challenges

Date 08/04/2020

On 3 April 2020, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a joint statement(link is external) announcing a one-year deferral of the September 2020 and September 2021 phase-ins of the global initial margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.

World Economic Forum: We Shouldn’t Be Comparing The Coronavirus Crisis To 2008 - This Is Why

Date 08/04/2020

• Comparisons have been made between the coronavirus crisis and the crisis of 2008.
• But viewed through the lends of exogenous and endogenous risk, they're quite different.
• The policy response should therefore be different.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Annual General Meeting Update

Date 08/04/2020

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG / the Company) announces the following changes to the format of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 21 April 2020.

CPMI And IOSCO: Jurisdictions Move Towards Full Implementation Of Standards For Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 08/04/2020

Today the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released an update showing that 25 of the 28 jurisdictions participating in the implementation monitoring programme have adopted measures implementing the international standards for all types of financial market infrastructures (FMIs). Since the 2019 update, two jurisdictions – Indonesia and Saudi Arabia – have completed the process of adopting measures that will enable them to implement the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI) for all FMI types.

ACER Reports Applying Network Code On Gas Balancing Support Short-Term Markets

Date 08/04/2020

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) publishes today its report on enabling short-term gas markets after interim balancing measures (Fourth ACER Report on the implementation of the Balancing Network Code) with a view to end interim measures in the EU balancing zones. ACER has been reporting on the implementation of this Network Code since 2016.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Statement Of Policy: Listed Companies And Recapitalisation Issuances During The Coronavirus Crisis

Date 08/04/2020

The FCA announces a series of measures aimed at assisting companies to raise new share capital in response to the coronavirus crisis while retaining an appropriate degree of investor protection.

Coronavirus To Lead To Significant Economic Contraction Across EBRD Regions

Date 08/04/2020

The coronavirus pandemic will lead to a significant contraction in output across the EBRD’s emerging economies and a swift recovery, while possible, is not guaranteed, according to the latest assessment from the Bank’s economists.