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S&P Dow Jones Indices Europe Dashboard

Date 28/02/2020

• The S&P Europe 350® struggled in the face of a broader global sell-off, as fears of the spread of coronavirus weighed on markets. 
• U.K. equities continued to lag their European counterparts, returning all of their gains from the past 12 months after a deeply negative performance in February. 
• Yields ticked down broadly, boosting most sovereign fixed income indices.  Italian sovereign bonds were a notable exception; the S&P Italy Sovereign Bond Index saw the largest decline amongst our selected European sovereign fixed income indices.  

MIAX Options Exchange - March 1, 2020 Fee Changes

Date 28/02/2020

Effective March 1, 2020, pending SEC approval, the MIAX Options Fee Schedule will be amended.  

Statement From Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

Date 28/02/2020

The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong. However, the coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity. The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economic outlook. We will use our tools and act as appropriate to support the economy.

Antonia Chion, Associate Director Of SEC's Enforcement Division, To Retire After 32 Years Of Service

Date 28/02/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Antonia Chion, an Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement in the Home Office, is retiring after 32 years at the agency.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For February 28th 2020

Date 28/02/2020

A total turnover of 1.547 billion shares worth N24.263 billion in 21,646 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.499 billion shares valued at N17.907 billion that exchanged hands last week in 18,515 deals.

EBA Reviews Its RTS On Professional Indemnity Insurance For Mortgage Credit Intermediaries

Date 28/02/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on the review of the Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) specifying the minimum monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) or comparable guarantee for mortgage credit intermediaries. The EBA assessed the information obtained from national authorities, from a sample of intermediaries and through desk-based research and concluded that no amendments to the RTS are currently required.

SEC Awards More Than $7 Million To Whistleblower

Date 28/02/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $7 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance were critically important to the success of an enforcement action.  The whistleblower provided extensive and sustained assistance, such as identifying witnesses. 

EBA Updates List Of Institutions Involved In The 2020 Supervisory Benchmarking Exercise

Date 28/02/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of institutions, which have a reporting obligation for the purpose of the 2020 EU supervisory benchmarking exercise. The EBA runs this exercise leveraging on established data collection procedures and formats of regular supervisory reporting and assists Competent Authorities in assessing the quality of internal approaches used to calculate risk weighted exposure amounts.

MiFID II: ESMA Makes Available The Results Of The Annual Transparency Calculations For Equity And Equity-Like Instruments

Date 28/02/2020

MNI Chicago Business Barometer February 2020 - Chicago Business Barometer™ Rises To 49.0 In February

Date 28/02/2020

The Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced withMNI, edged up 6.1 points in February to 49.0, thehighest level since August 2019. The index movedcloser to the 50-no-change-threshold, shifting thethree-month average up to 46.7.