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CFTC Staff Extends Relief For SEFs From Certain Block Trade Requirements

Date 13/11/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today extended temporary no-action relief to swap execution facilities (SEFs) and other market participants originally provided in 2017 by CFTC Staff Letter No. 17-60. Under the approved extension, the relief is now set to expire on the compliance date of the Part 43 Real-time Public Reporting Requirements final rule. 

SEC Awards Over $1.1 Million To Whistleblower For Independent Analysis

Date 13/11/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $1.1 million to a whistleblower whose independent analysis led the staff to look at new conduct during an ongoing investigation. The whistleblower’s information and exemplary assistance helped the agency bring an emergency action preventing further investor harm.  This whistleblower examined publicly available materials and conducted an analysis that revealed important new insights into the securities law violations, which helped the SEC protect investor assets from dissipation by the wrongdoer.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 13/11/2020

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For November 13th 2020

Date 13/11/2020

It was a historic trading week as the NSE All Share Index (ASI) posted its largest daily gain in more than five years on Thursday, 12 November 2020. The ASI rose beyond the set threshold of 5% triggering a 30 minute trading halt of all stocks for the first time since the Circuit Breaker was introduced in 2016.

Nigerian Stock Exchange: Experts Highlight Market Data As Critical To Navigating Shocks In The Capital Market

Date 13/11/2020

Globally, there is an increasing reliance on market data as a fundamental tool for making sound financial decisions and the Nigerian case is no different. This was highlighted at The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) 5^th Market Data Workshop 2020 hosted in collaboration with InfoWARE Limited. The event – which held virtually on Friday, 13 November 2020, was themed, “Handling Shocks in the Capital Market: A Quantitative Risk Management Approach Using Market Data.”

SEC Charges Investment Advisory Firms And Broker-Dealers In Connection With Sales Of Complex Exchange-Traded Products - More Than $3 Million To Be Returned To Harmed Retail Investors As Part Of Ongoing Risk-Based Initiative

Date 13/11/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled actions against three investment advisory firms and two dually-registered broker-dealer and advisory firms for violations that related to unsuitable sales of complex exchange-traded products to retail investors. The sales occurred between January 2016 and April 2020. These actions are the first arising from investigations generated by the Division of Enforcement's Exchange-Traded Products Initiative, which utilized trading data analytics to uncover potential unsuitable sales.

Deutsche Börse Group: Business Indicators For October 2020

Date 13/11/2020

Click here to download a summary of Deutsche Börse Group's business indicators for October 2020.

BIS: Monetary Policy Response In Emerging Market Economies: Why Was It Different This Time?

Date 13/11/2020

Key takeaways

• During the Covid-19-induced financial stress in March 2020, central banks in emerging market economies (EMEs) departed from their monetary policy playbook by cutting rates even in the face of sharp currency depreciations and massive capital outflows.
• Two factors were at play. First, the cyclical position of EMEs gave more room for easing of monetary policy, while structural changes improved the anchoring of inflation expectations and kept a lid on exchange rate pass-through. Second, the swift monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve and other advanced economy central banks calmed global financial conditions. These policies capped the appreciation pressures on the US dollar, an EME risk factor, and gave EMEs greater room to cut interest rates.
• Monetary easing and asset purchases helped cushion the impact of portfolio outflows on local currency sovereign bond markets. Synchronised monetary and fiscal policies supported one another.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Retains ISO 27001:2013 Certification for 5th Consecutive Year

Date 13/11/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) is pleased to announce that it has retained its ISO 27001:2013 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS). This marks the 5th consecutive year that The Exchange will retain this certification since it was first issued in 2015.

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Date 13/11/2020

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