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ASX Intends To List A 5 Year Treasury Bond Futures Contract On ASX24

Date 26/06/2020

ASX today announced that it intends to list a 5 Year Treasury Bond Futures contract on the ASX24 market in late Q4 2020, subject to regulatory approval and internal/external readiness.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publicly Censures Redcentric PLC For Market Abuse

Date 26/06/2020

SGX RegCo And Law Society Jointly Issue Best Practices Guide For Singapore Lawyers

Date 26/06/2020

Singapore Exchange Regulation (“SGX RegCo”) and the Law Society of Singapore (“LawSoc”) have jointly issued a Best Practices Guide (the “Guide”) to set out recommendations and best practices for Singapore lawyers making submissions to SGX RegCo on behalf of listed issuers.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Highlights Values Of Sustainability Reporting With Maiden Virtual Facts Behind The Sustainability Report

Date 26/06/2020

The promotion and disclosure of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles is increasingly becoming a tool for meaningful engagement between investors and listed companies. This was highlighted in the maiden edition of The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s (NSE) virtual Facts Behind the Sustainability Report. The event was headlined by Courteville Business Solutions on Wednesday, 24 June 2020 and culminated in a digital Closing Gong ceremony.

SGX Welcomes Southern Alliance Mining Ltd. To Catalist

Date 26/06/2020

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Southern Alliance Mining Ltd. to its Catalist under the stock code “QNS”. 

CFTC Approves Two Final Rules And Two Proposed Rules At June 25 Open Meeting - Agency Also Withdraws Proposed Rule And Supplemental Proposal For Regulation AT

Date 25/06/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission at its open meeting today approved two final rules, withdrew a previously proposed rule and supplemental proposal, and advanced two proposed rules on the following matters:

Proposed Rule: Electronic Trading Risk Principles

SIFMA Statement On CCAR 2020 Results

Date 25/06/2020

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, regarding the results of the Dodd Frank Annual Stress Testing (DFAST) and Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR).

IIROC Welcomes The CSA's Public Consultation And Review Of IIROC And MFDA Regulatory Framework

Date 25/06/2020

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today applauds the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) for their leadership in undertaking this important and timely review of IIROC and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association's (MFDA) regulatory framework.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz On Final Rule To Make Permanent Certain Anti-Evasion Measures For Inter-Affiliate Swaps

Date 25/06/2020

I support today’s final rule making permanent the alternative compliance frameworks for certain swaps involving the foreign affiliates of U.S. firms and their non-U.S. counterparties.  The final rule upholds the Dodd-Frank Act’s clearing mandate, deters evasion, and protects against systemic risk from swaps executed overseas by foreign affiliates.  The final rule, which adopts the rule as proposed, [1] codifies existing practice and addresses anti-evasion provisions governing inter-affiliate swaps that the Commission first issued in 2013 and later extended through staff no-action letters.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Unveils Its 2020-2021 Annual Statement Of Priorities

Date 25/06/2020

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) today unveiled its 2020-2021 annual statement of priorities in the particular context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions on the Québec economy and the financial services industry.