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Bank Of England: Minutes Of The SONIA Stakeholder Advisory Group - 23 September 2019

Date 29/10/2019

The SONIA Stakeholder Advisory Group supports the Bank’s administration of SONIA by providing advice and technical input to the Bank and the SONIA Oversight Committee. The minutes of the SONIA Stakeholder Advisory Group meetings are published.

Moscow Exchange Provides New Connectivity Option To Trade Derivatives

Date 29/10/2019

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is teaming up with Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions to launch trades in derivatives through the TT platform. MOEX will be accessible by TT’s global user base.v

US Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Issue Final Rule To Simplify Capital Calculation For Community Banks

Date 29/10/2019

Federal bank regulatory agencies finalized a rule that simplifies capital requirements for community banks by allowing them to adopt a simple leverage ratio to measure capital adequacy. The community bank leverage ratio framework removes requirements for calculating and reporting risk-based capital ratios for a qualifying community bank that opts into the framework.

Brexit: European Council Adopts Decision To Extend The Period Under Article 50

Date 29/10/2019

The European Council has adopted a decision to extend the period under Article 50.3 (of the Treaty on the European Union), in the context of the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU.

Global X Licenses ARTIS®-Based Solactive Video Games & Esports Index And Utilizes Further Solactive Index For Thematic Fund-Of-Funds ETF

Date 29/10/2019

Gaming gained its popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, and from there, it increasingly dominated leisure activities in peoples’ living rooms, resulting in global revenues rising to USD 134.9bn in 2018. Since the beginning, the idea of competition was deeply entrenched into the development of games, sparking another movement within the history of gaming: esports, which is also a billion-dollar industry. To grant investors access to the rapid growth of both the video gaming and the esports industries, Global X issues its new Global X Video Games & Esports ETF, tracking Solactive’s ARTIS®-based Video Games & Esports Index.

TNS Unveils New TNSXpress Portfolio At FIA Expo

Date 29/10/2019

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is launching its state-of-the-art TNSXpress product suite at the FIA Expo in Chicago today. Visitors to TNS booth #319 will see how the TNSXpress solutions can offer some of the fastest, most secure and comprehensive connectivity to the global financial markets.

Moscow Exchange Final Settlement Price Determined For MOEX USD/INR FX Futures Contract

Date 29/10/2019

On 29 October 2019, Moscow Exchange determined the final settlement price for the USD/INR FX futures contract:

• UINR-10.19 – 70.7303 (Indian rupees for one US dollar)

Nigerian Stock Exchange Set To Host 7th Nigerian Capital Market Information Security Forum

Date 29/10/2019

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) is pleased to announce that the 7th edition of its bi-annual Nigerian Capital Market Information Security Forum (NCMISF), themed, “The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation: Achieving Compliance”,  will hold on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at the NSE Event Center, 2-4 Customs Street, Lagos.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security SNGS - Update 3&4

Date 29/10/2019

REPO risk parameters change for the security SNGS
REPO risk parameters change for the security SNGS

Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, Delivers Speech On Benchmarks In Madrid

Date 29/10/2019

Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has delivered a speech on the Benchmarks Regulation, and related issues, at a conference organised by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) in Madrid this lunchtime.