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Refinitiv: Sterling Jumps To 1.297 On Brexit Deal Breakthrough

Date 17/10/2019

With the pound rising to its highest level against the dollar since May with the news of a Brexit deal, please see below a chart from Refinitiv showing the pound’s performance for today.

Solactive Licenses Smart City And Smart Factory Indices To Amundi

Date 17/10/2019

According to a forecast of the United Nations, more than 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050, and smart technology can help to tackle the challenges emerging from this trend of rapid urbanization. Recognizing this development, Europe’s largest asset manager, Amundi, licensed the Solactive Smart City Index to serve as the underlying of Amundi Smart City UCITS ETF.

Euromoney TRADEDATA Partners With UK FinTech ipushpull To Create On-Demand 'Data-As-A-Service'

Date 17/10/2019

Euromoney TRADEDATA is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with ipushpull, a powerful data sharing and workflow platform.

BME Is Assigned ‘A-’ Rating By S&P

Date 17/10/2019

BME has been assigned A- rating, with stable outlook, from credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings.

Basel Committee Reports On Basel III Implementation Progress

Date 17/10/2019

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued the Seventeenth progress report on adoption of the Basel regulatory framework. As noted by the Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision, the Committee's oversight body, member jurisdictions are expected to ensure a full, timely and consistent implementation of the finalised Basel III reforms.

Pound To Hit $1.35 And UK Financial Assets To Rally If New Brexit Deal Is Approved, Nigel Green, CEO And Founder deVere Group

Date 17/10/2019

The pound is rallying and UK financial assets are being given a boost following news that a Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiators before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels on Thursday.

ESMA Sees Significant Room For Improvement In National Regulators’ Supervision Of Derivatives Data

Date 17/10/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published the results of a peer review it conducted into supervisory actions of six National Competent Authorities (NCAs) regarding their approaches at enhancing the quality of derivative data reported under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). 

Brexit Deal Reaction: State Street's Marija Veitmane

Date 17/10/2019

Marija Veitmane, Senior Strategist, multi-asset at State Street Global Markets: “The “agreed deal” is just a step in Brexit resolution. We still see a lot of challenges ahead. The economic rationale for both sides to reach the deal has been present for a long-time, but unfortunately politics has been standing in the way. Those issues are yet to be resolved.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Data Show 4.29m Complaints For First Half Of 2019

Date 17/10/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the complaints figures for regulated firms for the first half of 2019. The data showed an increase in complaints from 3.91m in the second half (H2) of 2018 to 4.29m for the first half (H1) of 2019.

HKEX: Product Enhancements To USD/CNH Options And Cash-Settled CNH/USD Futures Contracts

Date 17/10/2019

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (“the Exchange”) is pleased to announce the following product enhancements to the USD/CNH Options and cash-settled CNH/USD Futures contracts: 

1. Extension of trading hours of USD/CNH Options contracts; and
2. Introduction of two additional calendar quarter months for USD/CNH Options and cash-settled CNH/USD Futures contracts