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London Stock Exchange Group Plc Trading Statement Including Revenues And Kpis For The Three Months Ended 31 March 2020 (Q1)

Date 21/04/2020

• Good Q1 performance against unprecedented market backdrop
• Q1 total income up 13% year-on-year to £615 million, driven by increased equity trading in Capital Markets and higher clearing activity across listed and OTC products leading to higher NTI in Post Trade
• Resources focused on ensuring strong operational resilience across the Group’s systemically important market infrastructure platforms and services; Group employees working almost entirely on a remote basis across all locations
• Integration planning for Refinitiv transaction progressing well: CFIUS approval received and anti-trust filings prepared in multiple jurisdictions; remain committed to achieving completion in H2 2020

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Derivatives Market Before Trading Session Start

Date 21/04/2020

According to the Risk parameters methodology on Derivatives market before trading session start on April 21, 2020 lower bound of price band and risk bound will be changed for CL futures on Derivatives market, market risk rates set as follows:

Enterprise Singapore, Maritime And Port Authority Of Singapore And Monetary Authority Of Singapore: No Serious Impact On Oil Trading And Bunkering Sectors - Banking System Remains Sound - Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd.

Date 21/04/2020

In response to media reports, Enterprise Singapore (ESG), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) confirmed that the agencies are closely monitoring developments related to Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd and the broader oil trading and bunkering sectors.  

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Weekly Bulletin 20 April, 2020 (Issue 9)

Date 21/04/2020

We are happy to offer SZSE Market Bulletin service to friends from overseas markets who are taking a deep look at capital market’s development in China. The weekly information feed focuses on reforms and opening-up events in China’s capital market. The SZSE International Services Team will as always stand ready to respond to inquiries about market cooperation and access by international investors. We hope to have your continuous support to help us improve our services.

Aquis Exchange Selects big xyt To Provide Market Analytics - Delivering Independent Data Analysis Of Liquidity And Market Share

Date 21/04/2020

Moscow Exchange Announces Changes To Trading In The Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures Contract Nearest To Expiry

Date 21/04/2020

Moscow Exchange is suspending trading in the Light Sweet Crude Oil contract (contract CL-4.20) expiring on 21 April 2020 at the day trading session on 21 April 2020. This decision was taken to prevent market participants and their clients from incurring additional negative consequences as a result of the unprecedented decline on 20 April in prices on the corresponding contract on NYMEX.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Impact Of COVID-19 On Independent AML/CFT Audits

Date 21/04/2020

Section 59(2) of the AML/CFT Act requires a reporting entity to have its risk assessment and AML/CFT programme independently audited every two years. COVID-19 may impact a reporting entity’s ability to have its independent audit undertaken within that timeframe.  Any reporting entity unable to complete its independent audit on time due to COVID-19 should contact the FMA (at aml@fma.govt.nz) to discuss their position.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Regulatory Response To COVID-19

Date 21/04/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is determined to respond actively to the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hong Kong’s capital markets.  This response extends to the many brokers, asset managers and other market intermediaries the SFC supervises as well as listed companies and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK). 

SEC Provides For Phased CAT Broker-Dealer Reporting Timelines With Conditional Exemption For Impacts Of COVID-19

Date 21/04/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has voted to issue two exemptive orders in order to move Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) implementation forward: (1) establishing a phased CAT reporting timeline for broker-dealers, and (2) permitting introducing brokers that meet certain requirements to follow the small broker-dealer reporting timeline.

MGEX Extends Congratulations To Bitnomial

Date 20/04/2020

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces that earlier today, one of the Exchange’s business partners, Bitnomial Exchange, LLC (Bitnomial) received designation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a DCM.  This designation paves the way for Bitnomial to launch physically delivered Bitcoin futures and options contracts.  MGEX will be providing clearing services to Bitnomial for these new products.