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CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 18/03/2020

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

U.S. Chamber CEO Writes President Trump On Essential Infrastructure And Business

Date 18/03/2020

Good afternoon, 

Thought you would like to see this letter from Chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue to the President putting forward guidance on how governments should structure quarantine orders and business closures during the coronavirus outbreak, and designate “essential infrastructure” and “essential businesses and services.”

Vienna Stock Exchange CEO Boschan Supports National Short Selling Regulation

Date 18/03/2020

Today, the Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA issued an extended short selling ban on Austrian shares after no Europe-wide agreement was possible. Christoph Boschan, CEO of the Vienna Stock Exchange, supports this: "The national supervisory authority, like us, has urgently sought the extended ban at EU level. Both the impact of COVID-19 (Corona) and the interests of the individual sub-markets of the Union still differ greatly. This is extremely regrettable for us as Europeans. However, as a uniform solution was not enforceable, a national solution is now the right and important step to take.”

BOX Exchange: SEC No-Action Relief Regarding CAT Reporting

Date 18/03/2020

In light of current global events related to COVID-19, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets (“Division”) has provided BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX”) and other Participants to the National Market System Plan governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT NMS Plan”)1 with no- action relief from enforcing their Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) Compliance Rules with regard to CAT implementation deadlines against Industry Members.2  The Division indicates that its no- action relief only applies through May 20, 2020, but could be extended.

TMX's Pledge To Canada's Markets

Date 18/03/2020

TMX is working in close consultation and coordination with our clients, regulators and government representatives to fulfill our core mission in operating Canada's markets.

Austrian Financial Market Authority Issues A Regulation Prohibiting Short Selling In Certain Financial Instruments That Are Listed On The Vienna Stock Exchange

Date 18/03/2020

Due to the prevailing and severe level of uncertainty on the market in conjunction with the COVID-19-Virus the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has today, by means of a Regulation, temporarily prohibited the short selling of certain financial instruments. All shares that are admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse) and that fall under the competence of the FMA as supervisory authority are affected by this ban. Transactions where there is a market making function are excluded from the ban as well as certain transactions in financial instruments that are based on an index or a basket of securities, which track an index. The ban entered into force today, 18 March 2020, with the publication of the Regulation and is limited to a period of one month, but may be repealed earlier or extended depending on market developments.

Borsa İstanbul: Re-Determination Of The Submarkets Of Shares In The Equity Market’s BIST Stars And BIST Main Market

Date 18/03/2020

Within the scope of Borsa İstanbul A.Ş. Board of Directors’ decision dated 9/27/2019 and numbered 2019/182, and Capital Markets Board’s (CMB) decision dated 9/19/2019 and numbered 52; equities that are being traded in the Equity Market’s BIST Stars and BIST Main submarkets are rearranged into groups according to new criteria and different trading principles have been applied to the shares in different submarkets from 11/04/2019.

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COVID–19 Statement: CISI Provides Covid-19 Support Update To Candidates And Stakeholders

Date 18/03/2020

We would like to reassure our candidates and wider stakeholders that we are following government and medical and health advice and working closely with our testing partner, Prometric, to ensure the safety of our exam candidates while supporting individuals’ and firms’ need to maintain business as usual as far as possible.

Finansinspektionen Will Hold A Press Conference Related To Swedbank

Date 18/03/2020

Finansinspektionen (FI) will hold a press conference on Thursday, 19 March, following the decision by FI’s Board of Directors regarding the investigation into Swedbank’s measures to combat money laundering.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz On Current Market Dynamics And Commission Actions Related To COVID-19

Date 18/03/2020

The CFTC is closely monitoring markets, participants, intermediaries, and infrastructure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The U.S. financial markets remain the deepest and most liquid in the world, and the U.S. derivatives markets have provided enormous opportunities for businesses and industries to manage and hedge many of their commercial, economic, and financial exposures during this critical time.  It is absolutely imperative that these markets continue to be open and function as normal as possible to perform their imperative risk transfer function.  In the past few weeks, we have witnessed the resiliency of the cleared futures and swaps markets, with record volumes and tens of billions of dollars in margin payments, dwarfing what was exchanged immediately after Brexit, completed without default or delay.