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European Council - Council Of The European Union: Basic Road Connectivity In The Event Of No-Deal Brexit – Provisional Agreement With European Parliament

Date 26/02/2019

Today, the Romanian presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a set of temporary and limited measures to ensure basic road freight and road passenger connectivity in order to mitigate the most severe disruption in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated agreement. The measures agreed today will enable UK-licenced road hauliers and coach and bus operators to carry goods and passengers between the UK and the remaining 27 member states. The rights granted by these measures will be conditional on equivalent rights being conferred by the UK to operators from the 27 member states and subject to conditions ensuring fair competition. The agreement will now be submitted for approval by member states' ambassadors in the Council's Permanent Representatives Committee.

Bank Of England: Additional Indexed Long-Term Repo Operations - Market Notice

Date 26/02/2019

The Bank of England is today announcing that it will offer Indexed Long-Term Repo (ILTR) operations on a weekly basis from 12 March 2019 until end-April 2019.

Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To The Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Date 26/02/2019

Good morning. Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown, and other members of the Committee, I am happy to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.

ESMA Chair Maijoor's Keynote On Crypto-Assets

Date 26/02/2019

ESMA Chair Steven Maijoor delivered today a keynote speech at the FinTech Conference 2019 - FinTech and Regulation - in Brussels. The keynote dealt with crypto-assets: time to deliver.

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

Date 26/02/2019

On 26 February 2019, Moscow Exchange determined the final settlement price for the USD/INR FX futures contract:

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Court Of Directors Held On 10 December 2018

Date 26/02/2019

The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.

Bank Of England: Gertjan Vlieghe's Annual Report For The Treasury Select Committee - Published For The Treasury Select Committee Hearing On 26 February 2019

Date 26/02/2019

Since November 2017, the two main factors affecting the UK have been the state of the global economy and the impact of changing expectations of, and uncertainty about, Brexit.

Thomson Reuters Reports Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2018 Results

Date 26/02/2019

Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018.

• The company achieved its full-year 2018 Outlook and provided its future Outlook
• The Thomson Reuters Board of Directors approved a $0.04 per share annualized increase in the dividend to $1.44 per common share. This represents the 26th consecutive year of dividend increases.

Europeanissuers Members Appointed To The European Corporate Reporting Lab’s First Project Task Force On Climate-Related Reporting

Date 26/02/2019

EuropeanIssuers would like to congratulate the candidates who were successfully chosen to be a part of the European Corporate Reporting Lab’s first Project Task Force on Climate-Related Reporting. The Task Force will be responsible for the operation of this first project of the European Lab, including planning, identifying good practices and challenges, conducting stakeholder outreach activities and the project report and other deliverables on climate-related reporting. Out of the successful candidates, EuropeanIssuers would like to give special recognition to four of whom are among its membership: Ms Alice Peyrard (Veolia); Ms Giulia Genuardi (ENEL); Mr Bertrand Janus (Total); and Mr Piotr Biernacki (SEG).

ESMA Publishes Responses To Its Consultation On Reporting Guidelines Under The MMF Regulation

Date 26/02/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its Consultation on draft guidelines on the reporting to competent authorities under article 37 of the MMF Regulation.