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TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – January 2019

Date 07/02/2019

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) for January 2019.

Bank Of England: Inflation Report Press Conference, February 2019

Date 07/02/2019

Our role is to set interest rates to influence the amount of spending in the economy in order to ensure inflation (the pace of price rises) returns to our 2% target sustainably.

BSX Releases 2018 Year End Review

Date 07/02/2019

Highlights:

• BSX continues its strong contribution to Bermuda’s position as a centre of excellence for the creation, support and listing of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) vehicles while welcoming new entities to trading membership and continuing its support of domestic market investor education.

ESMA Publishes Its 2019 Risk Assessment Work Programme

Date 07/02/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority today publishes its Risk Assessment Work Programme, providing an overview of the analytical, research, data and statistical activities that ESMA will carry out in 2019.

Bank Of England: Asset Purchase Facility: Gilt Purchases - Market Notice 7 February 2019

Date 07/02/2019

As set out in the Minutes of the MPC’s meeting ending on 6 February 2019, the MPC has agreed to make £20.6 billion of gilt purchases, financed by central bank reserves, to reinvest the cash flows associated with the maturity on 7 March 2019 of a gilt owned by the Asset Purchase Facility (APF).

Bank Of England: Positive Externalities - Speech By Martin Taylor, External Member of the Financial Policy Committee, Given At The Queen's University, Belfast

Date 07/02/2019

As he comes towards the end of his term, Martin Taylor reflects on his time as an external member of the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee. He talks about what external members do and the skills and experience they can bring. He compares their role to that of a non-executive director in the private sector.

Moldovan Ex-PM's Son Forced To Hand Over Nearly Half A Million Pounds: Global Witness Response

Date 07/02/2019

In response to today's announcment from the UK's National Crime Agency that the son of an ex-Moldovan PM has been forced to hand over nearly half a million pounds, Ava Lee, Senior Anti-Corruption Campaigner at Global Witness said:

"This kid is the son of an former Prime Minister imprisoned for abuse of power related to a billion dollar scandal, driving to uni in a Bentley, renting a pent-house that costs more each day than most students pay a month. The National Crime Agency should now be asking the bank, the university, the estate agent and the car dealer what checks they made on this suspicious spender and his Cayman Island companies."

Jobs In ETFs Closes Seed funding Round To Expand Its Platform And Team

Date 07/02/2019

Jobs in ETFs, the world’s first ETF Career Platform and Specialized Recruitment Provider for the ETF Industry, successfully completed a major funding round from veteran investors Cheah Cheng Hye, nicknamed “the Warren Buffett of Asia”, and Jay Pelosky, former top ranked Morgan Stanley Global Strategist. The founder, Claud Mitrache, has retained majority interest in Jobs in ETFs and is working to build up its team and online platform to keep up with strong hiring demand from the ETF industry. This is the first outside fundraising by Jobs in ETFs, which commenced operations in 2017 with just founder’s money.

Vela Wins Best DMA Offering For The Fourth Time - Recognized In The Fund Technology And WSL Awards 2019 For Its High-Performance, Low Latency Market Access Platform

Date 07/02/2019

Vela, a leading independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, today announced that it has once again been named Best DMA Offering in the Fund Technology and WSL Awards 2019 for the fourth year.

EGX Launches A New Index " EGX 30 Capped"

Date 07/02/2019

• The index sets a maximum limit of the weight of any security in the index byabout 15%
• EGX Chairman: The new index enhances growth opportunities of investment funds industry and contributes to investment options diversification