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Euroclear Reports Strong Business Income Growth In Q1 2025

Date 14/05/2025

Financial highlights

Strong underlying business growth offsetting lower interest income

• Underlying business income for Q1 2025 reached a record €466 million, representing a 10% increase compared to Q1 2024. This growth was supported by robust business drivers, including fixed income issuance, increased equity quotations, and increased settlement activity due to market volatility related to geopolitical uncertainty.
• Underlying interest and banking income decreased by 10% compared to Q1 2024, to €255 million as expected given the declining interest rate environment. The impact was partially mitigated by increased cash balances.
• Underlying costs rose by 5%, broadly in line with expectations. This reflects investments in strategic development initiatives and inflation. Cost containment measures initiated last year continue to progress.
• As result of the positive operating leverage, business income operating margin improved from 23.4% in Q1 2024 to 27.1% in Q1 2025.
• Resulting adjusted net profit of €283 million decreased slightly by 1%. Adjusted Earnings Per Share remain stable year-on-year at €90.
• Euroclear Group retains a very strong capital position, comfortably above regulatory requirements with a Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of around 61%.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transactions In Own Securities

Date 14/05/2025

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (Morgan Stanley) as part of its share buyback programme, as announced on 3 March 2025:

SET Market Report For April 2025

Date 14/05/2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its global growth forecast down to 2.8 percent for 2025 and 3.0 percent for 2026. Concurrently, the U.S. dollar weakened against major currencies while 10-year U.S. Treasury yields edged upward, trading in the range of 4.0-4.5 percent. Amid growing concerns about the repercussion of trade tensions on the U.S. economy, investors increasingly divested from U.S. bonds, which were traditionally considered safe-haven assets. The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained the benchmark interest rate at 4.25 percent to 4.50 percent as expected, marking the third consecutive rate pause.

A System-Wide Approach To System-Wide Resilience: CCPs And Their Users − Speech By Sarah Breeden, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability Given At ISDA Annual General Meeting, Amsterdam

Date 14/05/2025

In this speech Sarah sets out the critical role of central counterparties and the importance of a system-wide approach to regulating them to ensure their actions, whilst prudent from a micro-prudential perspective, do not amplify shocks in times of stress. She discusses the role that CCP users play in reducing financial stability risks, including by being prepared, and the importance of measures to improve resilience in core markets.

ASIC: Our 2024 Gender Pay Gap Employer Statement

Date 14/05/2025

ASIC is committed to reducing the gender pay gap and driving lasting change in gender equality.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Strips Back Insurance Rulebook

Date 14/05/2025

The UK’s world leading insurance market could benefit from simpler, more straightforward rules, under proposals published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today. The regulator plans to strip outdated or duplicated requirements from its insurance rulebook, having asked what improvements it could make. The changes could support lower costs and wider access for the businesses and consumers who rely on insurance to manage risk, while maintaining appropriate levels of protection.

ASIC Sues Macquarie Securities For Repeated And Systemic Misleading Conduct

Date 14/05/2025

ASIC is suing Macquarie Securities (Australia) Limited (MSAL) alleging it engaged in misleading conduct by misreporting millions of short sales to the market operator for over 14 years.

Cboe Expands Data Vantage Sales Team To Strengthen Asia Pacific Presence

Date 14/05/2025

• Junichi Nakagawa and Samuel Zou appointed Sales Directors for Cboe Data Vantage in Asia Pacific
• Hires reflect growing demand for data, analytics and related services in the region, facilitating access to U.S. and European markets
• Expansion supports Cboe's ongoing global growth strategy for Data Vantage

Acting CFTC Chairman Pham Statement On Court Sanctions Against CFTC

Date 13/05/2025

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham made the following statement regarding the Federal District Court report and recommendations for sanctions against the CFTC for misconduct in CFTC v. Traders Global Group Inc:

“Americans rightly demand the highest level of conduct, candor, professionalism, and ethics from the federal government—especially law enforcement agencies like the CFTC. As described in detail in the Court’s report, the CFTC engaged in willful and bad faith conduct by making multiple false statements to the Court and other ‘numerous instances of sanctionable behavior’ over the course of a year. This is inexcusable. The CFTC must now accept accountability so that appropriate corrective action can finally be taken to address the conduct issues, and the CFTC can put this behind us and move forward to restore the agency’s credibility and reputation."

Vienna Stock Exchange Award 2025: Erste Group Shines With Double Win In ATX And Media Relations Categories

Date 13/05/2025

• Flughafen Wien AG honoured in two categories
• Mid Cap Award goes to PORR AG