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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Adapting Central Bank Balance Sheets To A World Of Digital Currencies - Remarks By Andrew Hauser, Bank Of England, Executive Director For Markets - Given At Federal Reserve Bank Of New York And Columbia SIPA Workshop On ‘Monetary Policy Implementation And Digital Innovation’, New York

Date 01/06/2022

We’re looking at how a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the UK might work. Andrew Hauser argues a CBDC could have a big impact on the Bank of England’s balance sheet. We need to understand these impacts, and build them into the design of CBDCs and our operational toolkits.

Revised Lists Of The Moscow Exchange Indices Announced

Date 01/06/2022

Today Moscow Exchange announced the results of the quarterly review for MOEX indices. All changes were made upon recommendations from the Index Committee and will be implemented from 17 June 2022. The Exchange has also set free floats for several companies.

Hendrickson, McGoldrick Co-Head JonesTrading Prime Services - Sales, Operations To Propel Relationship Based Offering

Date 01/06/2022

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC ("JonesTrading") announced today the hiring of industry veterans Jorge Hendrickson and Mark McGoldrick as Managing Directors, and Co-Heads of JonesTrading Prime Services. Each brings over two decades of experience in the space.

FTSE UK Index Series Annual Review June 2022

Date 01/06/2022

• Centrica and Unite Group to join FTSE 100
• Seven changes to the FTSE 250

SIX Swiss Exchange: Trading Key Figures May 2022

Date 01/06/2022

In May 2022, trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange reached CHF 109.4 billion, 2.8% more than in the previous month, while the number of transactions increased by 13.8% to a total of 5,502,484. Since the beginning of 2022, trading turnover reached CHF 607.9 billion with a total of 29,485,471 transactions. The SMI® fell by 4.3% and reached 11,611.4 points at the end of the month.

Keeping Pace With Rising Costs – Improving Financial Inclusion For Consumers - Speech By Sheldon Mills, UK Financial Conduct Authority Executive Director, Consumers And Competition, Delivered At Financial Inclusion Virtual Summit 2022

Date 01/06/2022

Highlights

• Rising costs are impacting consumers and business and could create new challenges for financial inclusion.
• Regulation plays an important role in driving financial inclusion and improving outcomes for individuals and communities.
• Financial inclusion is a complex issue that requires strong partnerships and collaboration across government, regulators, industry, and other organisations to address.

Keynote Speech By European Commissioner McGuinness At High-Level Conference On The Capital Markets Union

Date 01/06/2022

It strikes me that Capital Markets Union has been around for some time so the ambition is huge and the potential is great.

Statistics From Nasdaq Nordic Exchange May 2022

Date 01/06/2022

Monthly statistics including stock and derivative statistics;

• Volumes and Market cap
• Most traded companies
• Most active members
• Listings and member

Tao Zhang Joins BIS As Chief Representative For Asia And The Pacific

Date 01/06/2022

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced that Tao Zhang will join the Bank as Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific. Mr Zhang will join the BIS on 14 June and will be based at the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific (Asian Office) in Hong Kong SAR.

Nasdaq Nordic And Baltic Markets Trading Statistics May 2022

Date 01/06/2022

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets. Below follows a summary of the statistics for May 2022:
The share trading decreased by 4.5% to a daily average of 4.131bn EUR, compared to 4.325bn EUR in May 2021. Compared to the previous month, April 2022, the daily average increased by 4.1%.