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Readout: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting With European Commission Executive Vice-President And Commissioner For Trade Valdis Dombrovskis And European Commissioner For Economy Paolo Gentiloni

Date 22/04/2022

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with European Commission Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis and European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni. Secretary Yellen underscored the United States’ steadfast support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and the need for the international community to hold Russia accountable for its illegal and unprovoked war against Ukraine. The Secretary welcomed the EU’s strong partnership on sanctions implementation. The Secretary also highlighted the importance of moving forward on the global agreement on international tax reform.

Readout: US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting With Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki

Date 22/04/2022

Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Thursday, April 21 in Washington, D.C.  The two reaffirmed their strong condemnation of Russia’s unprovoked, unjustifiable, and illegal war in Ukraine, and agreed to strengthen cooperation on G7 and G20 issues, including global growth, global health, and vulnerable and low-income country debt.   Secretary Yellen and Minister Suzuki also discussed financial market developments, including foreign exchange markets, and underscored the importance of maintaining previous G7 and G20 commitments on exchange rates.

Netflix Share Price Drop Sees Investors Buy 50 Times More Stock Following Poor Q1 Earnings: Saxo Group

Date 22/04/2022

Saxo Group clients have jumped on the streaming giant’s share price falling 26% after trading with the company announcing on Tuesday their first drop in subscribers in 10 years

Colum Lyons, ID-Pal, Comments On FCA's Review Into Challenger Banks' Financial Crime Controls

Date 22/04/2022

This morning, the FCA announced that challenger banks need to improve how they assess financial crime risk. Some failed to adequately check their customers’ income and occupation. In some instances, challenger banks did not have financial crime risk assessments in place for their customers at all.

Futures Law To Make China's Capital Markets More Open

Date 22/04/2022

With China's top legislature adopting a new law on futures and derivatives trading on Wednesday, a more regulated and open capital market will take shape in China and it will be conducive to the sustained development of the real economy, experts said on Thursday.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Summary - 22 April 2022

Date 22/04/2022

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly summary.

Volume 22, Issue 2 Of Borsa İstanbul Review Has Been Published

Date 22/04/2022

Borsa İstanbul Review, forging ahead to be one of the most prominent journals in finance & economics, is managed by Borsa İstanbul and published every two months by Elsevier, a world leading academic publishing company.

lplprofit.com: BaFin Investigates Lplfinancial LTD.

Date 22/04/2022

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that Lplfinancial LTD. has not been granted authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. The information provided on the company’s website, lplprofit.com, gives reasonable grounds to suspect that Lplfinancial LTD. is conducting banking business and providing financial services in Germany without the required authorisation.

HKEX: Exchange Publishes Information Paper On Consequential Rule Amendments To Reflect New Code Of Conduct Provisions And Housekeeping Rule Amendments

Date 22/04/2022

• Listing Rule amendments introduced to reflect new requirements of the SFC Code of Conduct regarding the conduct of issuers and intermediaries involved in bookbuilding and placing activities
• New requirements resulting from the Rule changes will apply to new applicants and listed issuers submitting or re-filing their listing applications for IPOs or other specified types of placings on or after 5 August 2022

lpleurope.com: BaFin Investigates Lpleurope LTD.

Date 22/04/2022

In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that Lpleurope LTD. has not been granted authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. The information provided on the company’s website, lpleurope.com, gives reasonable grounds to suspect that Lpleurope LTD. is conducting banking business and providing financial services in Germany without the required authorisation.