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Cboe Europe Derivatives Welcomes New Participants

Date 28/11/2022

Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe: CBOE) today announces that Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX), its pan-European equity derivatives exchange, has welcomed three new Trading Participants. These firms are Barak Capital Israel, Barak Capital Market Making B.V. and TTG Capital Limited.

Thai Listed Firms Report 9-Month Sales & Profit Growth Boosted By Continuing Economic Recovery

Date 28/11/2022

• SET-listed companies' total sales up 41.1 pct y-o-y to THB 13.17 trn in 9-mth/2022
• 9-mth core operating profits up 25.6 pct to THB 1.49 trn
• 9-month net profits up 14.2 pct to THB 825.34 bln

Negative Sentiment Persistent Following The Fallout From FTX, With Outflows Of US$23m - CoinShares: Fund Flows

Date 28/11/2022

• Digital asset investment products saw outflows totalling US$23m in a continuation of the negative sentiment seen the previous week.
• Short investment products saw a mixture of inflows and outflows that varied across providers, while long-only investment products predominantly saw outflows.
• Ethereum saw minor outflows totalling US$6m while the large inflows into short products seen the previous week were completely reversed with an outflow of US$15.2m.
• Blockchain equities are also suffering from the FTX collapse, seeing US$13m outflows last week.

BME: New Urbas Commercial Paper Programme For 50 Million Euros

Date 28/11/2022

BME's fixed income market, MARF, has admitted to trading today Urbas Grupo Financiero's new 50-million-euro Commercial Paper Programme. With this programme, the company initiates its issuance in the fixed income markets through the MARF in order to diversify its sources of financing and access new investors. The CPs under the programme have a unit face value of 100,000 euros and will have a maximum maturity of two years.

Facctum Releases Open Access Platform To Combat Terrorism Financing, Organised Crime, Sanctions Risks - Enterprise Grade Technology Now Available For Free Real-Time Sanctions Checks

Date 28/11/2022

Facctum, a risktech company specialising in cloud-delivered anti-financial crime technology, today launches an open access search version of its flagship FacctView™ platform. This enterprise grade risk detection technology for sanctions and financial crime risk management will allow users to search business relationships and determine, in real-time, areas of potential sanctions compliance risk.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Confirms Plans To Deliver Redress To Over 1,000 Former British Steel Pension Scheme Members

Date 28/11/2022

The FCA has published final rules for a redress scheme for former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) who received unsuitable advice to transfer out. The FCA expects that over 1000 consumers will receive redress as a result. 

Paris Blockchain Week Announces Industry leaders And Visionaries As Keynote Speakers, 20-24 March 2023

Date 28/11/2022

Paris Blockchain Week, the leading international conference dedicated to professionals in the blockchain and Web3 space, is excited to announce a host of keynotes from industry leaders and visionaries, including Marieke Flament, CEO, NEAR Foundation, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, Steve Huffman, CEO, Reddit, and Ryan Selkis, Founder & CEO, Messari, who will hit the stage from 20th to 24th March in 2023.

Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Question On Prudential Treatment Of Singapore Banks' Crypto Asset Exposure

Date 28/11/2022

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister (a) what are MAS's requirements as to the prudential treatment of Singapore banks’ crypto asset exposure; and (b) what are the risk-weighting requirements applicable to crypto asset exposures in assessing Singapore banks’ capital adequacy.

Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Question On Mandatory Climate Disclosure Requirements By Financial Institutions

Date 28/11/2022

Question:

 To ask the Prime Minister whether MAS will take into account the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges’ Model Guidance on Climate Disclosure in addition to the International Sustainability Standards Board’s standards when introducing mandatory disclosure for financial institutions.

Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Question On The Proposed Trial Of A Digital Singapore dollar

Date 28/11/2022

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister with regard to the proposed trial of a digital Singapore dollar (DSGD) for government payouts and vouchers (a) whether the proposed restrictions on fungibility and bearer value will undermine the objective of understanding how the DSGD would operate as a genuine electronic currency; and (b) if so, how will the DSGD differ from an e-voucher system, such as RedeemSG.