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Last Day For Early Bird Discount | Register Now For The 7th Annual ETFGI Latin America Summit In Mexico City On May 20th & May 21st Virtual

Date 16/04/2026

Early Bird Discount for the 7th Annual ETFGI Latin America Summit expires at the end of day on April 17th | Register Now to join us on May 20th in Mexico City at Bolsa Institucional de Valores (BIVA) and May 21st virtually. 

CPMI-IOSCO Assesses That The United Kingdom Has Implemented The Principles For Financial Market Infrastructures (FMI) For Two FMI Types, But Recommends Some Improvements

Date 16/04/2026

• The UK’s framework for systemically important payment systems and central securities depositories/securities settlement systems is complete and consistent with the CPMI-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) in most aspects.
• The CPMI-IOSCO assessment identified some areas for improvement where implementation was broadly or partly consistent or not consistent with the PFMI.
• The assessment reflects the status of implementation as of September 2023.

KBC Asset Management Enters Europe’s Rapidly Growing ETF Market With Unique CZK Hedged ETF Tracking The Solactive GBS Developed Markets Large & Mid Cap Index

Date 16/04/2026

Solactive announces its collaboration with KBC Asset Management on the launch of the bluesphere° World Equity UCITS ETF – CZK Hedged, developed in partnership with HANetf, further expanding its collaboration with leading market participants in the European ETF space. KBC Asset Management is launching the bluesphere° World Equity UCITS ETF, an index tracker providing broad exposure to global equity markets enhanced with a highly demanded local feature. The ETF is available in a CZK-hedged share class, making it a unique proposition in the ETF landscape specifically designed to meet the needs of Czech investors. It allows investors to manage currency risk while gaining access to global financial markets through a transparent, liquid, and cost-efficient investment vehicle.

Soliciting Feedback Openly And Ensuring Closed-Loop Delivery - Shanghai Stock Exchange Responds To Market Survey Comments To Advance the "Three Open-Doors" Initiative

Date 16/04/2026

The service-first mindset and the "Three Open-Doors" initiative represent the core principle of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) for serving and developing the capital market. In recent years, the SSE has firmly practiced the proper understanding of political performance, adhering to "Open-Door Review, Open-Door Regulation and Open-Door Service" ("Three Open-Doors"). With concrete measures to improve work practices, refine services and drive high-quality development, the SSE strives to boost the satisfaction and sense of gain of all market participants. Statistics show that over the past three years, the listing review team has conducted more than 1,600 on-site exchanges and over 100,000 telephone communications with issuers on listing and issuance matters, and responded to nearly 30,000 business inquiries regarding credit bond financing reviews. On the supervision front, over 50 rounds of regulatory updates have been issued and more than 1,100 training sessions and thematic events have been organized. On the service front, the SSE's "Capital Market Service Week" has expanded to cover all 31 provincial-level regions across China. Its "Xingqihang" online platform program has connected with over 500,000 enterprises, the multimedia platforms have received more than 40 million visits, and the "One-stop Online Service" system has launched 487 streamlined services, lifting overall processing efficiency by over 40%.

Revised S&P Credit Rating For ASX Limited

Date 16/04/2026

S&P Global Ratings has today downgraded ASX Limited’s long term issuer credit rating from AA- to A+ with a stable outlook. This follows the December 2025 revision of ASX’s outlook from stable to negative.

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Settles IPO Proceeding With CBL

Date 16/04/2026

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko has reached a full and final settlement with CBL Corporation Limited (CBL) (in liquidation). The settlement resolves the FMA’s claims against CBL in relation to its 2015 Initial Public Offering (IPO).

SEC Approves Exemptive Order And Proposed Rule Change To Permit Customer Cross-Margining In The U.S. Treasury Market

Date 15/04/2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a conditional exemptive order that permits customer cross-margining of cash market positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared by a registered clearing agency and futures positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization. The order provides for an exemption from the broker-dealer customer protection rule for a broker-dealer that is dually-registered as a futures commission merchant with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and is a joint clearing member of the clearing agency and derivatives clearing organization, to permit the broker-dealer to make cross-margining available to certain customers in a futures account provided the conditions of the order are met.

Treasury International Capital Data For February

Date 15/04/2026

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2026.  The next release, which will report on data for March 2026, is scheduled for May 18, 2026. 

CFTC Approves Order To Further Strengthen U.S. Treasury Market Liquidity

Date 15/04/2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today approved an order to grant a limited exemption necessary for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation to make their existing cross-margining arrangement available to certain customers with appropriate safeguards.  

Global Markets Face Volatility Amid Oil Shock, Deutsche Börse And Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Show Notable Resilience

Date 15/04/2026

Global financial markets experienced significant volatility in March following a major oil shock that saw Brent crude prices spike by over 60%. The surge, triggered by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, prompted a hawkish pivot from major central banks, which are now signaling potential interest rate hikes to curb rising inflation.