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EmiSwap Launches On KuCoin Blockchain, Issues Like Low Performance And Excessive Costs To Get Resolved

Date 31/08/2021

EmiSwap (https://emiswap.com), the first, community-governed decentralized exchange (DEX) to provide high rewards for liquidity providers (LPs), which began began its journey from Ethereum, today launched on the Kucoin blockchain, allowing the gamified and decentralized automated market maker exchange to address issues like low performance and excessive costs.

CFTC Staff Provides Temporary No Action Relief From Certain Financial Reporting Requirements To Bank Swap Dealers

Date 31/08/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division today issued a time-limited no-action letter concerning capital and financial reporting obligations for swap dealers (SDs) subject to capital requirements of a prudential regulator (Bank SDs) under the CFTC’s SD financial reporting rules. 

S&P Dow Jones Indices Europe Dashboard

Date 31/08/2021

• The S&P Europe 350® added another 2% in August, breaking further into uncharted territory during a seventh straight month in which the index recorded fresh all-time highs.
• Momentum and Information Technology were the leading S&P Europe 350 factor and sector indices, respectively, while the Netherlands punched above its weight among countries. 
• Meanwhile, driven by renewed hopes of accelerating economic growth and a revival in inflation expectations, our European fixed income indices largely posted small losses.

NGX Highlights Opportunities In Green And Sukuk Bonds

Date 31/08/2021

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) continues to drive the development and promotion of retail participation in the Nigerian capital market with its Retail Investor Workshop. On Tuesday, 31 August 2021, NGX hosted a webinar under the series in collaboration with APT Securities and Funds Limited themed, Sukuk and Green Bonds: More Than Just Investing.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Preliminary Annual Report On U.S. Holdings Of Foreign Securities At Year-End 2020

Date 31/08/2021

Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2020 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at (https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system/tic-forms-instructions/us-claims-on-foreigners-from-holdings-of-foreign-securities). The final survey report, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the data, will be released on October 29, 2021.

SEC Monitoring Impact Of Hurricane Ida On Capital Markets

Date 31/08/2021

SEC Chair Gary Gensler has directed the staff to carefully monitor developments as a result of Hurricane Ida making landfall on Aug. 29, 2021. The safety of local residents is our highest priority. We invite inquiries from any person with obligations under the federal securities laws that may be affected by Hurricane Ida. The staff will evaluate the appropriateness of providing regulatory relief for those affected by the storm.

Governor Hochul Announces Nomination Of Adrienne Harris As Superintendent Of The Department Of Financial Services - Former Economic Advisor To President Obama To Become New York's Top Financial Regulator

Date 31/08/2021

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that Adrienne Harris has been nominated to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services as its next Superintendent. Formerly a top economic advisor to President Obama, Ms. Harris will become the state's top financial regulator tasked with overseeing the banking and insurance industries and their compliance with state laws as New York works to rebuild its economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, if confirmed by the Senate.

American Financial Exchange Publishes Research Note On The Robustness Of AMERIBOR® Term-30

Date 31/08/2021

The American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, published today a research note on the robustness of the AMERIBOR® Term-30 forward-looking rate in times of market stress.   

MIAX Options Exchange - Rollback Of Certain July 1, 2021 Non-Transaction Fee Changes

Date 31/08/2021

The Purge Port fee increases and Complex Top of Market (“cToM”) data fees that were established for July 1 (such fees were announced in the June 30, 2021 Alert, and established pursuant to the following fee filings: cTom Filing, Purge Port Filing, the “July 1 Fee Changes”) will be rolled back and, on a going-forward basis, revert to fee amounts that were in place immediately prior to the July 1 Fee Changes, effective immediately.  All other fee changes announced by MIAX Options Exchange for July 1 and thereafter remain unchanged.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security WFC-RM

Date 31/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 31.08.2021, 21-39 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 3167) and initial margins (up to 20 %) for the security WFC-RM were changed. New values are available here