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Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Wholesale Distribution Steering Group – September 2021

Date 06/10/2021

The Wholesale Distribution Steering Group have the objective of overseeing the design of a new end-state model for wholesale cash distribution. This is to support the UK in an environment of declining cash volumes.

RiskBusiness Releases New Risk Intelligence Features For Its Graci Governance, Risk, Audit And Compliance (GRAC) Solution

Date 06/10/2021

RiskBusiness Services Limited, the leading provider of governance, risk, audit and compliance SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solutions announced today the immediate availability of three additional features for its Graci solution. The features – Advisory Alerts, Industry Risk Maps and Regulations Crawlie – are incorporated into Graci’s Intelligence Module, which leverages cognitive behaviour theory and augmented machine learning to aggregate diverse internal and external information sets to facilitate informed business and risk decisions.

FinTech Surge Welcomes DIFC As Strategic Partner For Launch Edition

Date 06/10/2021

• First edition of Fintech Surge to be hosted as part of GITEX GLOBAL 2021 at Dubai World Trade Centre
• Fintech Surge unites global Fintech leaders, startups and financial centres

Qatar Central Securities Depository Has Modified The Individuals’ Ownership Limit Of Doha Bank

Date 06/10/2021

Qatar Central Securities Depository has modified the individuals’ ownership limit of Doha Bank to be 5% of the capital , which is equal to (155,023,351) shares.

Swarm Markets Opens Up First Regulated Decentralised Finance Platform To General Public

Date 06/10/2021

Swarm Markets, which operates the world's first regulated decentralised trading exchange (DEX), today announces it is available to the general public. This is the first unified platform where both retail and institutional investors will be able to trade securities alongside crypto.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JWMS6

Date 06/10/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 06.10.2021, 10-05 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 113.29) and initial margins (up to 16.25 %) for the security RU000A0JWMS6 were changed. New values are available here

TORA Continues To Grow With New Product Management Hire

Date 06/10/2021

TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS) and portfolio management system (PMS), has announced the appointment of Jason LeDell as the Product Manager responsible for the OEMS.

The World Federation Of Exchanges Responds To Issuer Guidance On Biodiversity Related-Disclosure

Date 06/10/2021

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has commented on the Climate Disclosure Standard Board’s (CDSB) issuer guidance for biodiversity related disclosure.

Grand Finale Winners Of The Bursa Malaysia Young Investors National Quiz Competition 2021

Date 06/10/2021

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”), today announced the five winners of its inaugural Bursa Young Investors National Quiz Competition 2021. This nationwide virtual quiz competition was organised with the objective to advance and challenge young investors’ investment literacy in Malaysia and is part of Bursa Malaysia’s commitment to engage, educate and empower a new generation of informed investors. This initiative is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, which focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.  

CPMI And IOSCO Publish Guidance, Call For Comments On Stablecoin Arrangements

Date 06/10/2021

• CPMI and IOSCO call for comments on new consultation report confirming that the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) apply to systemically important stablecoin arrangements (SAs).
• The report proposes additional guidance on how certain aspects of the PFMI apply to the novel features of SAs.
• CPMI and IOSCO may further examine regulatory, supervisory and oversight issues associated with SAs and coordinate with other standard- setting bodies.