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BIS: Covid-19 And Bank Resilience: Where Do We Stand?

Date 22/07/2021

Key takeaways

• A forward-looking view on bank resilience can be obtained through a combination of regulatory capital ratios, market valuations and insights from stress tests.
• Banks appear to have avoided the losses that once seemed likely given the severity of the pandemic
  shock, due in large part to policy support.
• While market valuations have largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels, a weaker tail of banks continues to struggle with anaemic profitability and potential for credit losses. The resilience of these banks could be tested if credit losses materialise following the winding down of policy support.

BME Growth Welcomes LLYC

Date 22/07/2021

BME Growth today welcomed LLYC (LLORENTE Y CUENCA), during an event held in the Madrid stock exchange. The traditional bell ringing ceremony was led by Jose Antonio Llorente, founding partner and chairman of the company, together with Alejandro Romero, Luisa García and Adolfo Corujo, partners and directors. The event began with welcoming remarks by Jesús González Nieto-Márquez, General Manager of BME Growth.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Joint Statement By Secretary Janet L. Yellen And Secretary Antony J. Blinken Commending The United Kingdom’s Anti-Corruption Sanctions

Date 22/07/2021

The United States welcomes the United Kingdom’s announcement today to impose further sanctions under its Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions (GACS) regime, which is designed to fight corruption and illicit finance. We commend the UK’s actions today against four corrupt individuals already designated by the United States and a fifth whose U.S.-based assets purchased with corrupt proceeds were successfully forfeited in U.S. courts.

Hedge Fund Industry Capital Growth Accelerates To New Record In 2Q21 - Fourth Consecutive Quarter Of Net Asset Inflows As HFRI Surges - Fixed Income-Based Relative Value Arbitrage Capital Surpasses $1 Trillion - Uncorrelated Macro Leads Inflows As Investors Position For Volatility

Date 22/07/2021

Driven by the strongest first half performance in a calendar year since 1999, total hedge fund industry capital accelerated through 2Q, surpassing multiple milestones of industry growth and expansion. Total hedge fund capital surpassed an estimated $3.96 trillion at quarter-end, an increase of $360 billion from the start of the year, as reported today by HFR®, the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry, in the latest release of the HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 22/07/2021

The following risk parameters will be changed:

Direxion Facilitates Access To Penny And Meme Stocks With New ETF Dedicated To Low-Price Shares

Date 22/07/2021

Solactive is pleased to announce that pioneer in leveraged and non-vanilla ETFs,  Direxion, released its new penny and meme stock ETF, the Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF (Ticker: LOPX). The ETF tracks the Solactive Two Bucks Index, which incorporates stocks with a relatively low share price, and which are typically more difficult to trade due to their lack of liquidity. The ETF, which is the first ETF of its kind tracking stocks with such low share prices, builds upon the recent spike in interest in penny stocks, such as AMC, and provides investors with an alternative to trading low-volume assets individually. The ETF started trading on July 22nd on the New York Stock Exchange and tracks the Solactive Two Bucks Index.

CryptoCompare Research - Daily Volumes Of All ETNs/ETFs Fell By 50.4% On Average In July - A Monthly Report Covering The Most Innovative Institutional Products In The Industry, July 22, 2021

Date 22/07/2021

The July edition of CryptoCompare’s Digital Asset Management Review is now live. This monthly report provides readers with an in-depth look at the key developments in the global digital asset investment product landscape. The report tracks the adoption of these products by analysing assets under management, trading volumes and price performance.

New Edition Of The ACER Guidance On The Application Of REMIT Published

Date 22/07/2021

ACER publishes today the sixth edition of the Guidance on the application of the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT).

Mismatch - Speech By Ben Broadbent, Bank Of England Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy - Given At The Bank Of England

Date 22/07/2021

In this speech, Ben Broadbent discusses mismatches between spending and supply, caused by the pandemic, in the UK and global economies.

FEAS Exchanges Factsheet Q2 2021 And FEAS Depositories Factsheet H1 2021

Date 22/07/2021

FEAS Member Depositories Factsheet H1 2021 are published. Have a look at FEAS Members Exchanges quarterly activities and FEAS Member Depositories activities from the first half of 2021.