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IOSCO Issues Industry Surveys On Conduct Risks In Leveraged Loans And Collateralized Loan Obligations

Date 24/05/2021

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has issued four questionnaires for industry participants on conduct risks in Leveraged Loans (LLs) and Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) targeting bank lenders, CLO investors, CLO managers and LL sponsors.

MayStreet Expands Asia-Pacific Coverage With The Addition Of 19 New Markets

Date 24/05/2021

MayStreet, the industry’s leading market data technology and content provider, today announced it has significantly increased the number of Asia-Pacific exchange feeds available in its Market Data Lake, a repository of ultra-high-quality global exchange data to fuel pre-trade, trading and post-trade analytics. The new content – which includes real-time and historical consolidated, top-of-book and full depth-of-book data from the leading equity, derivatives, commodity and fixed income exchanges in the region – largely completes the firm’s global, multi-asset coverage universe buildout announced last August. The full list of feeds offered by MayStreet can be found here.

Michael Saunders, External Member Of The Monetary Policy Committee, Bank Of England, Annual Report For The Treasury Select Committee

Date 24/05/2021

Published for the Treasury Select Committee hearing on 24 May 2021

CME Group To Launch Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY) Futures In Q3

Date 24/05/2021

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch interest rate futures based on the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY). These new contracts will be available for trading in Q3, with OTC clearing of BSBY swaps introduced in Q4, pending regulatory review.

Kroll Analysis Shows That Whistleblowing Drops For First Time In 5 Years As Remote Working Hides Wrongdoing

Date 24/05/2021

• The 9% fall from 2019 in overall reports could be a result of increased remote working post-COVID-19
• U.S. SEC reports opposite trend with country facing less severe lockdown restrictions

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0ZYJH7

Date 24/05/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 24.05.2021, 12-14 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 110.49) and initial margins (up to 17.5 %) for the security RU000A0ZYJH7 were changed. New values are available here

Starting Tomorrow, The Medcap Forum Brings Together A Hundred Companies With Over 150 Investors

Date 24/05/2021

• More than 1,500 private meetings between companies and investors have been requested to be held during the three-day event, this year in its seventeenth edition
• Jos Dijsselhof, CEO of SIX and Chairman of BME, and Javier Hernani, CEO of BME, will participate in the gathering, which will focus on the new environment and the economic recovery after Covid-19
• Gonzalo García Andrés, Secretary of State for the Economy, and José Carlos García de Quevedo, Chairman of ICO, among the speakers
• The panels will feature current developments in key sectors, the importance of market access for all types of companies and ESG investment
• Also this year, the Forum will be held remotely, due to the pandemic

HKEX: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 24/05/2021

Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

ICMR Launches Innovative ‘(Re)Insurance Specialty Equity Index’ And Selects Moorgate Benchmarks As Administrator

Date 24/05/2021

Insurance Capital Markets Research (ICMR), the specialist analytics and consulting firm founded by two former heads of analysis and research at Lloyd’s, today announced the launch of an equity index, the ICMR (Re)Insurance Specialty Equity Index (ticker symbols ‘RISX’, ‘RISXNTR’) and the appointment of Moorgate Benchmarks, the index company driving change, as its calculator and administrator.

31 May Is Non-Trading Day For US Securities On MOEX

Date 24/05/2021

On 31 May 2021, Moscow Exchange markets will be closed for trading of shares of US companies through MOEX’s central T+ order books.