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Corporate & Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Surge In February - Corporate Equity And Debt Issuance Rise 43%

Date 11/03/2021

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for February 2021. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a significant monthly increase in request volume for new corporate and municipal identifiers.

EBA: Discussion On A Feasibility Study Of An Integrated Reporting System Under Article 430c CRR

Date 11/03/2021

• The EBA invites stakeholders to provide feedback on feasibility of options to increase efficiencies and reduce costs for the entire reporting ecosystem.
• The core areas to set up an integrated system include a data dictionary, a central data collection point and related governance.
• The discussion paper builds on existing experiences and tools for integration of reporting as well as evidence on current challenges.

BIS: The Fintech Gender Gap

Date 11/03/2021

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Financial inclusion is a key goal for policymakers around the world. Yet women remain unbanked or underbanked relative to men: they have lower access to transaction accounts, credit and other financial services. Hopes are high that new financial technology ("fintech") can enhance financial inclusion and close the gender gap in access to financial services. Yet evidence on adoption rates of fintech products and services by gender has so far been scarce.

Statement From US Treasury Secretary Yellen On President Biden’s Intention To Nominate Key Roles For Treasury

Date 11/03/2021

Today, President Biden announced his intention to nominate several key roles at the United States Department of the Treasury. 

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Legal Sub-Committee Meeting - 10 November 2020

Date 11/03/2021

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Legal Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Euronext Announces Annual Review Results Of The ISEQ® Family

Date 11/03/2021

Euronext today announced the results of the annual review for the ISEQ® family of indices. The changes due to the review will be effective from Monday 22 March 2021.

EBA Launches Public Consultation On Draft Revised Guidelines On Stress Tests Of Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGSs)

Date 11/03/2021

• The EBA is consulting on the repeal and replacement of the existing Guidelines to further strengthen the DGS stress testing framework.
• The EBA proposes to extend current requirement to ensure that all DGSs test their abilities to perform all their functions as well as access to all their funding sources.
• The proposals aim to ensure more harmonised approaches of stress tests across the Member States and greater comparability of results.

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

Date 11/03/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 11.03.2021, 17-42 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 856) and initial margins (up to 20 %) for the security GE-RM were changed. New values are available here

Aker Clean Hydrogen Lists On Euronext Growth Oslo

Date 11/03/2021

Aker Clean Hydrogen has today been admitted to trading on Euronext Growth (ticker code: ACH).

Nigerian Stock Exchange, ARM Securities Limited Collaborate To Enhance Retail Investors’ Participation

Date 11/03/2021

In line with its objective to enhance retail investors' participation in the Nigerian capital market, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) held a Retail Investors Workshop on Thursday, 11 March 2021. The event was themed, Value Investing vs. Growth Investing was hosted in collaboration with ARM Securities Limited.