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CFTC: The Global Markets Advisory Committee Will Meet On March 11

Date 04/03/2021

The Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. (EST) via teleconference in accordance with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s implementation of social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Commissioner Dawn Stump is the sponsor of the GMAC. 

SEC Issues Over $5 Million To Joint Whistleblowers Located Abroad

Date 04/03/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $5 million to joint whistleblowers whose tip caused the opening of an investigation that resulted in a successful enforcement action. The whistleblowers provided significant information about misconduct abroad that directly supported certain allegations in the enforcement action.

Backbase: APAC Banks Race To Revitalize Innovation Initiatives As The Pandemic Reveals Digital Gaps

Date 04/03/2021

• Digital banks experienced over 300% customer base growth compared to traditional incumbents
• 60% of APAC banks will leverage AI/ML technologies for data-driven decisions
• 44% of the top 250 banks across APAC will work on platforms with componentized modernization and API-enablement.

BIS: Big Data And Machine Learning In Central Banking

Date 04/03/2021

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The world is changing and so is the way it is measured. For decades, policymakers and the private sector have relied on data released by official statistical institutions to assess the state of the economy. Collecting these data requires substantial effort and publication often happens following a lag of several months, even years. However, the last years have seen explosive growth in the amount of readily available data, as well as in the technology and software used to analyse it. These developments have spurred central banks' interest in big data and machine learning.

Sunday, 7 March 2021, Official Holiday On Qatar Stock Exchange

Date 04/03/2021

Qatar Stock Exchange would like to inform you that Sunday, March 07th, 2021 will be the official holiday for Qatar Stock Exchange, business resumes on Monday, March 08th, 2021.

EEX Group – Monthly Volumes February 2021

Date 04/03/2021

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TrackInsight Monthly ETF Report: ESG Pushes Global ETF Industry To $8 Trillion

Date 04/03/2021

• ESG ETF assets rise 9% over February to reach the 11th consecutive monthly high
• 7th consecutive record month for ESG ETF flows - $19 Billion added
• Investors Dump Gold, Buy Bitcoin

UK Chancellor’s Corporation Tax Increase Will Hit UK Competitiveness Rating

Date 04/03/2021

• The planned rise in corporation tax to 25% will give the UK one of the least competitive tax systems in the OECD
• In the 2020 edition of the International Tax Competitiveness Index, the UK ranked 22nd out of 36 OECD countries
• Raising the tax rate in 2023, just as the investment super-deduction ends, will make the UK drop to 28th place overall

UBS MTF Market Notice - Web Infrastructure Update

Date 04/03/2021

On Saturday March 6 UBS  MTF will be migrating the UBS MTF reference and transparency data services at mtf.ubs.com to new infrastructure, including our stock universe file, published at www.ubs.com/mtf-  reference-data and delayed pre- and post-trade transparency feeds published at www.ubs.com/mtf-marketdata

Euronext Announces Volumes For February 2021

Date 04/03/2021

 Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announced trading volumes for February 2021.