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ACER Reports On Electricity Distribution Tariff Methodologies In Europe And Recommends How To Improve Them

Date 10/02/2021

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) publishes its first report reviewing the methodologies for electricity distribution tariffs in Europe.

Hehmeyer To Merge With Nortide, Creating Hehmeyer Nortide AG - The Complementary Crypto Market Makers Unite To Deliver Better Prices And A Superior Service To Their Clients And Counterparties

Date 10/02/2021

Hehmeyer LLC, a Chicago-based market maker in digital assets, today announced its agreement to merge its electronic liquidity provision business with Nortide Capital AG (with its operational subsidiaries Nortide Trading AG and Nortide Brokerage AG), a Swiss-based market maker in digital assets. The new firm, Hehmeyer Nortide AG, will dedicate itself to serving users of cryptocurrencies globally and will be headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

ICE To Launch LNG Freight Futures Based On Spark Commodities’ Assessments In Key Milestone For Global Natural Gas Markets

Date 10/02/2021

• New contracts will sit alongside ICE’s fast growing TTF and JKM LNG (Platts) benchmarks
• TTF Futures OI +29% y/y; JKM LNG (Platts) Futures and Options OI +37% y/y

CME Group Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2020 Financial Results

Date 10/02/2021

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020.

Avelacom Extends Low Latency Connectivity And Data Solutions To AWS US West (N. California) Region - The Region Is Known For Hosting The World’s Major Cryptocurrency Trading Hubs, Making It Particularly Attractive For Crypto Hedge Funds, Prop Shops And Liquidity Providers

Date 10/02/2021

Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider for global financial markets, continues to enhance global trading speeds, through the deployment of a new point-of-presence (PoP) in San Jose, California. The new PoP is located in Equinix SV1, San Jose data center and Avelacom has also set up AWS Direct Connect aimed at providing direct access to AWS-based crypto trading platforms, pricing feeds and other critical trading applications via private network rather than over public internet. Crypto market participants will gain enhanced speeds (improvements up to 20-30ms round-trip latency) and guaranteed resiliency for infrastructure and data.

ACER And ENTSOG Joint Public Consultation On The Functionality Issue ‘Greater Flexibility To Book Firm Capacity At Interconnection Points’ Available Until 19 February

Date 10/02/2021

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSOG) would like to remind stakeholders that their joint public consultation related to the FUNC issue ‘Greater flexibility to book firm capacity at Interconnection Points’ is open until 19 February 2021.

HKEX: Exchange Updates Guidance Letter For Biotech Companies

Date 10/02/2021

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), has today (Wednesday) updated its guidance letter related to disclosure in listing documents of biotech companies.

ACER And ENTSOG Publish Their Joint Policy Paper With Recommendations To Mitigate Misconduct In EU Gas Balancing Markets

Date 10/02/2021

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) have jointly published a policy paper with recommendations to mitigate potential misconduct in EU gas balancing markets. This paper incorporates the feedback received in the public consultation held between 21 September and 3 November 2020.

BME Sponsors Bankinter’s “III Game Of Traders” Awards Through Its Training Courses

Date 10/02/2021

• The bank launches a new edition of this game, through which young people can learn how to invest in equities live on the bank's platform.
• Instituto BME provides the prizes for the winners of the competition, consisting of 12 different courses from its top-level training offering

Goldilocks And The Three Pillars: How Much Capital Is Just Right? - Speech By Anna Sweeney, Executive Director, Insurance, Bank Of England - Speech Given At The Westminster Business Forum

Date 10/02/2021

Overview

Anna Sweeney says regulators must strike the right balance when they decide how much capital insurers need to hold. 

The three pillars she refers to are the different ways we regulate insurers. They are: 

• the capital an insurer holds
• its risk management policies
• its disclosure of risks