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Janet L. Yellen Sworn In As 78th Secretary Of The United States Department Of The Treasury

Date 26/01/2021

Earlier today, Vice President Kamala D. Harris administered the oath of office to Janet L. Yellen. Secretary Yellen is the first woman to lead the U.S. Department of the Treasury in its 231-year history, and the first person to have served as Treasury Secretary, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Chair of the Federal Reserve. She has previously been confirmed by the Senate on four separate occasions.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 26/01/2021

CCP NCC changes PcH_max parameter value that defines price up limit for VJGZ and VJGZP shares on Securities market starting from January 27, 2021:

EEX Exceeds 1 TWh Milestone In Japanese Power

Date 26/01/2021

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has set a new record in Japan Power Futures by registering a volume of over 1 TWh in a single month for the first time since entering the market in May 2020.

SEC: Manisha Kimmel To Conclude Tenure As Senior Policy Advisor To The Chair On The Consolidated Audit Trail

Date 26/01/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Manisha Kimmel will conclude her tenure as Senior Policy Advisor, Regulatory Reporting, at the end of this month.

Larry Fink's 2021 Letter To CEOs

Date 26/01/2021

In 2020, the world not only confronted the pandemic, it also sharpened its focus on the existential threat of climate change. As more and more companies, investors, and governments focus on the global goal of net zero emissions by 2050, an economic transformation is accelerating.

MVIS CryptoCompare Indexes Accrue $1bn AUM As Demand From Institutional Investors Soars

Date 26/01/2021

MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS®) and CryptoCompare, leading provider of digital asset data, announced today that products licensing their co-branded indices have surpassed $1 billion in assets under management.
 

Itiviti Upgrades To Imandra’s Newest Release Of Its Reasoning Engine To Reduce FIX Counterparty Certification Times From Days To Hours

Date 26/01/2021

Imandra Inc., the world leader in cloud-scale automated reasoning, and Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced the integration of Imandra’s enhanced Core Reasoning engine into Itiviti’s FIX certification and onboarding solution, Conductor. With multiple orders of magnitude improvement in Imandra’s reasoning speed, Conductor can now certify counterparties in hours rather than days. 

BIS: Basel Committee Proposes Amendments To Rules On Haircut Floors For Securities Financing Transactions

Date 26/01/2021

• Basel Committee proposes technical amendments to the calculation of minimum haircut floors for securities financing transactions
• Amendments seek to address an interpretive issue relating to collateral upgrade transactions and correct a misstatement of the calculation formula applied to netting sets
• Comments on the technical amendments welcome until 31 March

MC Payment Poised To Become Singapore’s First Listed Digital Payments Firm

Date 26/01/2021

• To become first digital payments service provider listed on SGX
• RTO of Catalist-listed Artivision Technologies Ltd. approved at EGM with expected completion on 18 Feb 2021
• Artivision Technologies Ltd. will be renamed to MC Payment Limited
• Well-positioned to capitalise on ASEAN's booming digital payments market

Bank Of England: Results Of The Semi-Annual FX Turnover Surveys In October 2020

Date 26/01/2021

See the headline results from an October 2020 survey of 27 financial institutions that are active in the UK foreign exchange market.