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Value Of Analyst Meetings Has Fallen By 47% Since January 2020 - Substantive Research Survey Shows That While Analyst Engagement And Demand For Research Remains High, Virtual Engagements Are Valued Lower Than Physical Meetings

Date 30/11/2020

Substantive Research, the research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, has today published a survey into how asset managers have changed their approach to research payments during Covid-19. 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JVNB2

Date 30/11/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 30.11.2020, 10-20 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 84.18) and initial margins (up to 22.5 %) for the security RU000A0JVNB2 were changed. New values are available here

Quincy Data And Mckay Brothers Deliver Lowest Latency Between The Largest US Futures Exchanges - QRD Service Offers Lowest Latency Energy And Equities Market Data From The Largest US Futures Exchange

Date 30/11/2020

Quincy Data and McKay Brothers today announced that they have connected the largest US futures exchanges at the lowest latency. The new services link the two largest US futures exchanges, which are based in Aurora and Chicago Illinois. Quincy Data’s Illinois Metro service currently offers market data in the native exchange format sourced in Aurora and distributed in Chicago. The Quincy Raw Data (QRD) service distributes the raw exchange futures feed for crude, natural gas and the S&P 500 futures. In addition, McKay Brothers offers its bi-directional Prime Bandwidth Service in one hundred megabit per second increments.

Juniper Research: Mobile Money Users In Emerging Markets To Exceed 1.2 Billion Globally By 2025, As P2P And Merchant Payments Surge

Date 30/11/2020

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of mobile money users in emerging markets will exceed 1.2 billion in 2025, up from 980 million in 2020; equating to just under 30% of all mobile phone users across emerging markets.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Non-Bank Financial Institutions To Have Access To FAST And PayNow

Date 30/11/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that eligible non-bank financial institutions (NFIs) will have direct access to the banking system’s retail payments infrastructure from February 2021. NFIs that are licenced as major payment institutions under the Payment Services Act will be allowed to connect directly to Fast and Secure Transfers (FAST) and PayNow . 

ASIC Issues Information Sheet On Managing Conduct Risk During LIBOR Transition

Date 30/11/2020

ASIC has today published Information Sheet 252: Managing conduct risk during LIBOR transition (INFO 252) on practical guidance that Australian entities can adopt to manage conduct risk during the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) transition.

Securities Commission Malaysia Announces Appointment Of New Chairman To Its Audit Oversight Board

Date 30/11/2020

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today announced the appointment of Dato’ Anantham Kasinather as the non-executive Chairman of its Audit Oversight Board (AOB) effective 1 December 2020.

Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Summary

Date 29/11/2020

To know more about the Weekly performance for 22-26/11/2020 visit the link below:

https://bit.ly/2FnaQPa

DIFC FinTech Hive And FinTech-Aviv Reach Landmark Agreement

Date 29/11/2020

• Agreement outlines partnership opportunities between DIFC FinTech Hive and Israel’s FinTech Aviv, focused on innovation and financial technology
• Agreement follows new economic collaboration between the two countries following historic agreement between UAE and Israel

Dubai Financial Services Authority Sanctions Upheld Against Dr Mubashir Sheikh For Serious Misconduct

Date 29/11/2020

The Financial Markets Tribunal (FMT) has upheld enforcement action taken by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) against Dr Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh for serious misconduct including misleading and deceptive behaviour.