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Cboe Global Markets Statement On Political Action Committee Donations

Date 14/01/2021

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a market operator and global trading solutions provider, today issued the following statement:

Justice Department Issues Favorable Business Review Letter To Institute Of International Finance For Sovereign Debt Information Sharing Principles

Date 14/01/2021

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it has completed its review of the proposal by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to promulgate voluntary guidelines, called the Principles for Debt Transparency (Principles), allowing for public disclosure of information regarding the issuance of sovereign debt. Based on the representations in IIF’s letter request, including its description of certain safeguards, the department has concluded that the Principles are unlikely to harm competition. Therefore, the department does not presently intend to challenge IIF’s proposed Principles.

Our Future Resilience Depends On Smart Infrastructure Investment Today, The Case For Investing In More Sustainable, Resilient Infrastructure Has Never Been More Compelling - By Jerome Jean Haegeli, Group Chief Economist & Makhtar Diop, Vice President For Infrastructure, World Bank

Date 14/01/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical weaknesses in today's infrastructure systems that have cost thousands of lives and failed to shield millions more. The destructive force of climate change, visible in more frequent and severe natural disasters, highlights the urgency to better protect our communities against catastrophic losses while drastically reducing carbon emissions.

Market Commentary On Today's Bitcoin Price, Paolo Ardoino, CTO, Bitfinex

Date 14/01/2021

Commenting on today's bitcoin price Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex said:

Deutsche Börse Group: Business Indicators For December 2020

Date 14/01/2021

Harvest Portfolios Group Issues Canada’s First Travel & Leisure Index ETF Tracking Solactive Index

Date 14/01/2021

The traveling sector was one of the most affected economic segments that were struck by the pandemic. On the other hand, traveling businesses are projected to experience the tailwinds of a globally recovering economy, leaving investors with an attractive opportunity to invest. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. (“Harvest”) assumes sound potential growth of the travel and leisure sector and issued Canada’s first travel & leisure index ETF, the Harvest Travel & Leisure Index ETF (“TRVL”), which enables Canadian investors to access this well-diversified sector. The ETF tracks the Solactive Travel & Leisure Index.

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

Date 14/01/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 14.01.2021, 19-21 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 19680) and initial margins (up to 21.25 %) for the security BIDU-RM were changed. New values are available here

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Reach A New Milestone Of US$7.99 Trillion At The End Of December 2020

Date 14/01/2021

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in the global ETFs and ETPs industry have increased by 25.6% from US$6.36 trillion to a new milestone of US$7.99 trillion at the end of December 2020.   ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$92.30 billion during December, bringing year-to-date net inflows to a record US$762.87 billion which is higher than the US$568.98 billion gathered during 2019 and higher than the prior full year record of US$653.26 billion set in 2017, according to ETFGI's December 2020 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

BIS - Understanding Bank And Non-Bank Credit Cycles: A Structural Exploration

Date 14/01/2021

Summary

Focus

Increased lending by non-banks in the last three decades has significantly changed the US financial intermediation system. Additionally, non-banks may affect financial stability, both directly and through their linkages with the banking system. This paper asks what has driven the rapid rise of non-bank intermediation, and how these drivers relate to those for traditional bank credit. It also investigates their combined effects on the economy.  

BIS: Covid-19 And Cyber Risk In The Financial Sector

Date 14/01/2021

Key takeaways

• The financial sector has been hit by hackers relatively more often than other sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• While this has not yet led to significant disruptions or a systemic impact, there are substantial risks from cyber attacks for financial institutions, their staff and their customers going forward.
• Financial authorities are working to mitigate cyber risks, including through international cooperation.