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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters On Securities Market - Update

Date 15/12/2020

CCP NCC will set the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from December 16, 2020 for DSKY:

FINRA Appoints Scott W. Anderson As Head Of Market Regulation And Transparency Services

Date 15/12/2020

FINRA announced today that it has appointed Scott W. Anderson as Executive Vice President and Head of Market Regulation and Transparency Services. Anderson began his career at NASD, FINRA’s predecessor organization, and has 25 years of experience working on complex legal and compliance matters relating to the regulation of securities markets. He will join FINRA on Jan. 25, report to President and CEO Robert W. Cook and serve on FINRA’s Management Committee.

BIS: The Recession-Mortality Nexus And Covid-19

Date 15/12/2020

Key takeaways

• Countries with a stronger predicted GDP decline in 2020 have also seen a larger number of deaths in excess of official Covid-19 fatalities.
• Historical data show that recessions are systematically associated with higher mortality, especially in developing economies. Following a recession, death rates remain elevated for several years.
• The eventual death toll of Covid-19 may be understated if the impact of the pandemic-induced recession is neglected. Limiting the economic fallout of the pandemic could also reduce excess mortality.

Finansinspektionen: US Central Bank Joins NGFS

Date 15/12/2020

FI welcomes the Federal Reserve to the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), which celebrates its third anniversary today.

BIS: Financial Market Development, Monetary Policy And Financial Stability In Emerging Market Economies - The Papers In This Volume Were Prepared For A Meeting Of Senior Officials From Central Banks Held At The Bank For International Settlements

Date 15/12/2020

Financial markets are an important component in the transmission of monetary policy and play a key role in fostering financial stability. Financial market development (FMD) aims at enhancing the capacity of the financial system to pool domestic savings and foreign capital in funding investment and consumption, and at enabling efficient risk-sharing. Deep and liquid markets promote transparent and efficient pricing of assets, attract a diverse investor base, and help transfer risk to parties willing and able to bear them. This volume contains papers that were originally prepared for a meeting of Deputy Governors of central banks from emerging market economies (EMEs), exploring issues related to FMD and its interaction with, as well as implications for, the conduct of monetary policy and financial stability.

CME Group Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Date

Date 15/12/2020

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will conduct its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.  Additional information will be provided in the company's proxy statement.

BIS - Recessions And Mortality: A Global Perspective

Date 15/12/2020

Summary

Focus

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the most severe contraction in global economic activity in post-WWII history. Strikingly, countries with a steeper predicted GDP decline in 2020 also have seen a higher number of deaths in excess of Covid-19-related fatalities, especially among emerging market economies (EMEs). As a possible explanation for the pattern, this paper investigates the link between recessions and mortality using historical data covering 180 countries over six decades.

Brett W. Redfearn To Conclude Transformative Tenure As SEC Trading And Markets Director

Date 15/12/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brett Redfearn, Director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, will conclude his tenure as Director by the end of the year after leading the Division for over three years.   

CME Group Adds New Hemp Pricing Data To CME DataMine

Date 15/12/2020

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that customers can now access hemp pricing data in DataMine, its self-service online data platform. This new alternative dataset from Hemp Benchmarks®, a division of New Leaf Data Services, LLC, allows CME Group market data customers to access benchmark wholesale hemp pricing data alongside nearly a petabyte of historical data for futures and options across every investible asset class.

Moscow Exchange: Revised Maximum Quantity Of Securities Eligible As Collateral On Derivatives Market

Date 15/12/2020

CCP NCC changes maximum quantity of securities eligible as collateral on Derivatives Market starting from 7:00 p.m. on December 21, 2020: