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Fubon Asset Management Selects FTSE Vietnam 30 For Major ETF Listing

Date 03/06/2021

• FTSE Russell provides the index for the Fubon FTSE Vietnam ETF, the first ETF to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange with a focus on Vietnamese stocks
• Recent performance of Vietnam’s equity market has driven investor demand for the ETF
• The launch takes the total number of Fubon Asset Management ETFs tracking a FTSE Russell index to 11

EEX Group Monthly Volumes - May 2021

Date 03/06/2021

Key developments in May

Power 

• The Power Spot markets, operated by EPEX Spot, increased by 3% in May 2021 to a total volume of 52.7 TWh (May 2020: 51.2 TWh). The Intraday markets mainly contributed to these results, registering a 27% growth to 10.6 TWh (May 2020: 8.4 TWh) and posting new records on the Austrian (416.8 GWh) and Dutch (471.6 GWh) markets.

EBA Updates Technical Standards In View Of Its 2022 Benchmarking Of Internal Approaches

Date 03/06/2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an update to its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on benchmarking of internal approaches. The updated ITS include all benchmarking portfolios and metrics that will be used for the 2022 exercise. The benchmarking exercise is an essential supervisory tool to enhance the quality of internal models, which is particularly important in a stressed economic situation.

Straits Times Index (STI) Quarterly Review - No Changes To The Constituents Of The STI

Date 03/06/2021

FTSE Russell announces that there will be no changes to the constituents of the Straits Times Index (STI), following the June 2021 quarterly review.

Monitoring Group Reports On Progress To Implement Recommendations To Strengthen The International Audit And Ethics Standard-Setting System

Date 03/06/2021

The MG is responsible for the overall governance of the international audit and ethics standard-setting system including conducting periodic effectiveness reviews. In July 2020 the Monitoring Group (MG) issued its recommendations Strengthening the International Audit and Ethics Standard-Setting System (MG Recommendations or MG Reforms). 

UK Quoted Companies Alliance: New Board Performance Review Report Released, Tailored For Small & Mid-Sized Quoted Companies

Date 03/06/2021

Commissioned by the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) and Downing LLP and completed by Henley Business School, the Board Performance Review report provides insight into the effectiveness of board performance reviews and highlights the difference between smaller and larger companies. 
 

Crypto Firms Need To Take AML Seriously, Following FCA TRR Extension - Comment From NorthRow’s CEO, Adam Holden

Date 03/06/2021

Today the FCA extended the TRR period for MLR compliance for UK crypto firms by eight months.

Leading RegTech firm, NorthRow – which provides technology to streamline due diligence and customer onboarding processes, and counts digital asset exchange Archax, the first crypto firm to be registered under the current FCA MLR rules, among its customers – feels the crypto industry needs to tackle AML compliance issues now, to avoid further erosion of trust in digital assets.

Tackling Climate For Real: Progress And Next Steps - Speech By Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank Of England - Given At The BIS-BDF-IMF-NGFS Green Swan 2021 Global Conference

Date 03/06/2021

Andrew Bailey talks about the work central banks have done on climate change, and how it will need to evolve.

ICE Announces Record Activity In TTF And JKM Gas Complexes As They Evolve Into Global Benchmarks

Date 03/06/2021

• TTF Futures Open Interest +21% y/y; TTF Futures Volume +22% y/y
• Number of participants trading TTF +83% since 2016
• JKM Futures & Options OI +10% y/y; Volume +15% y/y

TMX Group CEO John McKenzie To Present At The Virtual Piper Sandler Global Exchange And FinTech Conference

Date 03/06/2021

TMX Group CEO John McKenzie will present at the Virtual Piper Sandler Global Exchange and FinTech Conference on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ET.