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CFTC Charges Former Fuel Oil Trader With Manipulating Fuel Oil Benchmark - Trader Admits To Manipulative And Illegal Conduct, Enters Into A Cooperation Agreement

Date 25/03/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Emilio José Heredia Collado of Lafayette, California for engaging in attempted manipulation and manipulation of a U.S. price-assessment benchmark relating to physical fuel oil products. Heredia engaged in this unlawful conduct for more than four years while employed as a fuel oil trader at a commodity trading firm and then at the U.S. affiliate of a multinational commodity trading company that acquired it. 

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

Date 25/03/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 25.03.2021, 17-56 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 2079) and initial margins (up to 28.75 %) for the security FCX-RM were changed. New values are available here

Organisational Changes In BME Clearing

Date 25/03/2021

• José Manuel Ortiz-Repiso, new CEO, and Xavier Aguilá, General Manager
• Ignacio Solloa, until now General Manager of BME’s CCP, retires after over 30 years in the company

ACER Consults On The Amended Statutory Documents Of ENTSO-E

Date 25/03/2021

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launches today a consultation on amended statutory documents of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).

ICE Announces Exchange Members And Clearing Members Approved To Trade And Clear ICE Futures Abu Dhabi Markets

Date 25/03/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listings services, today announced the Exchange Members and Clearing Members approved to directly trade and clear ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (“IFAD”) markets, ICE’s new exchange in Abu Dhabi.

U.S. Economic Outlook And Monetary Policy: Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida, At The 2021 Institute Of International Finance Washington Policy Summit, Washington, D.C. (vVa Webcast)

Date 25/03/2021

It is my pleasure to meet virtually with you today at the 2021 Institute of International Finance (IIF) Washington Policy Summit.1 I regret that we are not doing this session in person, but I do hope next time we will be gathering together in Washington. I look forward, as always, to a conversation with my good friend and one-time colleague Tim Adams, but first, please allow me to offer a few remarks on the economic outlook, Federal Reserve monetary policy, and our new monetary policy framework.

ConsenSys Codefi Adds SKALE Network To Its Suite Of Tools For Enterprise Developers

Date 25/03/2021

SKALE Network, the open-source modular protocol for building application-specific blockchains, announced today that it has been added to ConsenSys Codefi's suite of tools for enterprise developers. Starting now, the financial institutions, global enterprises, and Ethereum projects who work with ConsenSys Codefi will have the ability to 'rent' SKALE chains and run full-state smart contracts, access decentralized storage, execute rollup contracts (a layer-2 scaling solution), and deploy machine learning algorithms using the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine). 

CTP Lists On Euronext Amsterdam - Real Estate Manager And Developer Raises €854.2 Million - Market Capitalisation Of €5.6 Billion

Date 25/03/2021

Euronext today congratulates CTP, a leading vertically integrated European logistics property owner-developer, on its listing on Euronext Amsterdam (ticker code: CTPNV).

Tadawul And EDAA Announce The Approval Of The Amendments To The Short Selling Regulations, The Securities Borrowing And Lending Regulations, And The Exchange And Centre Procedures

Date 25/03/2021

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Testimony Of Kimberly A. Clausing, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tax Analysis, Before The Senate Committee On Finance

Date 25/03/2021

Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to share these views on the international aspects of business tax reform. International tax reform feeds into our most important tax policy goals: building a tax system that is fit for purpose, fair, and focused on the needs of all Americans.