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ESMA Makes Proposals To Help Prevent And Detect WHT Reclaim Schemes

Date 24/09/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published the Final Report on its inquiry into Cum/Ex, Cum/Cum and withholding tax (WHT) reclaim schemes. ESMA’s key proposal is that national competent authorities (NCAs) for securities markets should be empowered to share information with the tax authorities, to assist in detecting WHT reclaim schemes.

Eurex Named ‘European Derivatives Exchange Of The Year’ By Global Capital

Date 24/09/2020

Being recognized and awarded for one’s performance is always nice, especially when the jury at the Global Derivatives Awards 2020 – hosted by Global Capital – pays tribute to the “excellent understanding of the competitive landscape and intelligent product creation” at Eurex.

Capital Markets Union: European Commission To Boost Europe's Capital Markets

Date 24/09/2020

The European Commission has today published a new, ambitious Action Plan to boost the European Union's Capital Markets Union (CMU) over the coming years. The EU's top priority today is to ensure that Europe recovers from the unprecedented economic crisis caused by coronavirus. Developing the EU's capital markets, and ensuring access to market financing, will be essential in this task.

Exactpro And Quod Financial Utilize A Data-Driven Approach To Software Testing - Exactpro’s th2 Allows Quod Financial’s Multi-Asset Trading Platform To Perform 4,000 Real-Time End-To-End Tests Per Second, Per Release - Deploy Faster, Upgrade More Frequently, Innovate With Trading

Date 24/09/2020

Exactpro, a leading software testing provider for financial market infrastructures, and Quod Financial, an innovator in multi-asset trading and automation, announce the next phase of their collaboration by implementing machine learning driven QA testing to Quod Financial's technology, reducing the overall complexity attached with modern testing systems. 

Kompli-Global Gives Companies Complete Onboarding Peace Of Mind With New Outsourced KYC Offering - RegTech Specialists Launch Kompli-Outsource™ To Help Regulated Entities Complete Comprehensive Customer Onboarding

Date 24/09/2020

With fraudsters and money launderers becoming increasingly clever, regulated entities do not always have the time or in-house expertise to keep up with their regulatory compliance obligations. Which is why Kompli-Global, the leading RegTech AML specialist, has today announced the launch of its comprehensive outsourced Know your Customer (KYC) solution, Kompli-Outsource™. By harnessing the latest augmented intelligence (AI) and human expertise to provide the most up-to-date information for regulated entities during the onboarding process (the decision to onboard a customer is that of the regulated entity), Kompli-Outsource will help those companies by doing the ‘heavy lifting’, thus allowing them to focus on what they do best and generate much needed revenue.

Shanghai Futures Exchange: Circular On Posting Government Bonds As Margin Collaterals

Date 24/09/2020

Since October 19, 2020, government bonds will be accepted by Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) as margin collaterals. In compliance with the Clearing Rules of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, SHFE hereby notifies the relevant issues as follows:

1. Processing Time

The application for posting or withdrawal of government bonds as margin collaterals shall be submitted to SHFE before 2:30 pm on each trading day.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: SCB Range Settings For Platts Dubai Crude Oil, Gasoline And Kerosene

Date 24/09/2020

We decided to set the SCB ranges for Platts Dubai Crude Oil, Gasoline and Kerosene (*1) based on the settlement prices of Platts Dubai Crude Oil during and after the clearing period of October 1st, 2020 as shown below.

Shanghai Gold Exchange: Notification On Further Market Risk Control

Date 24/09/2020

There are many uncertainties affecting the market in recent days, the fluctuation of gold and silver prices increased significantly, which is consequently intensifying the market risk. As 2020 National Holiday is approaching, all members shall raise awareness of risk management, prepare specific risk emergency response plan, remind investors to be cautious towards market risk, control their own positions and make rational investments.

Candidates For To-Be-Added Listing Committee Members Of Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market Released

Date 24/09/2020

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has recently launched the work of supplementing members of the Stock Listing Committee of the SSE STAR Market as required for building the SSE STAR Market and the examination work. On September 24, 2020, the SSE publicized a list of candidates for to-be-supplemented members. 

Europex Position Paper: Six Recommendations For A Scaled-Up Guarantees Of Origin (GO) Scheme To Support Decarbonisation

Date 24/09/2020

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 will require  many fundamental changes. In the energy sector, a significant shift towards renewable energy is already under way and will need to be accelerated. Guarantees of Origin (GOs) are currently a valuable tool for documenting the ‘green’ characteristics of renewable electricity, providing consumers with the means to send a signal to the market about their consumption preferences for renewable energy. Transparency on the generation source of energy enables consumers to drive decarbonisation efforts. At the same time, consumer demand for reliably certified energy is growing.