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CFTC Approves LedgerX, LLC To Clear Fully-Collateralized Futures And Options On Futures

Date 02/09/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has approved an Amended Order of Registration for LedgerX, LLC to clear additional products, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the order, as a derivatives clearing organization under the Commodity Exchange Act.

ESMA Sees High Risk Of Decoupling Of Financial Market Performance And Underlying Economic Activity

Date 02/09/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator, today publishes its second Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report of 2020. A webinar open to the public will be held on 9 September to present the report. 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Changes For The Securities MU-RM And INTC-RM

Date 02/09/2020

Please follow the links below to access the information:

Risk parameters change for the security MU-RM
Risk parameters change for the security INTC-RM

FTSE UK Index Series Quarterly Review September 2020

Date 02/09/2020

• One change to the FTSE 100 
• B&M European Value Retail to join FTSE 100
• Ten changes to the FTSE 250 

BIS - Corporate Zombies: Anatomy And Life Cycle

Date 02/09/2020

Focus

We analyse zombie firms, defined as unprofitable firms with low stock market valuation. Our analysis takes a longer-run international perspective using firm-level data on listed non-financial companies covering 14 advanced economies and spanning three decades.

Contribution

Documenting the rise of zombie companies over the past three decades, we explore their anatomy and life cycle. Their anatomy is analysed in terms of their economic and financial characteristics and performance, as compared with those of non-zombie firms. To flesh out a zombie firm's life cycle, we study how key balance sheet and profit account items move in the years before and after the firm first becomes a zombie. We further document what happened to zombie firms over time, zooming in on those firms that have managed to recover from zombie state.

Eurex Strengthens Its Eurex EnLight Offering With Two New Functionalities

Date 02/09/2020

MGEX Announces Its Second-Best Fiscal Year Volume In History

Date 02/09/2020

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports the conclusion of its fiscal year on Monday with a total volume of 2,634,578 contracts, making it the 2nd best fiscal year of all time. The Exchange saw a 17% increase in total volume compared to the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In August 2020

Date 02/09/2020

In August 2020, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange’s markets grew by 9.3% to reach RUB 75.3 trln. The average daily trading volume increased by 14.5% to RUB 3.6 trillion.

Bank Of England: Treasury Committee – Oral evidence: Economic impact Of coronavirus (14:30)

Date 02/09/2020

Witnesses: Andrew Bailey, Dame Colette Bowe, Alex Brazier, Dave Ramsden and Gertjan Vlieghe

Keynote Address By Michel Barnier, EU Chief Brexit Negotiator, At The Institute Of International And European Affairs

Date 02/09/2020

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good afternoon, dia dhaoibh,

Thank you for tuning in.

I hope you are all safe and well despite the difficult circumstances.

Let me start by thanking the Institute for International and European Affairs –its Director-General, Michael Collins, and your team – for inviting me, and for the kind words of introduction.