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CME Group Declares Quarterly Dividend

Date 06/08/2020

CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $0.85 per share, payable September 25, 2020, to shareholders of record as of September 10, 2020.

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 06/08/2020

 HIGHLIGHTS

- Securities Market 

• Market capitalisation was $40.4 trillion at the end of July 2020, an increase of 26 per cent from $32.1 trillion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover in July 2020 was $165.1 billion, an increase of 140 per cent from $68.7 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for the first seven months of 2020 was $124.8 billion, an increase of 34 per cent when compared with $93.4 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first seven months of 2020 was $9.7 billion, an increase of 9 per cent when compared with $8.9 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first seven months of 2020 was $5.4 billion, an increase of 15 per cent when compared with $4.7 billion for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first seven months of 2020 was $132.1 billion, an increase of 56 per cent when compared with $84.8 billion for the same period last year.
• Total funds raised for the first seven months of 2020 was $308.1 billion, an increase of 80 per cent when compared with $170.7 billion for the same period last year.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security AFLT - Update 1

Date 06/08/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 06.08.2020, 13-28 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate for tenor Y0/Y1Dt (up to -53.45 %), penalty rate and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.133 rub) for the security AFLT were changed. New values are available here

SET Market Report For July 2020

Date 06/08/2020

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index at end-July closed at 1,328.53 points or a 0.8 percent decline from the previous month with various factors weighed on investors’ sentiments including US-China conflict, concerns over the second wave of COVID-19 spread, releases of Thailand’s economic indicators and listed companies’ first half performance announcement.  These factors kept SET Index move in a tight range. SET Index’s 15.9 percent drop from end-2019, however, fared better than MSCI ASEAN which slipped 19.4 percent.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security AFLT

Date 06/08/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 06.08.2020, 13-16 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate for tenor Y0/Y1Dt (up to -42.29 %), penalty rate and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.105 rub) for the security AFLT were changed. New values are available here

ACER Consults On The South East Europe Methodology For Splitting Long-Term Cross-Zonal Capacity

Date 06/08/2020

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launches today a public consultation on the proposal on the South East Europe methodology for splitting long-term cross-zonal capacity.

Share Of Investors In Financial Instrument Turnover On GPW In H1 2020

Date 06/08/2020

• Domestic individual investors generated 22 percent (+9 pps YoY), foreign investors generated 58 percent (-3 pps YoY), and individual investors generated 20 percent (-6 pps YoY) of GPW Main Market equities turnover in H1 2020.
• Individual investors remained in the lead on NewConnect as their share in turnover increased by 9 pps YoY to 93 percent. The share of institutional investors decreased to 5 percent (-8 pps YoY) and the share of foreign investors decreased by 1 pps to 2 percent.
• The share of individual investors in futures turnover decreased by 7 pps to 42 percent and the share of institutional investors increased by 8 pps to 38 percent in H1 2020. The share of foreign investors decreased by 1 percentage point to 20 percent.

Bank Of England - Asset Purchase Facility: Gilt Purchases - Market Notice 6 August 2020

Date 06/08/2020

On 17 June the MPC voted for the Bank of England to continue with its existing programme of £200bn of UK government bond and sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, and to increase the stock of purchases of UK government bonds, financed by central bank reserves, by an additional £100bn.

Push Technology Launches Diffusion Kafka Adapter - Turbocharge Your Kafka Solution

Date 06/08/2020

Push Technology, the pioneer and leader in real-time data streaming and messaging solutions, today announced the launch of a new Kafka Adapter for their Diffusion Intelligent Data Mesh.  With the Diffusion Kafka Adapter, organizations can now efficiently and securely extend Kafka solutions over the Internet, streaming real-time data to millions of end-user applications.  In addition, customers can easily manage the high-volume of data across geographically dispersed regions.

Bank Of England: Bank Rate Maintained At 0.1% - August 2020 - Monetary Policy Summary And Minutes Of The Monetary Policy Committee Meeting

Date 06/08/2020

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. In that context, its challenge at present is to respond to the economic and financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. At its meeting ending on 4 August 2020, the MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%. The Committee voted unanimously for the Bank of England to continue with its existing programmes of UK government bond and sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, maintaining the target for the total stock of these purchases at £745 billion.