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ESMA Responds To European Commission Consultation On Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy

Date 16/07/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has submitted a response to the European Commission’s (EC) consultation on the renewed sustainable finance strategy. The response covers a broad range of topics from strengthening the foundations for sustainable finance, increasing opportunities for citizens, financial institutions and corporates to have a positive impact on sustainability, to managing and reducing risks relating to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

CCP12 Report: CCPs Show Strong Resilience Despite Covid-19

Date 16/07/2020

How did the cleared markets perform during the Covid-19 crisis and resulting turbulences? This question is answered in a detailed report issued by CCP12, the global association of CCPs. The report covers the wide range of markets with centralized risk management, including for instance oil, credit and interest rate derivatives.

ESMA Publishes Its First Review Reports On The MiFIR Transparency Regime

Date 16/07/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published today two final Reports reviewing key provisions of the MiFID II/MiFIR transparency regime.

ACER Publishes Three Decisions Harmonising The EU Balancing Market For Electricity

Date 16/07/2020

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) publishes today three decisions in line with the EU Regulation establishing a Guideline on Electricity Balancing, harmonising the imbalance settlement and fostering a single EU balancing market.

Tradeweb Markets And ICE Benchmark Administration Introduce Tradeweb ICE CMT Rates For Review And Comment By Market Participants

Date 16/07/2020

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a leading global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, and Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announce that Tradeweb and ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) have published a paper introducing daily Tradeweb ICE Constant Maturity Treasury Rates (Tradeweb ICE CMT Rates) for review and comment by market participants.

Update From The US Office Of Financial Research: “Basis Trades And Treasury Market Illiquidity”

Date 16/07/2020

Today, the Office of Financial Research (OFR) published a brief entitled “Basis Trades and Treasury Market Illiquidity.”

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security AFKS

Date 16/07/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 16.07.2020, 15-49 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate for tenor Y0/Y1Dt (up to -85.71 %), penalty rate and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.0466 rub) for the security AFKS were changed. New values are available here

Euronext Receives Clearance From The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority To Acquire Up To 100% Of VP Securities, The Danish Central Securities Depository

Date 16/07/2020

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange, today announces it has received the clearance from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire up to 100% of VP Securities A/S1 (“VP Securities”) on 15 July 2020. Euronext welcomes this regulatory approval by the Danish FSA that was the only condition to complete the transaction.

ECB Monetary Policy Decisions

Date 16/07/2020

At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions:

(1) The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50% respectively. The Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels until it has seen the inflation outlook robustly converge to a level sufficiently close to, but below, 2% within its projection horizon, and such convergence has been consistently reflected in underlying inflation dynamics.

Bank Of England: Learning About Money And Financial Literacy Needs Jokes And Games Say Children

Date 16/07/2020

Only a quarter of children in the UK enjoy learning about money at school, according to a new survey.