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Select Committee On COVID-19 – Opening Statement By ASIC Chair James Shipton, At The Senate Select Committee On COVID-19 Public Hearing, 28 May 2020

Date 28/05/2020

Introduction

Thank you for the opportunity for my fellow Commissioners and me to appear today.

We would like to acknowledge the important work of this Committee.

Our vision is to achieve a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians. Realising this depends on both ensuring:

• that ASIC’s mandate continues, as well as
• that we appropriately respond to prevailing challenges of COVID-19.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Reports Positive Performance Across Asset Classes

Date 27/05/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) has remained attractive in terms of dividend yield and market valuation ratios, with the All Share Index outperforming peer exchanges in Africa. This was revealed by the Chief Executive Officer, NSE, Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON during the Stakeholder Engagement Series which held on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date May 15, 2020

Date 27/05/2020

At the end of the settlement date of May 15, 2020, short interest in 2,423 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,989,729,389 shares compared with 7,740,375,584 shares in 2,422 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of April 30, 2020. The mid-May short interest represents 2.90 days compared with 2.91 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 27/05/2020

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of May 15, 2020.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 27/05/2020

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Ontario Securities Commission Updates Stakeholders On Burden Reduction Progress

Date 27/05/2020

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today provided a Status Update on its 107 specific actions to reduce burden for market participants doing business in Ontario’s capital markets.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Set To Host Sustainable Capital Markets Forum To Promote Green Finance In West Africa

Date 27/05/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) in collaboration with the Milken Institute, is set to host the inaugural edition of our Webinar Series on Sustainable Capital Markets for West Africa on Friday, 5 June 2020 by 2:30pm. The webinar themed, “Fundamentals of Developing Green Bond Markets”, is supported by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Z/Yen Group: Government Digital Certificates Increasingly Important In Covid-19 World

Date 27/05/2020

NICE Actimize’s AML Solutions Chosen By Rakuten Securities To Improve Operational Efficiencies And Reduce Compliance Risk - NICE Actimize’s CDD-X Will Be Leveraged To Provide More Accurate Detection And Customer Risk Scoring

Date 27/05/2020

NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) business and the leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, has been chosen by Rakuten Securities Inc., a major online brokerage operating throughout Japan and across Asia, to implement an innovative anti-money laundering compliance platform to protect and support its investor clients and meet regulatory requirements. Rakuten Securities will utilize industry-leading solutions from NICE Actimize’s Autonomous Anti-Money Laundering portfolio, initially rolling out the CDD-X Customer Due Diligence platform. This will be followed by Suspicious Activity Monitoring and Watch List Filtering solutions at a later date to help improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs.  

EBA Issues Opinion On Measures To Address Macroprudential Risk Following Notification By French High Council For Financial Stability (HCSF)

Date 27/05/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion following the notification by the French macroprudential authority, the Haut Conseil de Stabilité Financière (HCSF), of its intention to extend a measure introduced in 2018 on the use of Article 458(9) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) to safeguard institutions from excessive risk-taking and to prevent the build-up of future vulnerabilities. The measure intends to tighten, for French global or other systemically important institutions, the large-exposure limits applicable to large and highly indebted non-financial corporations (NFCs) resident in France or groups of connected NFCs assessed to be highly indebted and based in France. Based on the evidence submitted, the EBA does not object to the extension of the proposed measure, which will be applied from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.