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UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces Support For Customers Who Are Struggling To Pay Their Mortgage Due To Coronavirus

Date 22/05/2020

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced proposals which will continue support for customers who are struggling to pay their mortgage due to coronavirus (Covid-19).

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On Notice On Requesting Public Comments On Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil And Other Futures Contract Of The Shanghai International Energy Exchange And Three Implementing Rules

Date 22/05/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange, the subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange has released its Circular on Notice on Requesting Public Comments on Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil Futures Contract of the Shanghai International Energy Exchange and Three Implementing Rules on May 22, 2020, as well as the amendment on the deposit for crude oil load-in application.

India Overtakes China To Emerge As Hotbed For Fintech Startup Investments In Q1 2020, Says GlobalData

Date 22/05/2020

China’s fintech startup ecosystem survived as the breeding ground for venture capitalists (VC) over the last two years despite India marginally surpassing in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019. However, in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, the trend reversed with Indian fintech startups outpacing their Chinese counterparts in terms of both deal value and volume, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

NZX Capital Change Notice

Date 22/05/2020

This attached notice is given under NZX Listing Rule 3.13.1

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of Final Report For “Study On Impact Investing Activities In Listed Equity”

Date 22/05/2020

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has published a survey report on impact investing activities in listed equity, which was outsourced to Nissay Asset Management Corporation for the purpose of clarifying the current status of efforts by institutional investors and obtaining insights into challenges for future development.  

Shanghai International Energy Exchange Co., Ltd Approves Dalian Petrochina International Warehousing & Transportation Co., Ltd. International Oil Storage To Increase Active Storage Capacity For Crude Oil Futures

Date 22/05/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange Co., Ltd, subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange，has released the Notice on the Approval of Dalian PetroChina International Warehousing & Transportation Co., Ltd. International Oil Storage to Increase Active Storage Capacity for Crude Oil Futures on May **, 2020. It has approved the increasing active storage capacity of Dalian PetroChina International Warehousing & Transportation Co., Ltd. International Oil Storage located on No.31 New Port Nei Hai Nian Road, Dalian Bonded Area, Liaoning Province, to be increased from 800,000m3 to 1200,000 m3, with an approved storage capacity of 1200,000 m3.

CFTC To Hold An Open Commission Meeting On May 28

Date 22/05/2020

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert today announced the CFTC will hold an open meeting on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The meeting will be held via conference call in accordance with the agency’s implementation of social distancing due to the COVID-19 (ve coronavirus) pandemic.

IMF And Ukrainian Authorities Reach Staff Level Agreement On A New Stand-By Arrangement To Help To Address COVID-19 Pandemic

Date 21/05/2020

An International Monetary Fund staff team led by Ms. Ivanna Vladkova Hollar concluded remote discussions with the Ukrainian authorities on May 21 and reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies for a new 18-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

Comptroller Of The Currency Joseph Otting To Step Down, Brian P. Brooks To Become Acting Comptroller Of The Currency On May 29, 2020

Date 21/05/2020

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting today announced he will step down from office on May 29, 2020, and pursuant to 12 USC 4 as designated by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, First Deputy and Chief Operating Officer Brian P. Brooks will become Acting Comptroller of the Currency.

SIFMA Statement On Final DOL Electronic Disclosure Rule

Date 21/05/2020

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, regarding the newly final rule from the Department of Labor (DOL) on electronic delivery of retirement plans disclosures:

“We support this commonsense, environmentally and consumer friendly effort to modernize the transfer of retirement information in a digital age, which is consistent with the way Americans want to receive information, particularly given current circumstances. Participants of all ages and incomes increasingly prefer to access information online and believe that doing so makes it easier to act on the information.”