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CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee To Meet On May 19

Date 06/05/2020

Commissioner Dawn Stump, the sponsor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC), today announced the GMAC will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) and be held via conference call in accordance with the agency’s implementation of social distancing due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Borsa Italiana - Monthly Update April 2020

Date 06/05/2020

Click here to download Borsa Italiana's monthly update for April 2020.

FCA’s National And International Response To Coronavirus (Covid-19) And Brexit - Speech Delivered By Nausicaa Delfas, Executive Director Of International, At Deloitte Annual Conduct Risk Conference (Webinar)

Date 06/05/2020

Highlights

• In response to the pandemic, the FCA has been working with partners nationally and internationally to keep markets open and orderly, help firms continue to operate, protect consumers and small businesses, and to maintain high standards of conduct
• It will be important to get the post crisis recovery right, and to leverage off the experience of working through the pandemic
• We continue to prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period. Working closely with the Treasury and the Bank of England, we are doing whatever we can within our remit to prepare for a range of scenarios, and ensure as smooth a transition as possible
• Firms should continue to consider what actions they need to take to be ready for the end of the transition period, and what this will mean for their customers

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Quarterly Refunding Statement Of Deputy Assistant Secretary For Federal Finance Brian Smith

Date 06/05/2020

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is offering $96 billion of Treasury securities to refund approximately $57 billion of privately-held Treasury notes and bonds maturing on May 15, 2020.  This issuance will raise new cash of approximately $39 billion.  

ESMA Approves DTCC's GTR For SFT Reporting Under SFTR

Date 06/05/2020

Following ESMA’s recent approval, DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) service now includes SFT reporting under the forthcoming European Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), which will be offered out of DTCC’s European trade repository DDRL.

FINOS Continues Expansion In Response To Increased Demand For Open Source With The Addition Of Three New Members In Financial Services And Fintech - Foundation’s New Members Offer Strong Financial Services Leadership And Technology As Open Source Community Sustains Momentum

Date 06/05/2020

FINOS (the Fintech Open Source Foundation), a nonprofit whose mission is to foster adoption of open source, open standards, and collaborative software development practices in financial services, today announces the addition of three new leading financial services and technology companies to its prestigious membership roster already comprised of leading financial institutions, fintechs and consultancies. The three new Silver members include: Adaptive, a global financial technology consultancy; genesis, the Low Code Application Platform (LCAP) for capital markets; and Itaú Unibanco, Brazil’s largest bank. 

UnaVista Approved By ESMA To Be A Trade Repository Under SFTR

Date 06/05/2020

• ESMA confirms that UnaVista TRADEcho B.V. has met the requirements for registration as a trade repository for SFTR
• The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) will introduce new reporting obligations for firms from 13 July 2020
• UnaVista is one of Europe’s largest regulatory reporting platforms for MiFID II and EMIR compliance

UnaVista TRADEcho B.V., part of London Stock Exchange Group, is delighted to announce that it has been approved by the ESMA Board of Supervisors to be registered as a trade repository under SFTR. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority Secures Orders For Victims Of Unauthorised Share Scheme

Date 06/05/2020

The High Court today ordered four individuals and one company to pay nearly £3.62m in restitution to members of the public who bought shares that were promoted unlawfully.

Trading Technologies Launches Connectivity To Borsa İstanbul For Derivatives Trading Via The TT® Platform

Date 06/05/2020

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and Borsa İstanbul, the one and only exchange of Turkey, today announced that all derivative products listed on Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VOIP) are now available for trading through the TT platform and accessible to TT’s global user base.

CME Group Declares Quarterly Dividend

Date 06/05/2020

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