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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For April 30th 2020

Date 30/04/2020

The market opened for four trading days this week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Friday 1st May 2020 a Public Holiday to commemorate the 2020 Workers Day Celebration.

Call For Expression Of Interest For Pre-Qualification Of The African Exchanges Linkage Project Link Technology Platform

Date 30/04/2020

The African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) is a joint initiative of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). 

ESMA Publishes Annual Bond Transparency Calculations, Systematic Internalisers Calculations And New Bond Liquidity Data

Date 30/04/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority, the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today made available, 

• the annual transparency calculations of the large in scale (LIS) and size specific to the instruments (SSTI) thresholds for bonds;
• systematic internaliser calculations for equity, equity-like instruments and bonds; and
• new data for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of MiFID II and MiFIR.

ECB Announces New Pandemic Emergency Longer-Term Refinancing Operations

Date 30/04/2020

• Series of additional longer-term refinancing operations to ensure sufficient liquidity and smooth money market conditions during the pandemic period
• Operations allotted on a near monthly basis maturing in the third quarter of 2021

Basel Committee Publishes Stocktake Report On Climate-Related Financial Risk Initiatives

Date 30/04/2020

• First report by high-level Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks.
• Most BCBS members are undertaking regulatory and supervisory initiatives on climate-related financial risks.
• Future work includes analytical reports and developing effective supervisory practices.

   

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Strong Customer Authentication And Coronavirus

Date 30/04/2020

In the exceptional circumstances of the Covid crisis, we are giving the industry an additional 6 months to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) for e-commerce. This will minimise potential disruption to consumers and merchants. The new timeline of 14 September 2021 replaces the 14 March 2021 date.

MTS launches New Unsecured Money Market Trading Platform, MTS Depo

Date 30/04/2020

• Electronic unsecured money market trading now available for dealers across Europe on the same platform as MTS Repo
• First trade executed and settled between two Italian banks
• Launch reflects growing demand for electronic trading in unsecured money markets across Europe

Oleg Viyugin Re-Elected As Chairman Of The Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board

Date 30/04/2020

The Supervisory Board newly elected at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held its first meeting on 29 April 2020 by video conference. At the Board meeting, Oleg Viyugin, independent director, was re-elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Andrey Golikov was re-elected as Deputy Chairman.

Bank Of England: Sandra Boss Steps Down From The Prudential Regulation Committee And The RTGS Renewal Team

Date 30/04/2020

Sandra Boss, an external member of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Committee (PRC) and the Senior Independent Member of the RTGS/CHAPS Board has stepped down to join BlackRock.

Bitcoin’s Coming Of Age? May’s Historic Halving Taking Place In A New Era: Chief Executive And Founder deVere Group, Nigel Green

Date 30/04/2020

The Bitcoin price will hit ‘at least $10,000’ even before the four-yearly ‘halving’ event taking place in two weeks, predicts the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations.