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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Weekly Bulletin 20 April, 2020 (Issue 9)

Date 21/04/2020

We are happy to offer SZSE Market Bulletin service to friends from overseas markets who are taking a deep look at capital market’s development in China. The weekly information feed focuses on reforms and opening-up events in China’s capital market. The SZSE International Services Team will as always stand ready to respond to inquiries about market cooperation and access by international investors. We hope to have your continuous support to help us improve our services.

Aquis Exchange Selects big xyt To Provide Market Analytics - Delivering Independent Data Analysis Of Liquidity And Market Share

Date 21/04/2020

Moscow Exchange Announces Changes To Trading In The Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures Contract Nearest To Expiry

Date 21/04/2020

Moscow Exchange is suspending trading in the Light Sweet Crude Oil contract (contract CL-4.20) expiring on 21 April 2020 at the day trading session on 21 April 2020. This decision was taken to prevent market participants and their clients from incurring additional negative consequences as a result of the unprecedented decline on 20 April in prices on the corresponding contract on NYMEX.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Impact Of COVID-19 On Independent AML/CFT Audits

Date 21/04/2020

Section 59(2) of the AML/CFT Act requires a reporting entity to have its risk assessment and AML/CFT programme independently audited every two years. COVID-19 may impact a reporting entity’s ability to have its independent audit undertaken within that timeframe.  Any reporting entity unable to complete its independent audit on time due to COVID-19 should contact the FMA (at aml@fma.govt.nz) to discuss their position.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Regulatory Response To COVID-19

Date 21/04/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is determined to respond actively to the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hong Kong’s capital markets.  This response extends to the many brokers, asset managers and other market intermediaries the SFC supervises as well as listed companies and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK). 

SEC Provides For Phased CAT Broker-Dealer Reporting Timelines With Conditional Exemption For Impacts Of COVID-19

Date 21/04/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has voted to issue two exemptive orders in order to move Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) implementation forward: (1) establishing a phased CAT reporting timeline for broker-dealers, and (2) permitting introducing brokers that meet certain requirements to follow the small broker-dealer reporting timeline.

MGEX Extends Congratulations To Bitnomial

Date 20/04/2020

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces that earlier today, one of the Exchange’s business partners, Bitnomial Exchange, LLC (Bitnomial) received designation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a DCM.  This designation paves the way for Bitnomial to launch physically delivered Bitcoin futures and options contracts.  MGEX will be providing clearing services to Bitnomial for these new products.    

CFTC Designates Bitnomial Exchange, LLC As A Contract Market

Date 20/04/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it has issued an Order of Designation to Bitnomial Exchange, LLC located in Chicago, Ill., granting it status as a designated contract market (DCM), effective today. Bitnomial Exchange is a limited liability company formed under Delaware state law.

US Justice Department Announces Additional Distribution Of More Than $378 Million To Victims Of Madoff Ponzi Scheme

Date 20/04/2020

At the start of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the Department of Justice today announced that on April 20, the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its fifth distribution of approximately $378.5 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme, bringing the total distributed to over $2.7 billion to nearly 38,000 victims worldwide. 

ISDA derivatiViews: Impetus For Automation

Date 20/04/2020

The coronavirus outbreak has forced firms to focus on immediate, critical priorities like business continuity, managing risk and supporting customers. However, the remote working and social distancing measures introduced as part of the pandemic response have underscored another issue – the difficulties caused by complex, inefficient and highly manually processes.