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Trading On MOEX On Non-Business Days And Public Holidays

Date 03/06/2020

24 June and 1 July 2020 will be non-trading days on all MOEX markets as these days have been announced non-business days.

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Coronavirus (Covid-19) Financial Resilience Survey

Date 03/06/2020

The FCA is asking around 13,000 firms to complete a short survey to help us obtain a more accurate view of firms’ financial resilience as a result of coronavirus (Covid-19).

Singapore Ministry Of Finance, Inland Revenue Authority Of Singapore, Enterprise Singapore, And Monetary Authority )f Singapore: Additional Loan And Cashflow Support For Landlords And Businesses Affected By COVID-19

Date 03/06/2020

The Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today a package of measures to support landlords that may face cash flow constraints as a result of providing relief to tenants as proposed under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment) Bill (“COVID-19 Amendment Bill”).

UK Financial Conduct Authority Confirms Guidance For Insurance Firms On Assessing Product Value

Date 03/06/2020

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today confirming guidance for insurance firms to consider the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on the value of their insurance products.

Countering Covid-19: The Nature Of Central Banks' Policy Response - Opening Remarks By Agustín Carstens, General Manager Of The BIS, At The UBS High-Level Discussion On The Economic And Monetary Policy Outlook, Zurich, 27 May 2020

Date 03/06/2020

It is a pleasure and an honour to participate in this panel with Thomas Jordan and Axel Weber. Axel, thank you very much for the invitation. I join Thomas in expressing my sympathy to everyone who has been affected by this pandemic and wishing all of you in the audience good health. In my opening remarks, I will briefly address the economic impact of Covid-19, to then move on to analyse the policy response of primarily the advanced economies' central banks.

BNP Paribas Capital Partners Announces Final Close Of BNP Paribas CP European Special Opportunities Debt Fund

Date 03/06/2020

BNP Paribas Capital Partners (‘BNPP CP’), BNP Paribas Asset Management’s specialist in external alternative manager selection, announced the final close of its European Special Opportunities Debt Fund (‘ESO’) on 8 April 2020, with commitments totalling EUR 134 million.  The ESO investment programme was launched in 2018 to provide institutional investors with exposure to the discounted private debt market in Europe.

Bursa Malaysia Launches Bursa Academy For A Unique Experience In Elevating Financial Literacy And Investor Education

Date 03/06/2020

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) has launched “Bursa Academy”, an e-learning platform targeted primarily to retail investors across the Securities Market, Derivatives Market and Islamic Capital Market.

"Singapore's Financial Sector Agile And Resilient Amid Covid-19" - Edited Transcript Of Fireside Chat By Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At ACI Live Aid: Financial Markets Give Back, On 29 May 2020

Date 03/06/2020

Operational Resilience

The financial sector has been quite remarkably resilient in the face of Covid-19.

• All financial services have remained open, except those involving face-to-face interactions with customers outside of bank branches.
• During the circuit breaker period, 85% of workers in the financial industry have been able to work from home. MAS itself is close to 90% of staff working from home.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Stewardship Code : 281 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of May 29, 2020

Date 03/06/2020

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code") on February 26, 2014.

MVIS And CryptoCompare Launch The MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Benchmark Rate Providing A Robust Hourly Price For Bitcoin In USD Across Major Exchanges

Date 03/06/2020

MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS) in partnership with CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, today announced the launch of the MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Benchmark Rate (ticker: BBR), an index designed to offer a robust hourly price for Bitcoin in USD.