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Nasdaq Helsinki Launches Premier Segment Within Nasdaq First North Growth Market - New Segment Designed To Raise Investor Visibility And Prepare Companies For A Main Market Listing

Date 11/05/2020

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that Nasdaq Helsinki launches a new Premier segment on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland today. The new segment was first introduced in Sweden in 2009 and supports companies who seek to enhance investor visibility by complying with higher standards than imposed under the regular Nasdaq First North Growth Market rules.

Ideal Prediction Announces Walter Bell As CTO

Date 11/05/2020

Ideal Prediction, the independent trading analysis and data science company for capital markets, has appointed Walter Bell as its Chief Technology Officer.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Delivery Issues Of SC2006

Date 11/05/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange (hereinafter referred to as “the Exchange”), the subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange has released its Circular on the Delivery Issues of SC2006 on May 8, 2020.

SGX Reports Market Statistics For April 2020

Date 11/05/2020

• Early signs of market optimism drive partial recovery in global equities
• Demand for FX risk management grows, while disruptions in global supply chains drive commodity trading

BIS: Banks' Dividends In Covid-19 Times

Date 11/05/2020

Highlights

• Regulatory actions in the current circumstances need to focus on preserving banks' lending activity without jeopardising their solvency. This means that flexibility in capital requirements, including through the use of regulatory buffers, and capital conservation should go hand in hand.
• Basel III provides for automatic distribution constraints when capital falls below specific thresholds. In the current context, this may disincentivise firms from following authorities' recommendations to use capital buffers.
• Blanket distribution restrictions imposed through supervisory action may help address these disincentives to the extent that they are not linked to firms' individual capital positions and thus remove any possible stigma effect.
• Most authorities have undertaken initiatives in relation to banks' distribution policies in the Covid-19 pandemic environment. However, practices across jurisdictions diverge markedly as regards scope and stringency.

Shanghai International Energy Exchange Co., Ltd Approves Sinochem-Hongrun Oil Staging (Weifang) Co.,Ltd To Increase Active Storage Capacity For Crude Oil Futures

Date 11/05/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange Co., Ltd, subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange，has released the Notice on the Approval of Sinochem-Hongrun Oil Staging (Weifang) Co.,Ltd to Increase Active Storage Capacity for Crude Oil Futures on May 8, 2020. It has approved the active storage capacity of Sinochem-Hongrun Oil Staging (Weifang) Co.,Ltd, located on North of BoHai Street，West of HaiFeng Road，Production Industrial Zone Binhai Economic Developing District，Weifang, Shandong Province, to be increased from 2,000,000m3 to 3,000,000 m3, with an approved storage capacity of 5,000,000 m3. The premium is 3 RMB yuan per barrel for the area where the depot is located.

BIS: On The Instability Of Banking And Other Financial Intermediation

Date 11/05/2020

Focus

Are banks, or financial intermediaries more generally, inherently unstable and prone to volatility? Historically, even some of the staunchest proponents of laissez-faire such as Milton Friedman have viewed banking as inherently unstable and hence requiring government intervention.

Statement By European Commission President Von Der Leyen

Date 10/05/2020

The recent ruling of the German Constitutional Court put under the spotlight two issues of the European Union: the Euro system and the European legal system.

Tehran Stock Exchange Bulletin - April 2020

Date 10/05/2020

Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's bulletin for April 2020.

The Egyptian Exchange Launches A New Index "EGX 100 EWI" To Diversify The Market Performance Measurement Tools

Date 10/05/2020

The Egyptian Exchange has launched the EGX100 Equal Weight Index (EWI) replacing EGX100. The EGX 100 EWImeasures the performance of the best 100 companies on the EGX in terms of liquidity and activity including EGX30 and EGX70 EWI constituents.