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Finantsinspektsioon: Swedbank Fined For Serious Deficiencies In Its Measures To Combat Money Laundering

Date 19/03/2020

Swedbank AB has had serious deficiencies in its management of the risk of money laundering in its Baltic operations. This is the conclusion of parallel investigations into parent company Swedbank AB and its subsidiary bank Swedbank AS in Estonia that were conducted by Swedish Finansinspektionen (FI) and Estonian Finantsinspektsioon. 

The Updated Coefficients For Moscow Exchange Indices To Come Into Force

Date 19/03/2020

The following coefficients for Moscow Exchange indices come into force from March 20, 2020:

Borsa İstanbul Announces The Constituent Changes To The BIST Stock Indices For The Second Quarter Of 2020

Date 19/03/2020

All changes will be applied after the close of business on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 and will be effective on Wednesday , April 1, 2020.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 19/03/2020

CCP NCC is changing PcH_max parameter value that defines price up limit for YAKG shares on Securities market starting from March 20, 2020:

ESMA Issues Positive Opinions On Bans On Net Short Positions By Belgian FSMA And Greek HCMC

Date 19/03/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued official opinions agreeing to emergency net short positions prohibitions by the Financial Securities and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium and the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) of Greece.

EACH Publishes Its Response To The European Commission Public Consultation “On An EU Framework For Markets In Crypto-Assets”

Date 19/03/2020

The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) publishes today its response to the European Commission Public Consultation “On an EU framework for markets in crypto-assets”. EACH acknowledges that technological development contributes for the financial services industry to rethink many of its processes and structures, in order to facilitate clearing and settlement processes. As these technologies advance, and are more widely adopted, they offer a useful means for market participants and market infrastructures to manage their risk. 

Moscow Exchange Risk Parameters Changes - Update 1

Date 19/03/2020

Please follow the links below to access the information:

Risk parameters change for the security ROSN
Risk parameters change on FX, Derivatives and Standardized OTC markets

Risk parameters change for the security TATN

MIAX Exchange Group: Delaying Mandatory Upgrade To Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Timestamp Supporting Interface Version

Date 19/03/2020

As previously announced in the November 20, 2019 and February 13, 2020 Alerts, the MIAX Exchange Group published updated Interface Specifications to support the reporting of the Market Maker Firm Timestamp to CAT via the Exchanges.  Due to disruptions as a result of COVID-19, the mandatory implementation is being delayed.  An updated Alert will be published once new dates are available.

BME: MARF Admits A 70 Million Euro Bond Issue By SIDECU

Date 19/03/2020

The company taps this BME market for the second time and refinances the bond issue it launched in 2015

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security NVTK

Date 19/03/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.03.2020, 18-28 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 896.2) and initial margins (up to 37.5 %) for the security NVTK were changed. New values are available here