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BTG Advisory Partner Appointed Turnaround Management Association UK President

Date 19/03/2020

European Union’s Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Date 19/03/2020

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Commends 2019 Annual Outstanding Members

Date 19/03/2020

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) issues the “Decision on Commending 2019 Annual Outstanding Members of Dalian Commodity Exchange” on March 13. According to the notice, DCE has set up 3 integral awards and 8 single awards, commending 65 member entities to highly affirm the contributions to the development of the futures market by all member entities, especially the 2019 Annual Outstanding Members, encouraging them to improve the market service level in the new year and make new contributions to facilitating the steady development of the futures market and giving full play to the role of serving the real economy.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts: Gold (USD) Futures

Date 19/03/2020

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 20 March 2020, (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract shall be as follows:

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0ZZ083

Date 19/03/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.03.2020, 12-32 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 101.99) and initial margins (up to 10 %) for the security RU000A0ZZ083 were changed. New values are available here

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 19/03/2020

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 20 March, 2020 and Monday, 23 March 2020, (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows:

IHS Markit And Pirum Systems: Update On Regulation Delay

Date 19/03/2020

IHS Markit and Pirum Systems acknowledge the 19th March announcement from ESMA to delay Phase 1 of SFTR reporting from April 2020 to July 2020. Together, we remain fully engaged with our clients and other market participants and will continue conducting end-to- end testing with each of the respective trade repositories. We are prepared to work through the challenging times ahead to ensure that the industry is ready to meet the obligations now scheduled for July 2020.

Continued, Reliable Access To The Malaysian Capital Market Is Vital For Immediate And Long-Term Market Confidence

Date 19/03/2020

Containing Covid-19 is a top priority for the Government, facilitated by a fully- functioning financial system, including the stock market. The regulators, Exchange and market participants can fully function and support the marketplace while abiding by the Movement Control Order.

Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Bans Chan Tan Lo For 14 Months

Date 19/03/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Chan Tan Lo, a former relationship manager of BOCI Securities Limited (BOCIS), for 14 months from 19 March 2020 to 18 May 2021.

Mastercard Expands Partnership With Bunq To Build A Greener Planet

Date 19/03/2020

• Partnership with Mastercard brings bunq Green Card to 30 European markets 
• bunq plants a tree for every £100 / 100 Euros spent with Green Card; 100,000 trees planted to date