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Bursa Malaysia Implements Enhanced Measures To Manage Impact Of Covid-19

Date 18/03/2020

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) would like to assure all our stakeholders that the Exchange is committed towards its obligation to ensure that our marketplace operates in a fair and orderly manner, and our services are available, reliable and resilient at all times. 

Qatar Stock Exchange Has Taken Measures To Ensure Unrestricted Access To The Market For Investors And To Protect The Welfare Of Its Staff And The Community At Large

Date 18/03/2020

In line with the comprehensive strategy adopted by the State of Qatar to curb the spread of the Coronavirus “Covid – 19”, as of the 15th of March 2020 and until further notice, Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE)  has implemented a number of measures so that investors can continue to access the market whilst also protecting its staff.

Securities and Commodities Authority Stresses That Short Selling Is Not Permitted In The UAE Financial Markets

Date 18/03/2020

H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), chaired a meeting attended by SCA’s executive management team. H.E. Al Mansoori started the meeting by stressing the government’s efforts in providing strong stimulus packages to deal with the impacts of the current global crisis, saying that other packages will follow to empower recovery from these impacts.

Tadawul Announces The Implementation Of The Fifth And Final Tranche Inclusion In FTSE Russell As An Emerging Market In Two Phases

Date 18/03/2020

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announces the implementation of the fifth and final tranche inclusion in FTSE Russell as an Emerging Market with an inclusion factor of 25%.

SCA, ADX, And DFM Take Initiatives To Deal With Financial Market Conditions

Date 18/03/2020

Short selling activity, banned by supervisory authorities, is halted in the country’s markets.

Covid-19 Message From MexDer’s CEO, José Miguel De Dios Gómez: Notice to Clearing Members, Trading Members and Participants – Preventive Actions

Date 18/03/2020

For MexDer, Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, S.A. de C.V. (“MexDer) the safety of its employees and providing optimal services is the highest priority.

Nodal Exchange And Nodal Clear: COVID-19 Preparedness

Date 17/03/2020

Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear (collectively “Nodal”) appreciate that the Nodal customer community is addressing the potential for adverse impact that recent developments regarding COVID-19 may have on our financial community.  Nodal is closely monitoring the situation.  Likewise, multiple companies are responsibly and diligently requesting similar information from us, as we are from them. Nodal understands that we are all in this together and we appreciate and rely upon everyone’s roles in serving the needs of our financial community during this time.

Nadex Temporarily Refrains From Listing Contracts

Date 17/03/2020

On trade date March 17, 2020, North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”), due to the activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, and pursuant to the authority granted in Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions:

• US Indices Daily Call Spread and Binary contracts were not listed for the open of trade date March 17, 2020.These contracts were listed for trading beginning at 6:20pm ET and 6:21pm ET, respectively

Update On Consolidated Audit Trail - Temporary COVID-19 Staff No-Action Letter - Reducing Cybersecurity Risks, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, March 17, 2020

Date 17/03/2020

The consolidated audit trail (“CAT”) is intended to enhance regulatory oversight of our securities markets.  Our equities and options markets operate through multiple exchanges and other venues and the CAT will facilitate cross-market oversight and analysis, thereby improving investor protection and market integrity.  The CAT NMS Plan governing the CAT was approved in November 2016 and required the development of the CAT by FINRA and the national securities exchanges (collectively, the “SROs”). According to the CAT NMS Plan, broker-dealers were to start reporting to the CAT by November 2018. While the SROs were unable to establish an operational CAT by November 2018, the SROs have made progress with respect to testing in advance of broker-dealer reporting including opening the test environment for broker-dealer reporting in December 2019 and continued roll-out of functionality into that environment earlier this year.

ASIC: Societe Generale Securities Australia Pty Ltd Charged With Breaching Client Money Obligations

Date 17/03/2020

On 17 March Societe Generale Securities Australia Pty Ltd (SGSAPL) appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on criminal charges, including two counts of failing to pay client money into segregated authorised bank accounts and two counts of failing to comply with requirements relating to a client money bank account.