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Canadian Securities Regulators Propose Changes To Tackle Financial Exploitation And Diminished Mental Capacity Of Older And Vulnerable Clients

Date 05/03/2020

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed amendments designed to clearly outline how registrants can address situations involving diminished mental capacity or the potential financial exploitation of vulnerable clients.

2020 US National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference Is Postponed - COVID-19

Date 05/03/2020

After careful consideration of the growing public health concerns associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the organizing sponsors of the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference (NICRC), scheduled March 9-12 in Denver, Colorado, have made the decision to postpone the conference.

Annual Revision Of GPW Benchmark Indices

Date 05/03/2020

GPW Benchmark announces the annual revision of WIG20, mWIG40, sWIG80 and WIG30 indices portfolios. Changes will come into force after close of business on March 20, 2020.

The Grand Unifying Theory (And Practice) Of Macroprudential Policy - Speech By Mark Carney, Governor Of The Bank Of England, Given At University College London

Date 05/03/2020

Economists suffer from physics envy.

We covet its neat equations and crave its deterministic systems.

EBA Tightens Measures To Mitigate Spreading Of The Coronavirus

Date 05/03/2020

• The EBA reviewed its Coronavirus readiness plan and cancelled all physical meetings scheduled between 6 and 14 March 2020 at its premises.
• EBA staff work-related travel planned in the next week has been cancelled, with the exception of critical business meetings. 
• EBA continues to require that all its staff members travelling from any affected areas work remotely for 14 days.

EDHEC-Risk Introduces A Comprehensive Investment Framework Blending Liability-Driven Investing And Factor Investing

Date 05/03/2020

Factor investing and liability-driven investing are widely recognized as two major advances in asset-liability management. Factor investing, which recommends that allocation decisions be expressed in terms of risk factors as opposed to standard asset classes, has blurred the traditional distinction between passive and active investing since investors are now aware that long-term outperformance with respect to cap-weighting indices can be accessed through systematic trading strategies. In parallel liability-driven investing, which is based on two fundamental building blocks known as a performance-seeking portfolio and a liability-hedging portfolio, has replaced the traditional concept of a “policy portfolio”, which had long been dominant in institutional money management. Interestingly, both paradigms are tightly connected with advances in research on portfolio optimization and asset pricing.

Negotiations With The UK: Michel Barnier, The European Commission's Chief Negotiator, Sets Out Points Of Convergence And Divergence Following The First Round Of Negotiations

Date 05/03/2020

Mesdames et Messieurs,

Je suis heureux de vous retrouver aujourd'hui pour vous rendre compte de ce premier round de négociation avec le Royaume-Uni.

SIA 2019 Financial Statement: Another Record Year For Economic And Business Results

Date 05/03/2020

All Banks In Aruba Now Offer Instant Payments Through IP-Infrastructure Of The Central Bank Of Aruba Implemented By equensWorldline

Date 05/03/2020

Aruba’s entire banking community has switched to Instant Payments (IP) using the Clearing and Settlement Mechanism (IP CSM) of the Centrale Bank van Aruba (CBA), which was implemented by equensWorldline SE, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. The implementation of this new payment infrastructure – which is led by the CBA – is unique because the Caribbean island switched completely from traditional batch payments to instant payments. After this successful switch, all interbank payments in Aruban florin initiated in Aruba can be instantly processed 24/7/365. The IP CSM is fully compliant with international standards and ISO20022.

HSBC Sends Home London Research Staff Home After Coronavirus Infections

Date 05/03/2020

HSBC has sent some staff in Canary Wharf, London, home after an employee tested positive for coronavirus