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MIAX And MGEX Announce SPIKES® Futures Launch Date - SPIKES Futures (Ticker: SPK) To Launch On MGEX Via The CME Globex® Platform On November 18, 2019

Date 23/09/2019

Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX) and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Inc. (MGEX), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced the launch date and the achievement of key milestones for futures on the SPIKES® Volatility Index (SPIKES). 

EBA Launches Its 2019 EU-Wide Transparency Exercise

Date 23/09/2019

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today its regular EU-wide transparency exercise. In November 2019, together with the Risk Assessment Report (RAR), the EBA will release up to 2,2 mln data points on about 130 EU banks. The data will cover capital positions, financial assets, risk exposure amounts, sovereign exposures and asset quality. As in the past, the exercise is exclusively based on supervisory reporting data, which will keep the burden for the banks to a minimum. Transparency exercises are conducted on an annual basis and are part of the EBA's efforts to monitor risks and vulnerabilities and to reinforce market discipline.

European Systemic Risk Board Recommendation To Sweden For Vulnerabilities In The Residential Real Estate Sector

Date 23/09/2019

The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has issued warnings to five EEA countries and recommendations to six EU countries for medium-term vulnerabilities in their respective residential real estate sectors. Sweden is one of the countries that receives a recommendation. The recommendation suggests appropriate actions to address the identified vulnerabilities. In 2016, the ESRB issued a warning to Sweden regarding risks in the residential real estate sector. 

SEC Charges Nissan, Former CEO, And Former Director With Fraudulently Concealing From Investors More Than $140 Million Of Compensation And Retirement Benefits

Date 23/09/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled fraud charges against Nissan, its former CEO Carlos Ghosn, and its former director Greg Kelly related to false financial disclosures that omitted more than $140 million to be paid to Ghosn in retirement.

ESMA Publishes Updated Results Of The Annual Transparency Calculations For Equity And Equity-Like Instruments

Date 23/09/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) had today made available updated results of the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments.

EBRD And European Union Support Launch Of Private Equity Fund In Armenia

Date 23/09/2019

• Amber Capital EU-Armenia SME Fund to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Armenia through equity investments
• The EBRD, with the support of the European Union, provides commitments of up to €16 million million
• The fund will provide financing to strengthen the competitiveness of Armenian SMEs

LCH ForexClear Teams Up With FX Connect TradeNeXus

Date 23/09/2019

• Buy-side users of FX Connect TradeNeXus benefit from STP access to LCH’s clearing services
• Asset managers can now streamline their workflows for clearing FX derivatives
• AllianceBernstein LP, Brandywine Global Investment Management, Standard Chartered Bank, and State Street among first to collaborate with ForexClear and TradeNeXus on this new service

Iberclear Is Granted CSDR Licence

Date 23/09/2019

Iberclear, BME’s Spanish Central Securities Depository, has been granted authorisation to continue operating under the EU's Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR), a new set of regulations aimed at improving the settlement of securities in the EU.

IEX Exits Corporate Listings To Focus On Trading And New Technology Businesses - Streamlining Business Portfolio While On Track For Record Year In Market Share, Revenue And Profit

Date 23/09/2019

IEX today announced that it is exiting the corporate listings business in order to focus on its exchange trading business, as well as the launch of three new technology ventures which revolutionize data access, messaging and transparency. Exiting listings has no impact on the types or number of securities that IEX can trade – IEX already trades over 6,000 National Market System (NMS) stocks and ETFs daily, and has grown to 3% market share, transacting more in notional value than the London Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Qatar Stock Exchange Holds 10th Annual IR Conference In Doha

Date 23/09/2019

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) today held the 10th Annual Investor Relations Conference.  The conference was held at the Rotana Hotel in Doha with the participation of a wide range of representatives from leading listed companies, market participants, regulatory bodies and investors.