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Mortgages And Coronavirus - Enabling Positive Consumer Outcomes: Speech By Jonathan Davidson, FCA Executive Director Of Supervision – Retail And Authorisations, At The Mortgage Forbearance Webinars

Date 08/10/2020

Highlights

• Many borrowers will be facing a loss of income, over differing durations - and solutions may need to reviewed regularly as their circumstances change.
• We recognise the need to prioritise support for borrowers that are most at risk of harm, or who face the greatest financial difficulties.
• We want to see automated approaches delivering appropriate outcomes, in a way that supports customer understanding and firms to  ensure that more hands-on support is available for those that need it.

FIA September 2020 SEF Tracker

Date 08/10/2020

Trading volume on SEFs reached $726 billion in average notional value per day during September 2020. Trading was up in every category.

Eurex Exchange: The Role Of ESG Within Fixed Income. Interview With Aegon Asset Management

Date 08/10/2020

Ludovic Blanquet Joins smartTrade As Chief Product And Strategic Planning Officer - The Appointment Will Help Shape smartTrade’s Vision To Deliver The Leading Cross-Asset eTrading Solution For Its Customers.

Date 08/10/2020

smartTrade Technologies today announces that Ludovic Blanquet has joined as Chief Product and Strategic Planning Officer. Ludovic will support smartTrade to deliver world class integrated eTrading solutions.

Broadridge Names Vijay Mayadas To Lead Capital Markets

Date 08/10/2020

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, today announced that Vijay Mayadas has been appointed President of Capital Markets. In this newly created position, he will lead Broadridge’s trading and post-trade capital markets SaaS solutions as part of the Global Technology and Operations (GTO) business.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For September 2020

Date 08/10/2020

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for September 2020 is now available:

• For Main Market Statistics click here
• For NewConnect Alternative Market Statistics click here
• For Catalyst Bond Market statistics click here
• For Derivatives Statistic click here

MOEX Rings The Bell For Financial Literacy

Date 08/10/2020

On 8 October 2020, MOEX held an opening bell ring ceremony to support Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy initiative.

Majority Of Regulated Firms Face Fines For Non-Compliance With The Fifth Money Laundering Directive, According To New Research From LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Date 08/10/2020

• Regulated firms are on average only 55% of the way through their 5MLD implementation plans, nine months after it became law
• News comes in the wake of the FinCEN files leaks which further reveal the extent of illicit fund flows across the world

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 08/10/2020

Highlights

Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $41.6 trillion at the end of September 2020, an increase of 36 per cent from $30.6 trillion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover in September 2020 was $122.7 billion, an increase of 62 per cent from $75.8 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for the first nine months of 2020 was $125.7 billion, an increase of 39 per cent when compared with $90.5 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first nine months of 2020 was $9.8 billion, an increase of 15 per cent when compared with $8.5 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first nine months of 2020 was $5.1 billion, an increase of 11 per cent when compared with $4.6 billion for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first nine months of 2020 was $211.4 billion, an increase of 58 per cent when compared with $133.9 billion for the same period last year.
• Total funds raised for the first nine months of 2020 was $473.8 billion, an increase of 101 per cent when compared with $236.1 billion for the same period last year.

SET Market Report For September 2020

Date 08/10/2020

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index at end-September closed at 1,237.04 points or 5.6  percent lower than the previous month as several factors, including slower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine development, concerns on global economic recovery delays and local political uncertainty, weighed on investors' sentiment. SET Index fell 21.7 percent from end-2019, but still fared than MSCI ASEAN which shrank 24.7 percent.