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LCH SA Welcomes Mizuho As Its First Japanese Clearing Member

Date 02/09/2019

• Mizuho Securities Co., Ltdlive clearing Euro debt at LCH SA
• Demonstrates international appeal of LCH’s clearing offering, representing the largest European pool of cleared debt

Money And Private Currencies: Reflections On Libra - Speech By Yves Mersch, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, At The ESCB Legal Conference, Frankfurt Am Main, 2 September 2019

Date 02/09/2019

In 1787, during the debates on adopting the US Constitution, James Madison stated that “[t]he circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money”. It’s telling that Madison chose to use public trust in money as the yardstick for trust in public institutions – money and trust are as inextricably intertwined as money and the state. Money is an “indispensable social convention” that can only work if the public trusts in its stability and acceptability and, no less importantly, if the public has confidence in the resolve of its issuing authorities to stand behind it, in bad times as well as in good.

ESMA Strengthens Liquidity Stress Tests For Investment Funds

Date 02/09/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its final guidance regarding liquidity stress tests of investment funds – applicable to both Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS). 

Ryozo Himino Appointed Chair Of The FSB’s Standing Committee On Supervisory And Regulatory Cooperation

Date 02/09/2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed Ryozo Himino, Vice Minister for International Affairs at the Japanese Financial Services Agency, as Chair of the FSB’s Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation (SRC), for a two-year term starting on 1 September 2019.

SET Urges Investors To Carefully Trade Stocks To Be Delisted

Date 02/09/2019

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has announced that a listed stock namely Energy Earth pcl (EARTH) will be delisted from SET effective September 20, 2019, as it failed to solve the problem concerning failure to submit financial statements by the deadline. EARTH will be allowed temporary trading for seven working days during September 11 - 19, 2019 before delisting.

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In August 2019

Date 02/09/2019

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in August 2019.

Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In August 2019

Date 02/09/2019

(1) Interest Rate Futures contracts

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 55,246 ( - 26.8% MoM / - 27.5% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 2,631 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume. 

Monetary Authority Of Singapore - Reply To Parliamentary Question On The European Commission’s Decision To Repeal The Equivalence Status For Singapore Credit Rating Agencies

Date 02/09/2019

Question:

Q3026. To ask the Prime Minister (a) what will be the impact of the withdrawal of market access rights to the European Union on our financial institutions; (b) what is the Government doing to mitigate the impact; and (c) how rigorous is our regulation of crediting ratings agencies as compared with that of the EU.

Bahamas International Securities Exchange Hurricane Closure

Date 02/09/2019

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange Limited (BISX) wishes to inform the public that due to the threat of Hurricane Dorian, BISX’s office was closed on Friday 30 August 2019 at 1 p.m. Given the unpredictable nature of hurricanes, BISX will remain closed until the hurricane passes.

ASIC’s Approach To Enforcement After The Royal Commission - A Speech By ASIC Commissioner Sean Hughes At 'Banking In The Spotlight': The 36th Annual Conference Of The Banking And Financial Services Law Association, Gold Coast, Queensland, 30 August 2019

Date 02/09/2019

Introduction

Thank you for inviting me to speak at your conference.

I welcome this opportunity to outline ASIC’s priorities, explain our strategic focus for 2020 and beyond and, where any misunderstandings exist, set the record straight. ASIC’s approach to enforcement after the Royal Commission is the title for this presentation and I promise not to disappoint you.