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Shanghai Stock Exchange Held The Global Investors Conference 2019

Date 01/11/2019

Organized by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and supported by the Shanghai Municipal Financial Services Bureau, the "SSE Global Investors Conference 2019" was held in Shanghai on October 31. Attending the opening ceremony and delivering speeches were Wu Qing, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, and Huang Hongyuan, Chairman of the SSE. Also present at the conference and making remarks were the representatives of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), the National Council for Social Security Fund, the Shanghai Municipal Financial Services Bureau, the Securities Association of China, and the Asset Management Association of China as well as well-known market institutions from home and abroad. The conference also attracted the participation of the investment and trading business chiefs of nearly 300 domestic and overseas professional investment institutions.

B3: New Trading Hours – BM&F And BOVESPA Segments

Date 31/10/2019

Owing to the end of daylight saving time in the United States on November 03, 2019, B3 will change the trading hours for its exchange and organized OTC markets as of November 04, 2019, in accordance with timetables set out in the Annex to this Circular Letter 070-2019-PRE.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Europe Dashboard

Date 31/10/2019

• European equities ended October in positive territory, despite concerns about slowing economic growth in the Eurozone and continued Brexit uncertainty. 
• Progress in negotiations between the U.K. and E.U. lifted the pound sterling, which weighed on export-focused U.K. equities. 
• Bond yields ticked up across the board in Europe, pulling down European fixed income indices, while the European Central Bank held rates steady at its October interest rate policy meeting. 

Ontario Securities Commission Announces Financial Literacy Month Activities

Date 31/10/2019

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will mark Financial Literacy Month this November with a variety of activities designed to build the financial knowledge of Ontarians and highlight the importance of financial literacy.

IIROC Announces Crypto-Asset Working Group Members - Pan-Canadian Self-Regulator Takes Steps To Deepen Its Understanding Of Crypto Assets

Date 31/10/2019

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today announced the members of its new Crypto-Asset Working Group.

SEC Charges International Security-Based Swaps Dealer That Targeted U.S. Investors

Date 31/10/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged XBT Corp. SARL d/b/a First Global Credit, a Switzerland-based securities dealer, for offering and selling unregistered security-based swaps to U.S. investors using bitcoins and for failing to transact its swaps on a registered national exchange.

CFTC Charges Foreign Trading Platform For Failing To Register With The CFTC

Date 31/10/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Switzerland-based XBT Corp. SARL d/b/a First Global Credit (FGC) for its failure to register with the Commission as a futures commission merchant (FCM).

US Federal Agencies Announce Threshold For Smaller Loan Exemption From Appraisal Requirements For Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans

Date 31/10/2019

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans during 2020 will increase from $26,700 to $27,200.

US Federal Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds In Regulations Z And M For Exempt Consumer Credit And Lease Transactions

Date 31/10/2019

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) and Federal Reserve Board today announced the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) that will apply for determining exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2020. These thresholds are set pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amendments to the Truth in Lending Act and the Consumer Leasing Act that require adjusting these thresholds annually based on the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). If there is no annual percentage increase in the CPI-W, the Federal Reserve Board and the Bureau will not adjust this exemption threshold from the prior year. However, in years following a year in which the exemption threshold was not adjusted, the threshold is calculated by applying the annual percentage change in CPI-W to the dollar amount that would have resulted, after rounding, if the decreases and any subsequent increases in the CPI-W had been taken into account. Transactions at or below the thresholds are subject to the protections of the regulations.

ESMA Publishes Validation Rules And XML Schemas For SFTR Reporting

Date 31/10/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today further technical details for the reporting of Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) as required under the SFT Regulation (SFTR).