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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 28/06/2019

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Tuesday, 2 July 2019, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows: 

Decisions Taken By The Governing Council Of The ECB (In Addition To Decisions Setting Interest Rates)

Date 28/06/2019

Market operations

Parameters of the third series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations

UBS MTF Market Notice Swiss Market Removal

Date 28/06/2019

Following the announcement of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance on June 24 (FDF prepared to activate measure to protect Swiss stock exchange infrastructure), and further to the UBS MTF notice of the same date, UBS MTF will remove all instruments issued by companies with registered offices in Switzerland which are listed on Swiss trading venues. This update will take effect from 1 July.

SGX To Report FY2019 Results On 31 July

Date 28/06/2019

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is reporting its results for Financial Year 2019 (FY2019) after the market closes on 31 July 2019.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore To Issue Up To Five Digital Bank Licences

Date 28/06/2019

New Chairs Of The UK Financial Conduct Authoritys Practitioner Panel And Markets Practitioner Panel Announced Today

Date 28/06/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority Chair, Charles Randell, has today announced the appointments of new Chairs for the FCAs independent Practitioner Panel and Markets Practitioner Panel.

Egbert Laege To Leave EEX Group At The End Of 2019

Date 28/06/2019

Dr Egbert Laege has asked the Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) not to extend the existing employment relationship for personal reasons by amicable and mutual agreement by the end of the current term of office.

Capital Markets Malaysia: Sabah-Based Corporations And MSMEs To Benefit From The Malaysian Capital Market’s Wide Investment And Financing Opportunities

Date 28/06/2019

Capital Markets Malaysia, an affiliate of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), hosted the inaugural Invest Borneo Forum in Kota Kinabalu today to generate greater awareness of capital raising and investment opportunities in the Malaysian capital market within the Sabahan business community.

CCP12 Welcomes The BCBS Publication Entitled “Leverage Ratio Treatment Of Client Cleared Derivatives”

Date 28/06/2019

On 26 June 2019, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) released a publication entitled "Leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives" (BCBS  publication). In the publication the BCBS agrees to revise the leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives with the standardised approach to measuring counterparty credit risk exposures (SA-CCR) used for risk-based capital requirements. In effect, this will allow banks initial margin and variation margin received from a client to offset the replacement costs and potential future exposures for client cleared derivatives provided such initial and variation margin is appropriately segregated. This revision will take effect 1 January 2022.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority And Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: Regulators Conclude Consultation On Annual Update To The List Of Financial Services Providers Under The Clearing Obligation For OTC Derivative Transactions

Date 28/06/2019

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued joint consultation conclusions on the annual update to the list of Financial Services Providers (FSP List) under the clearing obligation for OTC derivative transactions.