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Shanghai Stock Exchange Releases Guidelines For Interim Report On Infrastructure REITs To Improve The Information Disclosure System In Line With REITs Product Characteristics

Date 27/10/2023

On October 27, 2023, under the guidance of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) released the Guidelines No. 5 for the Application of Rules on Publicly Offered Infrastructure Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - Interim Report (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines for Interim Report). As a specific measure implemented by the SSE to comply with the CSRC's Notice on Further Promoting the Normalized Issuance of Infrastructure Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Funds, this release aims to further enhance the existing rule system for REITs with a focus on regulating assets. By improving the timeliness, effectiveness, and standardization of information disclosure, the guidelines effectively urge market participants of infrastructure REITs to fulfill their responsibilities.

Shanghai Gold Exchange Yu Wenjian Participates In The London Bullion Market Association Global Precious Metals Conference And Delivers A Speech

Date 27/10/2023

Recently, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Global Precious Metals Conference was held in Barcelona, Spain. Over 850 representatives from central banks, major global commodity exchanges, financial institutions, and gold production and consumption enterprises attended the conference. They conducted in-depth discussions on topics such as the development trends of the global precious metals market, product innovation, risk management, and the construction of responsible systems.

SGX Securities Welcomes Niks Professional Ltd To Catalist

Date 27/10/2023

SGX Securities is pleased to welcome Niks Professional Ltd to Catalist under the stock code “NPL”.

Marubeni Power Retail Corporation And JPX Market Innovation & Research Sign Virtual Power Purchase Agreement - The First Third-Party Ownership-Model VPPA In Japan To Use Used Solar Panels

Date 27/10/2023

Marubeni Power Retail Corporation (MPR) (President & CEO: Suda Akira; Head Office; Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), a consolidated subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, and JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (JPXI) (President & CEO: Miyahara Koichiro; Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo), a consolidated subsidiary of Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX), have signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to trade Non-FiT Non-Fossil Certificates derived from solar power generation. Some of the solar panels are supplied by Rexia Corporation (President: Wakayama Minako; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), an affiliate of Marubeni Corporation. This will be the first third-party ownership-model VPPA in Japan that utilizes used solar panels (according to Rexia).

Cboe Global Markets Announces Increase In Share Repurchase Authorization - Declares Fourth-Quarter 2023 Dividend

Date 26/10/2023

• Increases share repurchase authorization by $250 Million
• Quarterly cash dividend of $0.55 per share

ISDA Annual Legal Forum, October 26, 2023, Welcoming Remarks, Katherine Tew Darras, General Counsel, ISDA

Date 26/10/2023

Good morning and welcome to the Annual Legal Forum. Thank you for being with us today, and special thanks to all of our speakers and sponsors.

The EBA Issues Opinion On A Measure To Address Macroprudential Risk Following A Notification By The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Date 26/10/2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an Opinion following the notification by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen, of its intention to extend for another two-year period a measure originally introduced in 2018 to ensure that banks remain resilient and can withstand a potentially severe downturn in the housing market without restricting the supply of credit.

CFTC Commissioner Johnson To Deliver a Keynote Address At The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank

Date 26/10/2023

BIS: Dealer Capacity And US Treasury Market Functionality

Date 26/10/2023

We investigate the dynamics of liquidity in the US Treasury market. In particular, we focus on the relationship between yield volatility and Treasury market illiquidity and highlight how limited dealer intermediation capacity worsens market illiquidity beyond yield volatility, but only at high levels of dealer balance sheet utilisation, as in March 2020.

BIS: International Portfolio Frictions

Date 26/10/2023

Regulated financial institutions like banks and insurers have high demand for government bonds, for a variety of reasons. Yet the total supply of government debt in Europe, especially from countries with lower interest rates, is much smaller than the size of this segment of the financial sector. European insurance companies and pension funds (ICPF) and banks cannot all hold safe government bonds without pushing down the yields significantly, so they have to tilt their portfolios towards other securities, notably corporate bonds. This paper sheds new light on the global asset allocation of European banks and insurers.