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US Federal And State Financial Regulatory Agencies Issue Interagency Statement On Supervisory Practices Regarding Financial Institutions Affected By Hurricane Idalia

Date 01/09/2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state financial regulators, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Idalia on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision. The agencies encourage institutions operating in the affected areas to meet the financial services needs of their communities.

NGX Emerges One Of The Best Performing Markets In Three Months

Date 01/09/2023

Despite concerns around the soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and weak macroeconomic indices, investors’ confidence in Nigeria’s stock market remained strong, leading to Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) emerging one of the best performing exchanges in Africa during a 3-month duration.

SIFMA Statement On SEC Order On New National Market System Plan

Date 01/09/2023

SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directing equity exchanges and FINRA to improve governance of market data plans:

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Market Report For September 1st, 2023

Date 01/09/2023

A total turnover of 2.866 billion shares worth N37.050 billion in 33,968 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.812 billion shares valued at N29.299 billion that exchanged hands last week in 31,163 deals.

CFTC Commissioner Mersinger To Participate In A Fireside Chat At The National Association Of Federal Equity Receivers Annual Conference

Date 01/09/2023

SEC Directs Equity Exchanges And FINRA To Improve Governance Of Market Data Plans

Date 01/09/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order directing the equity exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (the participants) to file a new national market system plan (NMS plan) to replace the three existing national market system plans that govern the public dissemination of real-time, consolidated equity market data for national market system stocks.

NSE Indices Fixed Income Index Dashboard For The Month Ended August 2023

Date 01/09/2023

Click here to download NSE's ' Fixed Income Index Dashboard' for the month ended August 2023.

BIS - Digital Safety Nets: A Roadmap

Date 01/09/2023

We show how new digital technologies can be used to improve safety nets for insurance against idiosyncratic and aggregate income risks, tailored to deal specifically with well-known obstacles to trade: limited commitment, moral hazard, unobserved states and payment transaction costs.

LSEG: Panama Canal Water Levels Are Likely To Remain Exceptionally Low For Months Despite Forecasted Short-Term Improvements - Record Year-On-Year Declines In Rainfall ‘Likely Culprit’ For Canal Drought

Date 01/09/2023

Isaac Hankes, Senior Weather Analyst at London Stock Exchange Group, comments:

“The Panama Canal is experiencing major, ongoing disruptions in the shipping supply chain due to restrictions on traffic related to very low water levels. This is the result of drought conditions that rapidly developed from the beginning of the year through June and have held steady since that time. In fact, 2023 is off to the driest start during January-July since 2015, which had a similar rainfall rate (see figure below). Furthermore, this represents a departure from a long-term wetter trend as reflected by data from 1981-present.

Statistics From Nasdaq Nordic Exchange August 2023

Date 01/09/2023

Monthly statistics including stock and derivative statistics;

• Volumes and Market cap
• Most traded companies
• Most active members
• Listings and member