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UK Financial Conduct Authority Bans Paul Steel For Unsuitable Defined Benefit Transfer Advice With £850k To Be Paid In Redress

Date 04/07/2023

The FCA has banned Paul Steel of Estate Matters Financial Ltd (EMF) from working in financial services. 

ACER Consultation Is Open: Methodology For Electricity Intraday Capacity Calculation In The Core Region

Date 04/07/2023

In April, ACER received two proposals for amendments to the electricity intraday capacity calculation methodology in the Core region.

Liquidity Resilience Achievable For Any Market Scenario With Cassini Analytics

Date 04/07/2023

Internationally, increased volatility and market instability have driven liquidity risk to extremes, resulting in many companies seeing the cost of derivatives and margin exponentially increase and, in extreme cases, defaulting on their positions. In May this year, BCBS-CPMI-IOSCO published its report on margin impact on CCPs (centrally cleared commodities), finding that these are sensitive to the impact on margin calls, with some companies adjusting their stress testing approach accordingly. Cassini Systems (Cassini), the front-to-back margin analysis solution for derivative users, is announcing today that it has won the Best Analytics Solution category in this year’s WatersTechnology Asia awards.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – June 2023

Date 04/07/2023

• GPW Main Market Electronic Order Book equities turnover value increased by 40.2% YoY to PLN 24.9 billion
• Index futures turnover volume increased by 22.9% YoY to 907,700 contracts
• ETF turnover value increased by 40.3% YoY to PLN 86.8 million
• Electricity turnover volume increased by 2.0% YoY to 13.0 TWh
• Natural gas turnover volume decreased by 30.1% YoY to 7.7 TWh

The World Federation Of Exchanges Opens Registration For Market Infrastructure Certificate Programme

Date 04/07/2023

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, today opened registration for the new Market Infrastructure Certificate programme, the first and only one of its kind, which aims to educate the next generation of financial services leaders globally.

AllianceBernstein Expands Presence In The Middle East With New Office In Dubai International Financial Centre - Leading Global Investment Firm Secures DFSA Licence To Locally Service And Advise Clients

Date 04/07/2023

AllianceBernstein L.P. (AB), a leading global investment firm with nearly USD700 bn in assets under management, today announced that it has been granted a Category 4 Licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of financial services conducted in or from Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). AB is the latest of an influx of global asset management firms to open regional offices in DIFC, the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 04/07/2023

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange through its corporate stockbroker Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citi) as part of the third tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 20 March 2023:

UAE Securities And Commodities Authority Takes Part In IOSCO’s 48th Annual Meeting

Date 04/07/2023

A delegation from the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), led by its chief executive officer H.E. Dr. Maryam Butti Al Suwaidi, took part in the 48th annual meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) hosted by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission in Bangkok. The meeting brought together an elite group of officials from capital market supervisory agencies and senior financial and economic experts. 

Third Annual Nationwide Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Virtual Trading Challenge

Date 04/07/2023

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia Derivatives” or “the Exchange”) will be hosting its third annual nationwide Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Virtual Trading Challenge (“DVTC”). The trading challenge, which will run from 1 August to 30 August 2023, seeks to cultivate millennials and undergraduates’ interest in the Malaysian derivatives market by offering a unique hands-on learning experience in derivatives trading.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Deals With 58 Cases Of Abnormal Trading In June 2023

Date 04/07/2023

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) continues to investigate and handle abnormal trading activities and violations for the purposes of performing front-line market supervision responsibilities, regulating futures trading activities, preventing and mitigating market risks and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of market participants. In June 2023, 58 cases of abnormal trading were investigated and handled.