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ACER Publishes Its Latest Report On How Electricity Network Tariffs Are Set In Europe

Date 02/02/2023

What is it about?

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators' (ACER’s) report on electricity transmission and distribution tariff methodologies reviews the national practices across the EU Member States and Norway.

EGX: Lists Of Securities Eligible or Specialized Activities (Feb. 2023)

Date 02/02/2023

Within the framework of EGX periodical review for companies eligible for specialized activities; Same Day Trading, Margin Trading and Short Selling, as per EGX Chairman Decrees No. 618 for the year 2020, No. 620 for the year 2020, No. 622 for the year 2020 & No. 623 for the year 2020, lists of Securities eligible for specialized activities (as of February 5, 2023) are amended as follows: (attached detailed lists) 

Non-Jordanian Ownership In Companies Listed On The Amman Stock Exchange Reached 48.0%, Of Which 36.9% For Institutional Investors

Date 02/02/2023

Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in January 2023 was JD22 million, representing 11.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD26.1 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in January 2023 showed a negative value of JD4.1 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD5 million during the same month of 2022. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Financial Watchdog Proposes To Ban Debt Packager Referral Fees To Protect Consumers

Date 02/02/2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to push ahead with proposals to ban debt packager firms from receiving referral fees from debt solution providers, following further analysis of the market.

FIA Announces 2023 Hall Of Fame Honorees

Date 02/02/2023

FIA has announced the induction of 12 new members to the FIA Hall of Fame. The new members will be honored at an awards ceremony during FIA's annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 15. 

CryptoUK Welcomes His Majesty's Treasury’s Cryptoasset Regulatory Regime Consultation Paper And Financial Promotion Exemption Plans

Date 02/02/2023

CryptoUK, the trusted voice of the UK crypto industry, has welcomed His Majesty’s Treasury’s (HMT) long-awaited Future Financial Services Regulatory Regime for Cryptoassets consultation paper and its policy statement which includes a proposed “bespoke exemption” for cryptoasset businesses promoting financial products.

TMP Group S.p.A. Lists On Euronext Growth Milan

Date 02/02/2023

• 2nd listing of 2023 on Euronext Growth Milan

• TMP Group S.p.A. brings the total number of companies listed on Euronext Growth Milan to 192

• 2nd listing on Euronext in 2023

• Total placement volume of the offering equal to €4.7 million

FIA, ISDA, AIMA And EFAMA Publish Statement On The EC’s Proposed Amendments To EMIR

Date 02/02/2023

FIA, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) have published the following statement in response to the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation to make derivatives clearing in the EU more attractive, known as EMIR 3.0.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – January 2023

Date 02/02/2023

• GPW Main Market Electronic Order Book[1] equities turnover value decreased by 3.5% YoY to PLN 26.5 billion
• Index futures turnover volume increased by 21.8% YoY to 690,700 contracts
• Bonds EOB turnover value on Catalyst decreased by 3.2% YoY to PLN 439.4 million
• ETF turnover value increased by 6.3% to PLN 108.4 million
• Electricity turnover volume decreased by 1.8% to 12.5 TWh
• Natural gas turnover volume decreased by 23.9% YoY to 13.9 TWh

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 02/02/2023

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 from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (Morgan Stanley) as part of the second tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 7 October 2022: