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U.K. Financial Conduct Authority Announces Cessation Of One And Six Month “Synthetic” Sterling LIBOR At The End Of March 2023

Date 29/09/2022

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to require ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) to continue to publish 1- and 6-Month “synthetic” sterling LIBOR settings until March 31, 2023.

The Semi-Annual Review Results For Qatar Stock Exchange Indices Will Be Effective From October 2, 2022

Date 29/09/2022

Qatar Stock Exchange announces that the review results for all Qatar Stock Exchange indices will be effective from October 2, 2022.

Russell Investments Selects ACA Group’s ARRMA Service To Enhance Regulatory Reporting

Date 29/09/2022

ACA Group (ACA), the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services, today announced that Russell Investments has selected ACA’s ARRMA (ACA Regulatory Reporting Monitoring & Assurance) service to help manage its transaction reporting arrangements. ACA has provided MiFIR assurance reviews for Russell Investments since May 2021 and the partnership has now been extended to include EMIR reporting as well.

DBS Accelerates Market Integrity Efforts Leveraging Nasdaq Surveillance Technology - Cloud-Based Surveillance Technology From Nasdaq To Underpin Dbs’ Market Abuse Detection Efforts

Date 29/09/2022

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and DBS, a leading financial services group in Asia and Southeast Asia’s largest bank, announced today that DBS will leverage Nasdaq Trade Surveillance technology to advance its surveillance and market integrity efforts. Nasdaq’s Trade Surveillance solutions will enable DBS to enhance its abilities to analyze comprehensive market abuse surveillance scenarios and patterns and detect trading anomalies across equities and derivatives markets as well as OTC FX markets.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces Decision On Cessation Of 1- And 6-Month Synthetic Sterling LIBOR At End-March 2023

Date 29/09/2022

Publication of 1- and 6-month synthetic sterling LIBOR will be required until end-March 2023, after which these settings will permanently cease.

The Amman Stock Exchange Index Quarterly Review

Date 29/09/2022

Mr. Mazen Wathaifi the Chief Executive Officer of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) said that the ASE has conducted the periodic quarterly review of the ASE indices constituents in purpose of ensuring that these indices reflect the market performance and the trading activity of the listed companies. By this rebalancing, the activity of listed companies in regard to trading during the last quarter has been reviewed. After that, the ASE has conducted its screening process for all listed companies based on the criteria used by the ASE represented by full market capitalization of the companies and the number of trading days during last quarter.

BCBS-CPMI-IOSCO Finalise Analysis Of Margining Practices During The March 2020 Market Turmoil

Date 29/09/2022

• Global standard setters publish a report on margin practices, highlighting the need for further policy work. 
• The report presents a data-driven analysis examining margin calls in March and April 2020 and the extent to which market participants were prepared to meet them. 
• The report recommends further policy work in six areas.

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Financial Watchdog Warns Insurers To Protect Customers’ Wellbeing During Cost Of Living Squeeze

Date 29/09/2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is concerned that as pressure mounts on household budgets some customers may cut-back on the insurance they need, leaving them without protection.

ITRS Group Warns Firms Not To Delay In Implementing Plans To Meet EU Operational Resilience Requirements DORA

Date 29/09/2022

Two years since the European Commission first published its Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in response to a spate of widespread system outages and cyber threats in the financial services sector, the final vote on it coming into full force is expected imminently.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Launches Pab-Aligned Biodiversity ETF

Date 29/09/2022