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CME Group Declares Quarterly Dividend

Date 03/02/2022

CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a first-quarter dividend of $1.00 per share, an 11% increase from the prior level of $0.90 per share. The dividend is payable March 25, 2022, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2022.

Intercontinental Exchange Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2021 - 16th Consecutive Year Of Record Revenues

Date 03/02/2022

• 2021 net revenues of $7.1 billion, +18% y/y
• 2021 GAAP diluted EPS of $7.18, +90% y/y
• 2021 adj. diluted EPS of $5.15, +17% y/y
• Record 2021 operating income of $3.4 billion, +14% y/y; Record adj. operating income of $4.2 billion, +18% y/y
• 2021 operating margin of 48%; adj. operating margin of 58%
• Record annual operating cash flow of $3.1 billion, +8% y/y; Record free cash flow (FCF) of over $2.8 billion, +17% y/y
• Announces first quarter 2022 dividend of $0.38/share; an increase of 15% y/y

Bank Of England: Bank Rate Increased To 0.5% - February 2022: Monetary Policy Summary And Minutes Of The Monetary Policy Committee Meeting

Date 03/02/2022

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 2 February 2022, the MPC voted by a majority of 5-4 to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 0.5%. 

Atrys Health To Start Trading On The Stock Exchange As Of 7 February - It Was Listed On BME Growth In July 2016

Date 03/02/2022

Next Monday, February 7th, the shares that make up the stock capital of Atrys Health, listed on BME Growth, will be traded on the stock exchange, following the approval by the Spanish securities market supervisor (CNMV). The shares will be traded under the code "ATRY".

LCH SwapAgent Completes First EUR Swaption Trade Under AFB/FBF

Date 03/02/2022

• Natixis CIB and Crédit Agricole CIB were the counterparties to the first SwapAgent trade under the French law FBF/AFB master agreement  
• 33 counterparties have processed over $3.7 trillion in notional volume on LCH SwapAgent since launch
• LCH SwapAgent offers standardisation, efficiency and simplicity in the bilateral derivatives market

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 03/02/2022

The following risk parameters will be changed:

ESMA Report Highlights Liquidity Concerns For Alternative Investment Funds

Date 03/02/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities regulator, today publishes its fourth annual statistical report on the Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) sector. The report covers the 30 members of the European Economic Area (EEA30) and shows that the sector increased by 8% in 2020 to EUR 5.9trn in net assets from EUR 5.5trn in 2019

Management Change At Boerse Stuttgart Cats GmbH: - Dierk Schaffer Joins Management Board Of Boerse Stuttgart Cats GmbH

Date 03/02/2022

Dierk Schaffer (48) was appointed Managing Director as of January 1, 2022. He is responsible for Market Risk and Control at the investment firm alongside Michael Görgens, who has been Managing Director for Markets and Services since August 2018. Michael Jaeggi will step down from the Management Board at the end of the first quarter of 2022 and focus on his duties at Boerse Stuttgart Group, Boerse Stuttgart GmbH and EUWAX AG.

Pirum Launches Its New RepoConnect Product

Date 03/02/2022

Pirum, a globally-recognised leader in securities finance automation, has launched its new RepoConnect product for the US and International markets.

Non-Jordanian Ownership In Companies Listed On The Amman Stock Exchange Reached 48.1%, Of Which 37.2% For Institutional Investors

Date 03/02/2022

Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in January 2022 was JD11.2 million, representing 9.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD16.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in January 2022 showed a negative value of JD5.0 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD1.7 million during the same month of 2021.