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ICE Expands Its Global Environmental Complex With The Launch Of UK Emissions Futures And Hosts First UK Emissions Auction

Date 19/05/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that it has launched ICE UK Allowance (“UKA”) Futures contracts and today hosted the first auction of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (“UK ETS”).

EZ2GO Ltd./Online Trading Platform capitalfx.co: BaFin Prohibits Unauthorised Deposit And Safe Custody Business And Unauthorised Contract Broking And Portfolio Management

Date 19/05/2021

In a notice dated 19 April 2021, BaFin ordered EZ2GO Ltd, based in Dominica, to immediately cease its unauthorised conduct of deposit and safe custody business and its unauthorised provision of contract broking and portfolio management.

Ringing Of Bell & Signing MoU With Ministry Of Immigration To Encourage Egyptians’ Abroad Investments In EGX

Date 19/05/2021

H.E. Dr. Nabila Makram, Egyptian Minister of Immigration & Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Farid, Executive Chairman of The Egyptian Exchange, Mr. Ahmed Samir, Economic Committee Deputy of the Parliament, Ms. Shaimaa Halawa, member of the Parliament for Egyptians’ abroad, and Ms. Hanan Wajdi, representing the coordination of parties youth and a number of leaders of the Egyptian Exchange participated in the ringing of bell ceremony held today to stimulate Egyptians’ Abroad Investment in the Egyptian Capital Market.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security VTBR

Date 19/05/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 19.05.2021, 16-03 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 0.041985) and initial margins (up to 17.5 %) for the security VTBR were changed. New values are available here

Transcend Launches First Enterprise-Wide CCP Connectivity And Optimization Solution - 23% Increase In Initial Margin Posted At Major CCPs Drives Demand For Digital Transformation Of Legacy CCP Margining Process

Date 19/05/2021

Transcend, a leading provider of inventory, funding and liquidity management and optimization solutions, expands its best-in-class solution suite with the launch of CCP Central. CCP Central is the first platform to connect and automate margin and collateral management activities across a global network of Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs).

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 19/05/2021

CCP NCC will set the following risk parameters on Securities market due to corporate actions:

Building Financial Market Resilience: From Diagnosis To Prescription - Speech By Jonathan Hall, Bank Of England, Financial Policy Committee Given At Cardiff Business School

Date 19/05/2021

Jonathan Hall examines several issues that caused the volatility in financial markets in March 2020. He then sets out possible ways to improve the resilience of these markets.

Intercontinental Exchange Makes Strategic Investment In BondLink - Provides Expanded Data And Analytics To The Municipal Bond Issuer Community

Date 19/05/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced it has made a strategic investment in BondLink, a financial technology company that provides cloud-based debt management software solutions to governments financing infrastructure in the $4 trillion municipal bond market. The Series B investment is designed to accelerate BondLink’s growth and product development, including providing a variety of ICE’s market-leading data sets to municipalities as they prepare to issue bonds.

ECB Review Sees Elevated Financial Stability Risks Due To Uneven Impact Of Pandemic

Date 19/05/2021

• Uneven economic impact of pandemic implies risks concentrated in specific sectors and countries
• Banks’ asset quality holding up, but profitability weak and potential for credit risk to worsen
• Disorderly corrections in financial market segments may affect non-banks that have large exposures to corporates with weak fundamentals

ICE Reports Record Futures Open Interest Of 47 Million Contracts Reflecting Depth Of Liquidity Across Asset Classes

Date 19/05/2021

• Record TTF Futures OI of more than 1.9 million
• Murban Futures at Record OI of 52,148