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US Department Of Justice: Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers Delivers Remarks On The National Security Cyber Investigation Into North Korean Operatives - Justice Department Announces New Charges In United States V. Jon Chang Hyok, Kim Il, And Park Jin Hyok (CDCA)

Date 17/02/2021

Today, the Justice Department is announcing charges following a significant national security cyber investigation first disclosed publicly more than two years ago.

Acting CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Names Alicia L. Lewis Special Counsel

Date 17/02/2021

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam today announced that Alicia L. Lewis has rejoined his office as of yesterday and will serve as his Special Counsel. Lewis has served at the CFTC since 2009 and is the fourth African American in the CFTC’s history to hold such a role.

Nigerian Television Authority To Display Nigerian Stock Exchange Ticker Tape Across Its Network

Date 17/02/2021

Investors and viewers of the Nigerian Television Authority’s (NTA) stations will now be able to see the daily price information of securities trading on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange). This was announced at the digital Closing Gong Ceremony hosted by the NSE on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 to officially mark the broadcast of the NSE Daily Price Information known as the “Ticker Tape” across the NTA Network.

US Department Of Justice: Three North Korean Military Hackers Indicted In Wide-Ranging Scheme To Commit Cyberattacks And Financial Crimes Across The Globe - Indictment Expands 2018 Case That Detailed Attack On Sony Pictures And Creation Of Wannacry Ransomware By Adding Two New Defendants And Recent Global Schemes To Steal Money And Cryptocurrency From Banks And Businesses While Operating In North Korea, China

Date 17/02/2021

A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently market a blockchain platform.

ESMA: Episodes Of Very High Volatility In Trading Of Certain Stocks

Date 17/02/2021

Recent episodes have shown very high volatility in certain US stocks, linked to a significant accumulation of net short positions and concerted action by some retail investors, based on information shared on social media.

Eurex: The Italian Yield Curve And BTP Derivatives During Highly Volatile (COVID-19) Markets

Date 17/02/2021

How does one establish market continuity in times of a pandemic – that was the overall theme of a recently held webinar. The market experts Ashley Ball, Senior Fixed Income Trader at Mako Global, Dr. Luca Cazzulani, Co-Head of Strategy Research at UniCredit Bank Milan, Michelangelo Gigante, Head of Execution Desk at Eurizon Capital SGR, Andrea Stramentinoli, Head of Interest Rates Derivatives at Banca Akros S.p.A., Catherine Alexander, Fixed Income Sales at Eurex, and Jutta Frey-Hartenberger, Fixed Income ETD Product Design at Eurex tackled this topic with insightful presentations and opinions.

BIS - Debt Specialisation And Diversification: International Evidence

Date 17/02/2021

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We study the variation across firms' use of bond financing relative to financing through loan facilities and examine firm-level characteristics that may help explain such cross-firm financing variation. We contrast the debt specialisation and diversification of US firms with that of firms in Asia – a region with rapidly growing bond markets.

Liquidnet - Liquidity Landscape: One Month Post-Brexit

Date 17/02/2021

Click here to download Liquidnet’s recent Liquidity Landscape report which analyses the trading data from the first month following Brexiti.

Refinitiv Rolls Out MarketPsych ESG Analytics To Analyze Corporate Sustainability-Related News And Social Media In Near Real-Time - Institutional Investors, Governments, Regulators, Analysts To Benefit From Comprehensive Numerical ESG Insights On Companies And Countries

Date 17/02/2021

Building on its commitment to drive positive change through its data and insight, Refinitiv today announced the launch of MarketPsych ESG Analytics, a new analytics tool to provide numerical ESG insights on companies and countries based on news and social media monitoring.

QE As An Economic Policy Tool - What Does It Do And How Should We Use It? - Speech By Dave Ramsden, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor, Markets And Banking, Given At Peter Sinclair Town Hall Lecture, University Of Birmingham

Date 17/02/2021

We use quantitative easing to help boost spending and investment in the economy. Dave Ramsden explains more about how it works, why we use it and its relationship to government financing and climate change.