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SEC Announces Creation Of The Event And Emerging Risk Examination Team In The Office Of Compliance Inspections And Examinations And The Appointment Of Adam D. Storch As Associate Director

Date 28/07/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of the Event and Emerging Risks Examination Team (EERT) in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE). The EERT will proactively engage with financial firms about emerging threats and current market events and quickly mobilize to provide expertise and resources to the SEC's regional offices when critical matters arise.
ESMA Submits Opinion To European Parliament On 2018 Discharge Process

Date 28/07/2020

ESMA submitted an Opinion on the European Parliament’s (EP) observations made in the 2018 discharge process. The Opinion sheds light on concrete actions taken by ESMA, including in relation to supervisory fees for credit ratings agencies and trade repositories, establishing the Proportionality Committee, on investigating dividend arbitrage trading schemes.
Starting On November 2, 2020 And For The First Time - The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Launches A Central Blockchain Securities Lending Platform - This Innovative Platform Is The First Of Its Kind And Will Enable Capital Market Players Direct Lending Among All The Major Financial Instruments

Date 28/07/2020

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: TASE) announces the first-ever launch in Israel of a Central Blockchain Securities Lending Platform, an innovative and groundbreaking financial technology.
Confluence Unveils Fully Integrated Business Model And Innovative Solutions For Investment Management Industry’s Data Challenges - Award-Winning Global Technology Solutions Provider Announces Unified, Broader Range Of Products Following Its 2019 Acquisition Of StatPro

Date 28/07/2020

Confluence Technologies, Inc. (“Confluence”), a global technology solutions provider delivering innovative products to the investment management industry, announced today the completed integration of the former StatPro Group plc and its cloud-based portfolio analytics, asset data services and data management solutions.
Opening Statement On Press Call Regarding SEC Ongoing Efforts To Protect Teachers’ Retirement Savings, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, July 28, 2020

Date 28/07/2020

This morning, I opened a press conference regarding the Enforcement action against Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. with the following personal remarks:

Thank you all for joining us this morning to discuss this important matter. I will post more extensive remarks on our website regarding our broader efforts to protect the retirement savings of our teachers. I’m kicking off this call to highlight three points:

First, Our Teachers Initiative, which we announced about a year ago. It is an important aspect of our efforts to focus enforcement and investor education resources where they are needed and will have the greatest impact – we have at least 800,000 teachers who participate in defined contribution plans with a total of over $1 trillion in assets;

IaaS Provider Worldstream Eyes Further International Expansion With New CEO

Date 28/07/2020

Worldstream, a fast-growing global Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider with more than 15,000 dedicated servers installed in its company-owned data centers in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands, has hired Ivo Roomer (47) as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Roomer has many years of leadership experience in this industry, including at Eurofiber Group, Leaseweb and Easynet. He succeeds Lennert Vollebregt (33), one of the founders of Worldstream, effective as of September 1, 2020. Mr. Vollebregt will remain closely involved as a shareholder and will be serving on the new Advisory Board to be set up.
ESMA Updates Transparency Opinions For 3rd Country Venues

Date 28/07/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has updated the list of third-country venues (TCTV) in the context of the opinion on post-trade transparency under MiFIR, following new requests from the industry.
Federal Reserve Board Announces An Extension Through December 31 Of Its Lending Facilities That Were Scheduled To Expire On Or Around September 30

Date 28/07/2020

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced an extension through December 31 of its lending facilities that were scheduled to expire on or around September 30. The three-month extension will facilitate planning by potential facility participants and provide certainty that the facilities will continue to be available to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swiss Stock Exchange: Managing Reference Data As Volatility Grips

Date 28/07/2020

As equity and bond markets tumbled amid the Covid-19 volatility, structured products were actively used and intensively traded to manage the portfolios during this challenging time.
DASH Named Best Algorithmic Trading Provider In Waters Rankings - Win In WatersTechnology’s Signature Award Series Is The Fifth Of The Year For DASH

Date 28/07/2020

DASH Financial Technologies, the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider, today announced it has been named “Best Algorithmic Trading Provider” in WatersTechnology’s annual Waters Rankings awards. In recent months, DASH’s executed listed options market share has neared 20 percent, with the majority of that flow being handled by SENSOR™, the firm’s highly customizable, multi-asset algorithmic execution and routing suite.