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Bitcoin Price Commentary From Paolo Ardoino, CTO At Bitfinex: “The Dawn Of The Next Great Crypto Bull Run May Be Upon Us."

Date 17/11/2020

CFTC Selects Nakamoto Terminal as Winner of Agency’s First Science Prize Competition - Company Also Named CFTC’s Innovator Of The Year For Its Science Prize Competition Submission

Date 17/11/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Nakamoto Terminal (NTerminal), a data platform developer based in Washington, D.C., as the winner of Project Streetlamp, the CFTC’s first competition under the Science Prize Competition Act of 2015. As part of the competition, NTerminal also received the CFTC’s first Innovator of the Year award in recognition of its successful submission. Both announcements were made during today’s Empower Innovation 2020 virtual session.

Testimony On “Oversight Of The Securities And Exchange Commission”, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Washington D.C., Nov. 17, 2020, Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Date 17/11/2020

Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown and Senators of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about the work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission or agency).[1]  I am honored to discuss the great work of the women and men of the SEC over the past year in furtherance of our tripartite mission of protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitating capital formation. 

BIS: Bargaining Power And The Phillips Curve: A Micro-Macro Analysis

Date 17/11/2020

Summary

Focus

The relationship between inflation and economic activity has apparently weakened in recent years. We ask how trends in workers' bargaining power may have played a role.

ACER Publishes Its New REMIT Quarterly And Open Letter On Data Quality

Date 17/11/2020

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) publishes today the 22nd edition of its REMIT Quarterly. Covering the third quarter of 2020, this edition provides an update on the largest ever REMIT fine, which is also the first sanction for breach of market manipulation in the form of deception. Another market manipulation sanction is presented in relation to the ascending clock auctions for the long-term gas transmission capacity allocation in the EU. This edition also highlights an upcoming hydrogen energy wholesale market and its importance in the decarbonisation of the European energy sector.

55 Leading International Asset Owners And Asset Managers Ask Companies To Use SASB Standards

Date 17/11/2020

The Investor Advisory Group (IAG) of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)  today issued an updated statement  calling on companies to use SASB Standards in disclosures to investors.

CME Group Announces Launch Of New Implied Volatility Indexes - First CVOL Offerings To Include 10-Year Treasury Note And G5 FX Currency Pair Indexes

Date 17/11/2020

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it began daily publication of a suite of new implied volatility benchmark indexes based on its innovative, proprietary CME Group Volatility Index (CVOL™) methodology. Beginning with eight implied volatility indexes on its 10-Year Treasury Note futures and G5 FX currency pair futures, the CVOL family of indexes will be expanded to include benchmarks across all major asset classes in the first half of 2021.

The Potential Long-Term Effects Of Covid - Speech By Dave Ramsden, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor For Markets & Banking, Given At The Institute For Policy And Engagement, University Of Nottingham

Date 17/11/2020

Overview

Dave Ramsden looks at the impact of the Covid pandemic on the UK economy. He examines what the long-term effects are and how the economy is likely to respond.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JUG98

Date 17/11/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 17.11.2020, 17-47 (MSK) the lower bound of the price band (up to 93.25) and initial margins (up to 11.25 %) for the security RU000A0JUG98 were changed. New values are available here

Freight Investor Services To Begin Coverage Of Four Pulp And Paper Futures Contracts - China-Focussed Contracts Enable Traders And Hedgers To Access Fresh Liquidity With Exchange And Index Settlement

Date 17/11/2020

Freight Investor Services, the leading broker of freight and commodities futures and options, is supporting traders wishing to take advantage of the cash-settled pulp and paper contracts offered by NOREXECO clearing against the Shanghai Futures Exchange final delivery settlement price and Fastmarkets FOEX.