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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Revised Component Weight Percentage Of Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index

Date 02/04/2020

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (“TOCOM” or the “Exchange”) announced revised weightings of the Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index components, effective June 1, 2020, as indicated below.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Proposes Temporary Financial Relief For Customers Impacted By Coronavirus

Date 02/04/2020

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today proposed a range of targeted temporary measures designed as a stop-gap to quickly support users of certain consumer credit products who are facing a financial impact because of the exceptional circumstances arising from coronavirus. 

BMLL Selects EOSE To Bolster Distribution Of Their Derived Data Product - Collaboration Makes BMLL Derived Data Offering Available To Wider Market Audience

Date 02/04/2020

EOSE, provider of outsourced market data solutions, today announced that the firm has entered into an agreement with BMLL Technologies, the data engineering and analytics firm, to support the distribution of BMLL’s Derived Data offering to new customers and the industry at large. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange.Rolls Out New Measures To Reduce Enterprises’ Hedging Cost

Date 02/04/2020

DCE releases the “Notice on Adjustments to Price Limits and Trading Margins during 2020 Qingming Festival Holidays” on March 31. The preferential measures on hedging trading margins that have been long expected by the industry are issued in a low profile.

UK Government: Statement From HM Treasury And The Prudential Regulation Authority On The Implementation Of The Basel 3.1 Standards

Date 02/04/2020

HM Treasury and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) welcome the announcement made on 27 March by the Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), delaying the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards by one year.

ADX Achieves 93% In Disclosure Compliance Of The Annual Financial Statements 2019, For Public And Private Listed Companies

Date 02/04/2020

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it has succeeded in achieving a compliance rate 93% regarding the disclosure of the annual financial statements 2019 of its listed public joint stock companies and private listed Companies within the deadline of 90 days from the end of the financial period annual

SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendations In The U.S., The U.K. And Japan For Good Friday & the U.K. Easter Monday Holiday

Date 01/04/2020

SIFMA has confirmed its previous holiday recommendations for the U.S., the U.K., and Japan in observance of the Good Friday holiday.

American Financial Exchange® AMERIBOR® Benchmark Sets Monthly, Weekly And Daily Volume Records In March, Surpassing Levels Established In December 2019; Q1 2020 Volume Outpaces 4Q 2019 Levels By 13.3 Percent

Date 01/04/2020

The American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions, announced a monthly volume record of $55.829 billion during March, traded across all AFX products. This surpasses a previous monthly volume record of $46.695 billion set during the month of December 2019, marking a 19.6 percent increase.

Federal Reserve Board Announces Temporary Change To Its Supplementary Leverage Ratio Rule To Ease Strains In The Treasury Market Resulting From The Coronavirus And Increase Banking Organizations’ Ability To Provide Credit To Households And Businesses

Date 01/04/2020

To ease strains in the Treasury market resulting from the coronavirus and increase banking organizations' ability to provide credit to households and businesses, the Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced a temporary change to its supplementary leverage ratio rule. The change would exclude U.S. Treasury securities and deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the calculation of the rule for holding companies, and will be in effect until March 31, 2021.

U.S. Chamber Supports Calls For Tariff Relief

Date 01/04/2020

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant issued the following statement today on reports that the administration is considering tariff relief as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout:

“There’s never a bad time to embrace good policy, and tariff relief would provide some welcome breathing room for American businesses and consumers. Liquidity has emerged as one of the top challenges for businesses of all sizes, and tariff relief— like the tax relief provided in the CARES Act— would alleviate some of that strain."