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Japan’s Plan To Revisit Tech Goals Offers Opportunities For PE/VC Firms, Says GlobalData

Date 12/08/2020

Japan is renowned for technophilia. However, contrary to the general belief, Japan lags behind its Western peers. With digitization taking center stage in COVID-era, Japan is looking to close the gap. This could encourage domestic start-ups to work towards tech innovation in different fields, which in turn is expected to spur private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) funding activity, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Shanghai Gold Exchange: Notification On Further Market Risk Control

Date 12/08/2020

Affected by recent market uncertainties, the gold price and silver price continue great fluctuation in both directions. All members shall ensure risk contingency plans be in place. Please kindly remind your customers to properly manage the risk, raise risk awareness, make rational investment and position management.

Securities Commission Malaysia Grants M-REITs Temporary Increase In Gearing Limit

Date 12/08/2020

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) announced today that it will temporarily increase the gearing limit for Malaysian real estate investment trusts (M-REITs) from 50% to 60%, effective immediately, until 31 December 2022.

NZX Fully Operational - Announcement Re COVID-19

Date 12/08/2020

Following the Government’s announcement on 11 August 2020 that from midday today Greater Auckland City will go into COVID-19 Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand to Level 2, NZX confirms that its markets – as an essential service – will remain fully operational.

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: Guidelines For Financial Services Businesses And Staff Under COVID-19 Alert Level 2

Date 12/08/2020

Following the government announcement, for Financial Services, we will be moving to COVID-19 Lockdown level 2 at 23:59, 13 May. Until then, we remain at Level 3. Level 2 is about reducing the risk of transmission.

Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date July 31, 2020

Date 11/08/2020

At the end of the settlement date of July 31, 2020, short interest in 2,455 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 7,932,329,822 shares compared with 8,029,866,866 shares in 2,445 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 15, 2020. The end-of-June short interest represent 2.75 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.71 days for the prior reporting period.

B3: Individual Investors Now Have Access To Shares Of Companies Listed Abroad

Date 11/08/2020

Any type of investor can buy shares of companies listed abroad through unsponsored BDRs traded on B3, Brazil’s exchange. The flexibilization of this rule, which was recently approved by the Brazilian Securities & Exchange Commission (CVM), also opens the possibility for Brazilian companies that are publicly traded outside Brazil to trade their shares here.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 11/08/2020

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 31, 2020.

Federal Reserve Board Announces Revised Pricing For Its Municipal Liquidity Facility

Date 11/08/2020

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced revised pricing for its Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF). The revised pricing reduces the interest rate spread on tax-exempt notes for each credit rating category by 50 basis points and reduces the amount by which the interest rate for taxable notes is adjusted relative to tax-exempt notes.

FIA July 2020 SEF Tracker

Date 11/08/2020