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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For February 28th 2020

Date 28/02/2020

A total turnover of 1.547 billion shares worth N24.263 billion in 21,646 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.499 billion shares valued at N17.907 billion that exchanged hands last week in 18,515 deals.

EBA Reviews Its RTS On Professional Indemnity Insurance For Mortgage Credit Intermediaries

Date 28/02/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on the review of the Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) specifying the minimum monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) or comparable guarantee for mortgage credit intermediaries. The EBA assessed the information obtained from national authorities, from a sample of intermediaries and through desk-based research and concluded that no amendments to the RTS are currently required.

SEC Awards More Than $7 Million To Whistleblower

Date 28/02/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $7 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance were critically important to the success of an enforcement action.  The whistleblower provided extensive and sustained assistance, such as identifying witnesses. 

EBA Updates List Of Institutions Involved In The 2020 Supervisory Benchmarking Exercise

Date 28/02/2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of institutions, which have a reporting obligation for the purpose of the 2020 EU supervisory benchmarking exercise. The EBA runs this exercise leveraging on established data collection procedures and formats of regular supervisory reporting and assists Competent Authorities in assessing the quality of internal approaches used to calculate risk weighted exposure amounts.

MiFID II: ESMA Makes Available The Results Of The Annual Transparency Calculations For Equity And Equity-Like Instruments

Date 28/02/2020

MNI Chicago Business Barometer February 2020 - Chicago Business Barometer™ Rises To 49.0 In February

Date 28/02/2020

The Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced withMNI, edged up 6.1 points in February to 49.0, thehighest level since August 2019. The index movedcloser to the 50-no-change-threshold, shifting thethree-month average up to 46.7.

CME Group Chief Financial Officer To Present At Raymond James Conference

Date 28/02/2020

CME Group announced today that John Pietrowicz, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Raymond James 41st Annual Institutional Investors Conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at 2:15 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee - January 2020

Date 28/02/2020

The UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee meets regularly to review and update the UK Money Markets Code.

EEX Final Settlement Prices For Financial Power Futures January 2020

Date 28/02/2020

Please find below the Final Settlement Prices for Financial Power Futures February 2020.

Contemporary Trends In Model Risk Management, By Saqib Jamshed, OCC Senior Vice President, Model Risk Governance

Date 28/02/2020

"Model risk still is an extremely important component of a firm's operational risk profile. It deserves the utmost attention at the C-suite level, the Board of Directors, and regulators."