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J.P. Morgan Successfully Joins Eurex GC Pooling As Pilot Client For Balance Sheet Netting

Date 28/01/2020

J.P. Morgan – one of the Eurex Partnership Program design partners and member of the new Repo Board Advisory Committee – has successfully completed onboarding for Eurex GC Pooling as a pilot client for balance sheet netting, a joint offering from Eurex Repo and Clearstream. This was a major step in rolling out additional balance sheet netting opportunities between the GC Pooling and Repo (GC & Special) market for Eurex Repo clients.

Refinitiv Pledges FX Brokerage To Support Australian Bushfire Relief Efforts - Refinitiv Brings Together The Global FX Community By Donating 100% Of Brokerage Fees From Global AUD Turnover For Three Full Trading Days To Bushfire Impacted Communities

Date 28/01/2020

Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, announced today they will donate 100% of brokerage fees from global AUD turnover for three full trading days from 9am Tuesday 4 February to 9am Friday 7 February (AEST) to a range of accredited Australian charities to support the volunteer firefighters and communities impacted by the recent bushfires.

VALK (Ex-Value On Chain) Partners With Archax To Facilitate End-To-End Digital Issuance And Listing Powered By Corda

Date 28/01/2020

This partnership sees two Corda clients join forces to enable financial institutions to issue and list digital assets on a UK-based exchange. The partnership will not only bring a liquidity venue and gateway to institutions working with VALK, but also provide Archax with a number of digital security offerings from the VALK ecosystem of established and regulated financial institutions.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Succeeds In Application To Upper Tribunal To Strike Out P.F. International’s Challenge To Regulatory Decision

Date 28/01/2020

One-Third Of UK Firms Had Their Data Stolen In The Past 12 Months, Kroll Data Reveals

Date 28/01/2020

• Kroll urges businesses to use Data Privacy Day to review their data and cyber security processes
• Kroll’s Global Fraud and Risk Report shows the rate of data theft from UK businesses is above the global average

Nigerian Stock Exchange Set To Launch Growth Board For High-Growth Companies

Date 28/01/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) is set to launch its Growth Board at The Exchange, Lagos on Wednesday, 29 January 2020.  The launch of the Growth Board provides issuers with the opportunity to leverage on the Exchange for listing, raising long term capital and facilitating liquidity in the trading of their shares.

Dubai Financial Services Authority To Become A Signatory To The IOSCO Enhanced Multilateral Memorandum Of Understanding: A First For The GCC

Date 28/01/2020

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) today announced that it had been accepted as a signatory to the IOSCO Enhanced Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (Enhanced MMoU).

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JWRV9

Date 28/01/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 28.01.2020, 10-18 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 106.71) and initial margins (up to 8.75 %) for the security RU000A0JWRV9 were changed. New values are available here

UK Financial Conduct Authority Requests Further Information About Overdraft Pricing From Firms

Date 28/01/2020

Over the past few days there has been significant comment about many headline overdraft rates, and in particular that major banks have aligned overdraft rates around 40 per cent.

HKEX Market Trading Arrangements

Date 28/01/2020

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) confirms that its markets will open as usual on Wednesday, 29 January 2020.