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BIS: The Green Swan - Central Banking And Financial Stability In The Age Of Climate Change

Date 21/01/2020

Climate change poses new challenges to central banks, regulators and supervisors. This book reviews ways of addressing these new risks within central banks' financial stability mandate.

SGX Included In 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Date 21/01/2020

• Recognised for its high level of gender-related disclosure and efforts to advance gender equality
• 27% of SGX’s Board is represented by female directors, highest in the financial sector among the top 100 Singapore-listed companies

BIS: Central Bank Group To Assess Potential Cases For Central Bank Digital Currencies

Date 21/01/2020

The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have created a group to share experiences as they assess the potential cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their home jurisdictions. 

QSE Announces The Kick-Off Of Qatar Stock Exchange Financial Education Competition – 2nd Edition

Date 21/01/2020

Qatar Stock Exchange announces the closing of registration for its second annual Financial Education Competition for Universities, whose final ceremony will be held and its prizes will be presented on March 17, 2020.QSE is happy and proud to announce the participation of eight students’ teams from seven universities/colleges arranged according to registration dates as follows:

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Issues Restriction Notice To A Broker To Freeze Client Accounts Linked To Suspected Market Manipulation

Date 21/01/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a restriction notice to China Fund Securities Limited (CFSL), prohibiting it from dealing with or processing $170 million worth of assets held in six client accounts, which are related to suspected market manipulation in the shares of Hon Corporation Limited between November 2019 and early December 2019.

Central Bank Group To Assess Potential Cases For Central Bank Digital Currencies

Date 21/01/2020

The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have created a group to share experiences as they assess the potential cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their home jurisdictions.

Businesses Urged To Prepare Now For $4 Trillion Global Carbon Tax Bill To Tackle Climate Crisis

Date 21/01/2020

• Global economy faces $4 trillion tax gap if carbon taxes raised in line with IMF proposals to tackle climate crisis
• Up to 13% of revenues to be hit for companies with greatest exposure
• Refinitiv analysis of 3,000 publicly listed entities

BETTER FINANCE: European Proposal For Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) Disproportionately Targets EU Citizens Rather Than Financial Institutions

Date 21/01/2020

Back in 2013, BETTER FINANCE clearly expressed its support for a European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and its main stated objective “[of ensuring] that financial institutions make a fair and substantial contribution to covering the costs of the recent crisis… and to ring-fence the real economy, SMEs, households, etc.”.

Red Deer And Cappitech Partner To Offer A Complete Solution For MiFID II Reporting, Best-Execution Monitoring And MAR Compliance

Date 21/01/2020

Red Deer, the financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, and Cappitech, a leading provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, today announced a partnership to deliver a combined MiFID II and MAR compliance solution for investment managers.

Mirae Carries Out Second Engagement With Solactive, Releasing Three Additional Thematic ETFs Tracking The Development Of The Chinese Market

Date 21/01/2020

Despite increasing international uncertainties, China retained solid growth in 2019. According to the National Bureau of Statistics in China, the country is set to reach its economic growth target of 6% to 6.5% in 2019. With an expanding purchasing power throughout a growing middle class, Chinese companies are coming off as one of the winners of interlinking markets and increasing globalization. To allow investors to benefit from this development, Mirae Asset launches three distinct thematic ETFs tracking companies active in the provision of Clean Energy, the development of Electric Vehicles, and engaged in offering Consumer-Oriented goods and services, respectively.