Hong Kong financial official Manda Chan: Hong Kong expects to launch a new investor program in mid-2024.

Norwegian shipping and logistics company Wallenius Wilhelmsen: Suspended all Red Sea route transportation.

Interim CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority: Without new powers, bank failures are more likely.

GBP/USD broke through 1.27, rising 0.46% on the day.

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS): The next few hours and days will determine the duration of the Red Sea shipping disruption.

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS): Red Sea transhipment will add delays and costs to the shipping industry.

ECB Supervisory Board Chairman Enria: We are worried that Russian banks will not be able to scrutinize their activities.

Enria, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank: Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, risk exposure to Russia has decreased by 47%.

Equinor has signed a long-term natural gas sales agreement with German natural gas importer Security Energy Europe (SEFE). Statoil will supply SEFE with 111 terawatt-hours of natural gas per year from January 1, 2024 to 2034, and can Option to continue supply for five years.

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority: Seeking changes to Pillar 2 capital assessment.

Kremlin: (On the new round of EU sanctions) We will look for ways to circumvent the sanctions. Sanctions on diamonds are foreseeable and we are prepared.

European Central Bank Supervisory Board Chairman Enria: Implementing leveraged loan capital surcharges on 8 banks.

Japan Cabinet Office: Business sentiment is improving. Japan maintained its existing view on the overall economy, saying it was recovering moderately despite recent stagnation in some areas.

The Japanese government raised its December business confidence outlook for the first time in two months.

Head of the Recovery and Resolution Department of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority: Resolution measures could have been launched on March 19, 2023.

Head of the Recovery and Resolution Department of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority: From a financial stability perspective, the AT1 bond fulfilled its functions on March 19, 2023.

Market news: Volkswagen will pay for discontinued German government subsidies for electric vehicles.

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority: Will not comment on the AT1 debt write-down case.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: There are indications that Russian troops have committed serious violations, including war crimes, in Ukraine. Russia has "seriously failed" in protecting Ukrainian civilians.

Head of Banking Supervision at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority: The Credit Suisse crisis was not due to the shortcomings of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.