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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Held The 4th Session Of Public Company Open House Program For Foreign Investors

Date 17/04/2014

The 4th session of Public Company Open House Program for foreign investors has been held in Hangzhou by Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) recently. Representatives from about 30 foreign institutional investors visited Hangzhou Century, SW-TECH, D.A. Diagnostics, Dali Technology, Beingmate, Songcheng Tourism, 6 companies listed on the SME Board or the ChiNext Board. Investors got to learn about the operation of the companies on-spot and exchange in-depth views on the strategic plan and the industries prospect with the senior managements of the companies. During the activity, representatives from SZSE presented to the foreign investors on the development of SZSE, investor relation management services, for example, ‘Easy IR’, and answered the questions the foreign investors interested in.

NASDAQ OMX Expands London Presence

Date 17/04/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has expanded its London business  to new, larger premises as the Group's presence in the capital continues to grow.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority: Tribunal Upholds £80,000 Fine For Broker Who Lied About Income And Used Falsified Payslips In Mortgage Application

Date 17/04/2014

The Upper Tribunal (Tribunal) has upheld the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to impose a financial penalty of £80,000 on Amir Khan, director of Sovereign Worldwide Limited (Sovereign), for dishonestly submitting false income details to a mortgage lender in a personal mortgage application.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 17 April, 2014

Date 17/04/2014

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading Report for the week ending 17th April, 2014.

First Db X-Trackers ETF On Indonesian Government Bonds Launched On Xetra

Date 17/04/2014

A new db x-trackers bond index fund from the ETF section of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Thursday.  

London Stock Exchange Welcomes Seplat To The Main Market

Date 17/04/2014

• First Nigerian company to simultaneously dual list equity shares in London and Nigeria
• IPO raises $500 million (82.5b Naira), valuing Seplat at about $1.9 billion
• Seplat Chairman, Dr. A.B.C. Bryant Orjiako opens London trading

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Bans Partners Of Firm That Failed To Consider Customer SIPP Suitability

Date 17/04/2014

Andrew Rees and Timothy Hughes, partners at 1 Stop Financial Services (1 Stop), have been banned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from performing any significant influence function in relation to any regulated activity. Mr Rees and Mr Hughes had advised customers to switch into self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs), which enabled those customers to invest in unregulated and often high risk products, regardless of whether those products were suitable for the customers. 1 Stop has now ceased trading and has applied to cancel its FCA permissions.

HKEx Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 17/04/2014

Updated:  17/04/2014

RN Holding Prefs To Be Removed From Moscow Exchange Indices

Date 17/04/2014

RN Holding prefs will be removed from Moscow Exchange"s Broad Market Index, Second Tier Index, and Oil & Gas Index on 21 April due to trading in them being suspended. The suspension is due to the planned share buyback, and is in accordance with clause 84.8 of the law On Joint Stock Companies.

Platts: Spot LNG Prices For May Delivery Dropped 11.8% On Low Demand - On A Year-Over-Year Basis, May LNG Prices Rose Nearly 1%

Date 17/04/2014

Prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for May delivery to Asia fell 11.8% to an average $15.559 per million British thermal units (/MMBtu) as the market continued to cool off ahead of the summer peak demand season, according to the latest Platts Japan/Korea Marker (JKM) for month-ahead delivery. The data reflects the daily Platts JKM for May assessed between March 17 and April 15, expressed as a monthly average.