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Tokyo Stock Exchange: TOYO SECURITIES CO.,LTD. Joins As A Broker To Provide Connection To RFQ Platform CONNEQTOR

Date 06/12/2022

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) launched the RFQ (Request For Quote) platform, CONNEQTOR, in February of last year with the aim of improving liquidity in the ETF market. We are pleased to announce that TOYO SECURITIES CO.,LTD. has joined as a broker to provide connectivity to CONNEQTOR. And they will also provide a service to use CONNEQTOR on behalf of institutional investors so that they can use the service by phone. This brings the total number of brokers with CONNEQTOR available to institutional investors to 17.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 06/12/2022

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (Morgan Stanley) as part of the second tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 7 October 2022:

Cowen Digital Continues International Expansion with Appointment Of Taylor Cable As Managing Director, Cowen Digital Europe

Date 06/12/2022

Cowen Digital LLC, the digital asset division of Cowen Inc., has announced the appointment of Taylor Cable as  Managing Director, Cowen Digital Europe. Cable, who is based in London, will lead Cowen Digital’s European and Asian activities.  

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Go Green With Fit-For-Gifting Notes And E-Hong Baos

Date 06/12/2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) strongly encourages members of the public to go green this coming Lunar New Year (LNY) by using “Fit-for-Gifting” currency notes (Fit notes) or e-hong baos, instead of new notes.

Japan Exchange Group: Awards Ceremony Held For The 3rd J-Quants Data Analysis Competition

Date 06/12/2022

In an effort to promote trading utilizing IT and data analysis, JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (JPXI) provides an environment for individuals interested in data science via its J-Quants project. As part of this effort, an awards ceremony was held online for the JPX Tokyo Stock Exchange Prediction data analysis competition held on Kaggle beginning in April 2022 (hereinafter "the Competition").

ADDX Fractionalises Venture Debt Fund By Innoven Capital – A Joint Venture Between Temasek Subsidiary Seviora And UOB - Fund Is Anchored By A US$50 Million Commitment From Seviora And UOB, And It Provides Investors A Combination Of Fixed Income And Equity Return, With Annual Cash Distributions

Date 06/12/2022

• ADDX Fractionalises Venture Debt Fund By Innoven Capital –
• A Joint Venture Between Temasek Subsidiary Seviora And UOB
• Fund Is Anchored By A US$50 Million Commitment From Seviora And UOB, And It Provides Investors A Combination Of Fixed Income And Equity Return, With Annual Cash Distributions

HKEX Remembers Former President Jiang Zemin

Date 06/12/2022

As a mark of deep respect for the late Former President Jiang Zemin, HKEX CEO Nicolas Aguzin led a group of senior executives to observe a three-minute moment of silence at HKEX Connect Hall at 10:00am today (Tuesday). HKEX also suspended all displayed data on its external screens at its Exchange Square offices during the three-minute moment of silence.

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report - November 2022

Date 06/12/2022

Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

• In November 2022, the average daily number of trades was down 13% on the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $6.077 billion was down 6% on the pcp. 
• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.6% in November, up 0.1% on pcp. 
• Future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in November was an average of 14.7, compared to 12.8 in the pcp.

TAIFEX And TIP Support The Launch Of The First Index Option Strategy ETN Tracking Taiwan Strategy Indices

Date 06/12/2022

Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) and Taiwan Index Plus (TIP) welcomed Yuanta Securities’ issuance of the first covered call ETN tracking one of the indices in the Taiwan Strategy Index series - the TIP TAIFEX TAIEX Covered Call OTM 5% Total Return Index (Covered Call Index). A total of 257,000 shares were traded on the first day of launch, marking it the market’s third most heavily-traded ETN in daily trading volume.

US Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Discusses Promoting Prudent Credit Risk Management And Diversity And Inclusion

Date 05/12/2022

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today discussed the importance of continued prudent credit risk management and diversity and inclusion, two important safety and soundness topics, at the RMA Risk Management and Internal Audit Virtual Conference. The Acting Comptroller highlighted benefits to banks from the Current Expected Credit Losses standard, and the importance of bank commitments to meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion at every organizational level.