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ESG Book Data Now Available To Bloomberg Customers

Date 04/04/2023

ESG Book's data on corporate sustainability and emissions disclosures available on the Bloomberg Terminal and via Data License

valantic FSA Partners With dwpbank On Digital Assets Platform Launch

Date 04/04/2023

Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank), Germany's leading provider of securities services, has successfully launched the “wpNex” platform for digital assets and conducted a pilot transaction with crypto assets for retail customers.  The platform was developed with valantic FSA providing the underlying automation and integration technology. The launch of “wpNex” enables around 1200 banks and savings banks in Germany to develop opportunities to trade digital assets for themselves and their customers. The first component of the wpNex platform is an offer for trading cryptocurrencies, and the pilot transaction based on Bitcoin has been successfully completed. wpNex will be gradually expanded so banks and savings banks connected to dwpbank can include the regulated trading of other digital assets in their services for retail customers.

Edmond de Rothschild, EnTrust Global, Nomura And The Family Office Join DIFC To Tap Into Wealth Across Region

Date 04/04/2023

• DIFCs Wealth and Asset Management cluster now exceeds 300 companies

Six More Charged In Securities And Futures Commission And Police Joint Operation Against Sophisticated Ramp-And-Dump Syndicate

Date 04/04/2023

Six additional suspects – including key members and an alleged ringleader – were charged with various criminal offences following an earlier joint operation of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Police against a large-scale and sophisticated syndicate suspected of operating “ramp-and-dump” market manipulation.

Six More Charged In Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission And Police Joint Operation Against Sophisticated Ramp-And-Dump Syndicate

Date 04/04/2023

Six additional suspects – including key members and an alleged ringleader – were charged with various criminal offences following an earlier joint operation of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Police against a large-scale and sophisticated syndicate suspected of operating “ramp-and-dump” market manipulation.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Meets The Press On Listing Arrangements For The First Batch Of Companies Under Shanghai Stock Exchange And Shenzhen Stock Exchange Main Board Registration System

Date 04/04/2023

Q: On February 17, 2023, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) issued and implemented institutional rules on the comprehensive registration system reform. The first batch of companies under the main board registration system has obtained registration approval from the CSRC, and the issuance and listing work has been launched. When will the first batch of companies be listed?

Saxo’s Q2 2023 Outlook: The Fragmentation Game And The World Rebalancing Away From Western Dominance

Date 04/04/2023

Saxo, the online trading and investment specialist, has today published its Q2 2023 Quarterly Outlook for global markets, including trading ideas covering equities, FX, currencies, commodities and bonds, as well as a range of central macro themes impacting client portfolios. 

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 04/04/2023

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 through its corporate stockbroker Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citi) as part of the third tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 20 March 2023:

Dubai Financial Services Authority And Brunei Darussalam Central Bank Sign MoU To Boost Cooperation In Financial Supervision

Date 04/04/2023

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brunei Darussalam Central Bank to boost information exchange and cooperation between the two authorities.

The UAE Securities And Commodities Authority Issues A Decision Regulating Green And Sustainability-Related Bonds And Sukuk

Date 04/04/2023

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) issued a decision regulating green and sustainability-linked bonds and sukuk. The decision, issued by board chairman H.E. Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa, indicated that green bonds and sukuk are those whose proceeds are used entirely to finance or refinance, in part or in full, new or existing green and environmentally friendly projects. Sustainability-linked bonds and sukuk, on the other hand, are those that have financial or structural characteristics tied to the issuer’s key performance indicators (KPIs) and predefined sustainability objectives that are outlined in the issuance documentation.