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Eventus Wins Best In RegTech For Third Consecutive Year At 2022 Markets Media Markets Choice Awards

Date 05/05/2022

Eventus, a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, last night won the Markets Media Markets Choice Award for Best in RegTech for the third consecutive year. The award honors the firm that most helped capital markets firms comply with regulation.

Suade Collaborates With World Economic Forum On 'Regulatory Technology For The 21st Century' White Paper

Date 05/05/2022

The World Economic Forum's Global Future Council for Agile Governance has collaborated to produce a whitepaper called Regulatory Technology for the 21st Century. Suade, world leading RegTech provider and member of the World Economic Forum's Global Innovators community, is a long running member of the Global Future Council and contributed to this work. The whitepaper explores the application of new technology solutions to tackle regulatory governance, reporting, compliance, and risk management obligations.

Bank Of England: Asset Purchase Facility: Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme Sales Programme – Market Notice 5 May 2022

Date 05/05/2022

This Market Notice describes the Bank of England’s approach to planned sales of Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme assets. Further operational details will be announced in August ahead of the start of sales in September.

New Document From HANNUN About Its Listing On BME Growth

Date 05/05/2022

• It will become the third company to join this BME market in 2022

HKEX: Adjustment Of JD Structured Products, Futures And Options

Date 05/05/2022

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced the arrangements for the adjustment to JD.com Inc (JD) structured products, futures and options to account for JD’s special dividend issuance.

ESMA Publishes Latest Edition Of Its Newsletter

Date 05/05/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published its latest edition of its Spotlight on Markets Newsletter.

'Sharing My Screen Cost Me £48,000' – Half Of Investors Would Miss Signs Of Screen Sharing Scam As UK Financial Conduct Authority Warns Of 86% Increase

Date 05/05/2022

With over £25 million lost so far, the FCA launches its latest ScamSmart campaign aimed at raising awareness of increasingly sophisticated investment scam tactics:

LSEG To Launch New NDF Matching Venue In Singapore To Support Strong Demand From Asia Market

Date 05/05/2022

• NDF Matching provides market participants with greater choice in where they execute their NDF foreign exchange contracts
• New offering supports demand for more NDF Central Limit Order Book trading venues in Asia, including from LSEG’s network of over 5,000 FX Trading desktop users in the region
• Cleared settlement brings innovation to the FX market, including simplified credit management, lower costs, and easier adoption by non-bank participants
• Singapore location is optimal for minimising trading latencies across Asia

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Masterminds Behind The 2013 Penny Stocks Crash Convicted On Multiple Charges Of Market Manipulation And Cheating Of Financial Institutions

Date 05/05/2022

On 5 May 2022, Mr Soh Chee Wen (also known as John Soh), and Ms Quah Su-Ling (Quah) were convicted by the High Court for market manipulation and cheating offences involving an elaborate scheme to manipulate the shares of Blumont Group Ltd (Blumont), Asiasons Capital Ltd (Asiasons) and LionGold Corp Ltd (LionGold). Their conviction follows a trial of close to 200 days. Mr Soh and Ms Quah were convicted of a total of 180 and 169 charges respectively.

SGX RegCo - Regulator’s Column: Duties Of Directors Under The Listing Rules

Date 05/05/2022

Introduction

Good corporate governance is essential for the long-term and sustainable growth of a company. High standards of governance entail that companies put in place robust and appropriate structures, processes and people that consider the diverse interests of shareholders, customers, suppliers, regulators and other stakeholders. This is particularly important during the turbulent times of COVID-19, where directors and the executive management team work together to respond quickly to rapidly changing environments.