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BME Launches 4 New Indices That Eliminate Dividend Risk

Date 28/04/2022

• The new IBEX family indices replicates the performance of the IBEX 35® total return and discounts the dividends by a constant (decrement) on an annual basis.
• This type of indices is often used as underlying for various structured products.

Reactive Markets Adds 15 FX Liquidity Providers To Switchboard - Switchboard Provides Access To Leading FX Liquidity, Including 8 Of The Top 10 Euromoney FX Banks

Date 28/04/2022

Reactive Markets, provider of Switchboard, the cutting-edge cross-asset trading and price streaming network, today announced that clients can now access 15 top tier FX Liquidity Providers (LPs), which include 8 of the top 10 Euromoney FX LPs.

Indian Startups Raise US$9.2bn VC Funding In Q1 2022, Finds GlobalData

Date 28/04/2022

A total of 505 venture capital (VC) funding deals were announced in India during Q1 2022 while the disclosed funding value of these deals stood at US$9.2bn, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

SGX Securities And OCBC Group Deepen Partnership With Singapore’s First Low Carbon ETF

Date 28/04/2022

SGX Securities today welcomed the listing of Lion-OCBC Securities Singapore Low Carbon ETF, with assets under management (AUM) of S$60 million at launch, reflecting investors’ growing interest in sustainable investing and low-carbon trading options. Today’s listing brings the total global AUM of sustainability-linked ETFs listed on SGX to over S$700 million.

ASIC Quarterly Update January To March 2022

Date 28/04/2022

ASIC has released its quarterly update for 1 January to 31 March 2022 (REP 725).

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett And AZB & Partners Top M&A Legal Advisers By Value And Volume In APAC For Q1 2022, Finds GlobalData

Date 28/04/2022

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and AZB & Partners were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for Q1 2022 by value and volume, respectively. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised on five deals worth US$10bn, the highest among all the advisers. Meanwhile, AZB & Partners led in volume terms having advised on 29 deals worth US$4.3bn, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

SGX Securities Welcomes Yangzijiang Financial Holding Ltd. To Mainboard

Date 28/04/2022

SGX Securities is pleased to welcome Yangzijiang Financial Holding Ltd. to Mainboard under the stock code “YF8”.

JP Morgan And Avendus Capital Top M&A Financial Advisers By Value And Volume In APAC For Q1 2022, Reveals GlobalData

Date 28/04/2022

JP Morgan and Avendus Capital were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for Q1 2022 by value and volume, respectively. JP Morgan advised on four deals worth US$9.3bn, the highest among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Avendus Capital led in volume terms having advised on 12 deals worth US$1.2bn, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

PNGX Joins The UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative

Date 28/04/2022

PNGX announces that the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative has welcomed PNGX Markets, the Papua New Guinea National Stock Exchange, as a new member.

US Department Of Justice: Four Charged In Connection With Multibillion-Dollar Collapse Of Archegos Capital Management - Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang – The Founder And Head Of Archegos – And Three Others Charged With Racketeering And Fraud Offenses Related To Market Manipulation Scheme

Date 27/04/2022

An indictment was unsealed today charging Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, the founder and head of a private investment firm known as Archegos, and Patrick Halligan, Archegos’s Chief Financial Officer, with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud offenses in connection with interrelated schemes to unlawfully manipulate the prices of publicly traded securities in Archegos’s portfolio and to defraud many leading global investment banks and brokerages. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York and Assistant Director-in-Charge Michael J. Driscoll of the FBI's New York Field Office made the announcement. Both defendants were arrested earlier today and will be presented this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer E. Willis. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr.