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Japan Financial Services Agency: "Report By The Expert Panel On Sustainable Finance" Announced

Date 18/06/2021

As announced before, FSA established the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance (EPSF) in December 2020. The EPSF is composed of business, financial, and academic experts with observers of officials from pertinent ministries and agencies.

Kiwi Wealth Partners With German Index Engineering Company Solactive To Deliver New Global Market Benchmark

Date 18/06/2021

As one of the Kiwi pioneers in responsible investing, major Aotearoa New Zealand asset manager Kiwi Wealth has collaborated with German index engineer Solactive to create a bespoke benchmark aligned with the asset manager’s own sustainability principles. This new index – the Solactive Kiwi Global Markets Screened Index – took effect on 1 June and is now utilised as the benchmark for Kiwi Wealth’s Core Global Equity Fund. The index covers the largest c.3,000 companies in Developed and Emerging Markets and excludes any company on the Kiwi Wealth exclusion list.

Osaka Exchange To Launch Timestamp Data Service Etc. Due To Go-Live Of J-GATE 3.0

Date 18/06/2021

Osaka Exchange, Inc. will start providing time stamp data from September 21, 2021 (Tuesday), which is the scheduled Go-Live date of J-GATE 3.0, as part of the alternative data service. It is provided through the Public Cloud Environment (AWS) provided by Amazon Web Services.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission To Upgrade Industry Practitioners’ Competency Standards

Date 18/06/2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today released consultation conclusions on proposals to update its entry requirements for licence applicants and its ongoing competency standards for corporations and individual practitioners.

CFFEX: Notice On Listing Of New Stock Index Futures And Stock Index Options Contracts

Date 18/06/2021

It is hereby announced that:

• The IF2108 CSI 300 stock index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on June 21, 2021 at the base price of 5073.6.
• The IC2108 CSI 500 stock index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on June 21, 2021 at the base price of 6612.2.
• The IH2108 SSE 50 stock index futures contract is scheduled to be listed on June 21, 2021 at the base price of 3428.2.
• The IO2206 series CSI 300 stock index options contracts are scheduled to be listed on June 21, 2021.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Listing Price Of Crude Oil Option Contracts

Date 18/06/2021

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has released its Circular on the Listing Price of Crude Oil Option Contracts as follows:

InvestHK Launches Global Fast Track 2021 To Accelerate FinTech Scaling Opportunities In Hong Kong And Beyond

Date 18/06/2021

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) announced today (June 17) that Global Fast Track 2021 programme is now open for applications from fintech scale-ups and established firms intending to scale from Hong Kong, Asia’s leading fintech hub, to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Asia and beyond. This is a special programme led by InvestHK to promote fintech business adoption. Selected companies will earn a spot to be showcased prominently at Hong Kong Fintech Week 2021 during November 1 to 5.

CFFEX: Notice On Delivery Of Equity Index Futures And Options Contracts

Date 18/06/2021

It is hereby announced that:

The following equity index futures and options contracts are delivered on June 18, 2021 at their respective final settlement prices:

• IF2106 CSI 300 index futures contracts and the IO2106 series CSI 300 index options contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 5094.29;
• IC2106 CSI 500 index futures contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 6649.23;
• IH2106 SSE 50 index futures contracts are delivered at the final settlement price of 3447.37.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Rolled out the First Rural Revitalization Bonds to Synchronize Poverty Alleviation with Rural Revitalization

Date 18/06/2021

SZSE successfully launched the first rural revitalization bonds on June 16 to implement the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on aligning efforts to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation with efforts to promote rural revitalization.

Japan Financial Services Agency: Joint Session Of The 46th General Meeting Of Financial System Council And The 34th Meeting Of Sectional Committee On Financial System

Date 18/06/2021

Joint session of the 46th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 34th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System will be held on June 25, 2021 as follows.