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SIX Exchange Regulation: Delisting Sunrise Communications Group Ltd., Opfikon

Date 11/12/2020

Sunrise Communications Group Ltd. has requested that all of its listed registered shares (Swiss Security Number 26’729’122 / ISIN CH0267291224) with a nominal value of CHF 1.00 will be delisted from SIX Swiss Exchange. SIX Exchange Regulation AG (SER) has approved the companies’ application on 10 December 2020. The decision regarding the delisting of Sunrise Communications Group Ltd. is available on the Website of SER.

SGX Signs MOU With CCDC To Strengthen Singapore-China Bond Markets

Date 11/12/2020

Singapore Exchange (SGX), Asia’s largest international bond marketplace, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Central Depository & Clearing Co (CCDC), a central securities depository for Chinese government bonds, in a wide-ranging agreement to strengthen and promote Singapore and China’s bond markets. This is CCDC’s first comprehensive MOU of strategic cooperation with an international exchange, that covers the full lifecycle from issuance to settlement and custody.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Expands Mandate Of Industry Steering Committee To Drive SIBOR Transition

Date 11/12/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that the mandate of the Steering Committee for SOR Transition to SORA (Committee) will be expanded to enable it to oversee the interest rate benchmark transition from SIBOR to SORA.  This follows a joint industry report  published today announcing the discontinuation of the remaining SIBOR tenors in phases over the next four years.  The Committee will be renamed as the Steering Committee for SOR & SIBOR Transition to SORA (SC-STS).

Synechron Acquires Attra - Expanding Competencies With End-To-End Banking And Payments Technology Services

Date 11/12/2020

Synechron Inc., a leading Digital Transformation consulting firm for the financial services industry, today announced the acquisition of Attra, an Australia-based technology services and solutions provider, headquartered in Melbourne, and focused on the banking, finance, and payments industries. Attra is one of the leading pure play payments solutions providers with a global delivery footprint in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. It has development centers in Melbourne, Australia; Dubai, UAE; and Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune, India.

Tricor Launches IPO Smart Pay　An Innovating Digital IPO Experience - Sets To Benefit Investors And Issuers Alike

Date 11/12/2020

Tricor Group ("Tricor"), a leading business expansion specialist in Asia, is pleased to announce the launch of Tricor IPO Smart Pay ("IPO Smart Pay") as supported by HSBC's real-time direct debit solution IPO Smart Pay is a new feature added to the Tricor IPO APP, the market's first white form e-IPO APP rolled out in October 2019.

ASIC Releases Regulatory Guide On Product Design And Distribution Obligations

Date 11/12/2020

ASIC today released a new regulatory guide on the product design and distribution obligations (RG 274), following extensive consultation.

Nadex Temporarily Amends Binary Contracts Strike Width

Date 11/12/2020

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) hereby provides notice that due to increased volatility in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based, Nadex made changes to the strike widths of various contracts during the week of December 7, 2020 as indicated in the Weekly Notice. 

Loyal Valley Capital Achieves 11 IPOs In 2020 With Pop Mart Listing In Hong Kong - Leading Designer Collectibles Maker Pop Mart Becomes Latest Fast-Growth Chinese Company To Stage IPO After Backing From Shanghai-Based Private Equity Firm Loyal Valley Capital

Date 11/12/2020

Private equity firm Loyal Valley Capital announces that the Pop Mart Initial Public Offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has become the eleventh IPO among its investment portfolio in 2020. Loyal Valley Capital has invested a total of $87.5m in Pop Mart and led its most recent funding round in early 2020, alongside other investors such as Sequoia Capital, which saw the company raise over US$100m.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 11/12/2020

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions: 

• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute contracts were listed for the 6:05pm ET expiration time on trade date December 7, 2020;

• No GBP/JPY or USD/CAD 5-Minute contracts were listed for the 6:05pm ET expiration time on trade date December 10, 2020.

US Justice Department Announces Additional Distribution Of More Than $488 Million To Victims Of Madoff Ponzi Scheme

Date 10/12/2020

The Department of Justice announced today that the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its sixth distribution of approximately $488 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme, bringing the total distributed to almost $3.2 billion to nearly 37,000 victims worldwide.