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Bursa Malaysia Securities Publicly Reprimands, Fines And Suspends Teo Chee Cheong For Engaging In Manipulative Trading Activities

Date 08/09/2020

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [Registration No.: 200301033577 (635998-W)] (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has publicly reprimanded and imposed a fine of RM74,500 and a 10 months suspension/restriction (as the case may be) as/from being a Registered Person of Bursa Malaysia Securities on Teo Chee Cheong (Teo), for engaging in manipulative trading activities.

CAF Bank Appoints Moneyhub CEO Samantha Seaton To Board Of Directors To Help Drive Digital Strategy - Samantha Brings A Wealth Of Digital Experience Working In FinTech, Financial Services And Open Banking

Date 08/09/2020

CEO of market-leading Open Finance platform Moneyhub, Samantha Seaton has been appointed to the Board of Directors at CAF Bank as a Non-Executive Director (NED). Samantha’s appointment to the board will help support the bank’s core system transformation programme and the subsequent development of products and services tailored for CAF Bank’s customer base.

Spectrum Markets Reaches Milestone Of 1 Million Trades

Date 08/09/2020

Spectrum Markets, the pan-European trading venue for securitised derivatives, has reached the milestone of one million trades since its launch in October 2019. The average monthly growth rate was 16%, and on average 72% of the instruments available on the venue were traded, reflecting an efficient concentration of liquidity.

Kaizen Reporting Acquires MDM Compliance Systems - Launch Of Kaizen’s Shareholding Disclosure Service

Date 08/09/2020

Leading regulatory reporting assurance firm Kaizen Reporting (Kaizen), developer of the multi-award-winning assurance service, ReportShield™, today announced the acquisition of MDM Compliance Systems, the premier service for shareholding disclosure management. The price of the transaction was not disclosed.

The Emerging Payments Association Appoints New CEO - Ben Agnew Brings A Wealth Of B2B Events Experience To Lead The Team At The UK’s Premier Payments Industry Member Body

Date 08/09/2020

The Emerging Payments Association (EPA) is delighted to announce the appointment of experienced business leader and commercial mind, Ben Agnew, as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security AAPL-RM

Date 08/09/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 08.09.2020, 10-08 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 10058) and initial margins (up to 17.5 %) for the security AAPL-RM were changed. New values are available here

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Joint Session Of The 44th General Meeting Of Financial System Council And The 32nd Meeting Of Sectional Committee On Financial System

Date 08/09/2020

Joint session of the 44th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 32nd meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System will be held on Septmber 11, 2020 as follows.

1. Date: Friday, September 11, 2020, 14:30-16:00

2. Conference room: Conference Room 905B, 9th floor, Common Government Office No.7

Circular On Self-Regulatory Measures Taken By CFFEX In August 2020

Date 08/09/2020

To prevent market risks, maintain the orderly operation of the market and protect investors’ legitimate rights and interests, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) took the following self-regulatory measures against violations of exchange rules in August 2020.

LN Markets Closes Pre-Seed Round With Bitfinex, Arcane Crypto And Fulgur Ventures

Date 08/09/2020

LN Markets, the first bitcoin derivatives exchange built on top of the Lightning Network, has raised a pre-seed funding round to drive the project forward in collaboration with Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital asset trading platform. Arcane Crypto, which develops and invests in projects focusing on bitcoin and digital assets, and Fulgur Ventures, an investor in early stage start-ups in Bitcoin and the Lightning Network  space, have also participated in the pre-seed round.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Announces 2019 Appraisal Results Of Information Disclosure Of Listed Companies And Releases The Revised Measures On The Appraisal Of Information Disclosure Of Listed Companies

Date 08/09/2020

Recently, SZSE completed the 2019 annual appraisal of information disclosure of listed companies and announced the results. Among the 2,196 listed companies on SZSE, 387 companies were graded A (17.62%), 1,400 companies B (63.75%), 314 companies C (14.30%), and 95 companies D (4.33%). In recent years, there are 178 companies graded as A in the last three consecutive years (8.58%), 129 companies in the last four consecutive years (6.68%), and 92 companies in the last five consecutive years (5.09%). A group of excellent companies featuring high quality information disclosure, good integrity in standardized operation, and strong sense of active services is emerging, which has set an example for all SZSE-listed companies. The 2019 appraisal results of listed companies show that the proportion of grade-A and grade-D companies is higher than that in previous years, indicating the prominent problem of non-standard information disclosure in some listed companies despite the steady improvement in the overall quality of information disclosure.