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Thirty-Three Application Acceptance Notices Sent Shenzhen Stock Exchange Formally Accepts Applications From First Enterprises Under The ChiNext Board Pilot Project Of The Registration-Based IPO System

Date 23/06/2020

According to the deployment and requirements specified by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in the Notice on Arrangements for Matters Relating to Administrative Permission during the Transitional Period Before and After the Implementation of the Reform of the ChiNext Board and the Pilot Project of the Registration-based IPO System, SZSE recently started to accept issuance and listing application documents from enterprises that are under review for stock issuance or listing on the ChiNext Board. On June 22, SZSE issued an application acceptance notice to the first 33 enterprise applicants under the pilot registration-based IPO system of the ChiNext Board via the ChiNext Board listing review system. Relevant documents such as prospectus were also disclosed on the ChiNext Board Listing Review Information Publication Website. The first 33 enterprises (32 enterprises applying for IPO and one applying for refinancing) under review are sponsored by 18 sponsors.

Velox Secures $2.5 Million Funding From ETFS Capital To Accelerate Growth

Date 23/06/2020

Velox, the future of front office technology, today announced that it has secured $2.5 million in strategic funding from ETFS Capital.  The investment will accelerate Velox’s growth plans, focused on further developing the core platform and increasing the firm’s distribution capabilities and client base in New York and London. 

DIFC Academy Partners With Thomson Reuters Legal

Date 23/06/2020

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Academy and Thomson Reuters MENA have entered into a strategic partnership that aims to substantially boost the knowledge of legal technologies and legal research tools, and their use in the region.

INTL FCStone Significantly Expands Relationship With Eventus Systems For Market Surveillance In EMEA Region - After Successful Transition To Eventus In U.S. Last Year, Firm Taps Validus Platform For Futures, Fixed Income And Equities Surveillance In Europe

Date 23/06/2020

Eventus Systems, Inc.<https://www.eventussystems.com/>, a multi-award winning global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, today announced that INTL FCStone Ltd., the London-based European subsidiary of Fortune 500 company INTL FCStone Inc., will deploy the firm's Validus platform for market surveillance activities throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Building on last year's adoption of the platform for futures market surveillance by the company's U.S.-based FCM subsidiary, the new agreement substantially expands the relationship not only geographically but also across multiple product types and asset classes, including futures, equities and fixed income.

UK Government Regulatory Reforms In Financial Services

Date 23/06/2020

Details on the UK’s continued commitment to high regulatory standards for the financial services sector post-EU withdrawal have been published today.

Securities And Commodities Authority (SCA) & Arab Federation Of Exchanges (AFE) Joint Webinar On Suptech For Arab Regulators

Date 23/06/2020

Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) jointly with the Arab Exchange Federation organised the first suptech Webinar to discuss supervisory technology and innovation designed to tackle challenges faced by supervisory agencies and thus initiated dialogue in the region on such an important and critical issue.

Japan Financial Services Agency: Information On COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

Date 23/06/2020

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Seeks Industry Views On A New Prudential Regime For UK Investment Firms

Date 23/06/2020

The FCA has today published a discussion paper on a prudential regime for UK investment firms. This marks the first step in introducing a set of prudential rules for investment firms to better reflect their business models and the risk of harm they pose to consumers and markets.

Oslo Børs: Andfjord Salmon Admitted To Trading

Date 23/06/2020

Andfjord Salmon has today become the first company to ring the bell at the start of trading since the start of the pandemic. The coronavirus crisis has not stopped Oslo Børs from being a source of capital. Since March, companies listed or traded at Oslo Børs have raised NOK 13.2 billion in new equity capital through share issues.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Statement On Planned Amendments To The Benchmarks Regulation

Date 23/06/2020

The FCA welcomes the Government’s announcement today(link is external) that it intends to bring forward legislation to amend the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) to give the FCA enhanced powers. These could help manage and direct an orderly wind-down of critical benchmarks such as LIBOR, and, in particular, help deal with the problem identified by the Sterling Risk Free Rate Working Group(link is external) of ‘tough legacy’ contracts that cannot transition from LIBOR.