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HKEX Statement

Date 18/11/2020

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) confirms the accurate display of all market statistics for the After-Hours Trading Session. Trading in all HKEX markets has remained fully open during the day session. Further investigation is being conducted into the cause of the partial market statistics display issue during the day session. Based on the full functioning of HKEX’s markets today, we expect all markets to open as normal tomorrow (Thursday). 

State Street Reappointed By Union Investment – Group To Provide Collateral Services

Date 18/11/2020

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced it has extended its eight-year collateral services relationship with Union Investment - Group (“Union Investment”), the fund management company of the German cooperative finance network, for an additional five years, including the option for further extension.

Nortel Admitted To Trading On Oslo Bors

Date 18/11/2020

The telecom company Nortel has today been admitted to trading on Merkur Market (ticker code: NTEL-ME).

Roadshow’s First Virtual Round Attracted 61 Institutions Managing US$ 3.5 Trillions Of Assets:- International Funds Attending Dubai Financial Market Investor Roadshow 2020 Are Upbeat On Dubai Capital Markets’ Prospects

Date 18/11/2020

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “Dubai markets amongst the most welcoming and supporting in the region in terms of international investors’ presence”
• The DFM attracted 1952 new international investors this year including 1531 retail investors and 421 institutional investors
• International investors accounted for 51% of trading activity while institutions accounted for 44%

Cost Of Innovation Hindering Health Sector SMEs In Pursuit Of COVID Recovery

Date 18/11/2020

• 86% of UK SMEs in the health sector think innovation is important for the recovery from Covid-19, yet half said it was too expensive
• 47% of those in health-related sectors said cost was the biggest barrier to innovation
• A further 46% said the biggest barrier was lack of opportunity, despite those in healthcare, medtech and pharmaceutical industries saying Covid-19 presented this opportunity

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Listing Price Of Bonded Copper Futures Contracts

Date 18/11/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has released its Circular on the Listing Price of Bonded Copper Futures Contracts as follows:

In accordance with the General Exchange Rules of the Shanghai International Energy Exchange and other applicable rules, we hereby release the listing price of the following bonded copper futures contracts:

Bitfinex Derivatives To Launch IOTA (IOTAF0:USTF0), Chainlink (LINKF0:USTF0) And Uniswap (UNIF0:USTF0) Perpetual Swaps

Date 18/11/2020

Bitfinex Derivatives* offers a derivatives platform accessible through Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform. Bitfinex Derivatives has today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for IOTA (IOTAF0:USTF0), Chainlink (LINKF0:USTF0) and Uniswap (UNIF0:USTF0). 

Speech By Michael Syn, Head Of Equities, Singapore Exchange, Invest Singapore 2020 Summit

Date 18/11/2020

Introduction

• Good morning and welcome to this virtual Invest Singapore 2020 summit. Singapore Exchange is pleased to partner with CGS-CIMB to bring to you one of the largest investment forums, and to wrap up a most extraordinary year for investors.

RepRisk Partners With Apex To Provide ESG Risk Data To Private Markets - RepRisk’s ESG Risk Dataset Combined With Apex’s Company Disclosure-Based ESG Ratings Offers 360-Degree View Of Private Company Holdings

Date 18/11/2020

RepRisk, a leading ESG data science firm combining machine learning with human intelligence to identify and assess ESG risks, and Apex Group Ltd. (“Apex”), a global financial services provider, have entered into a strategic partnership to expand access to material ESG risk data for private markets participants. 

VERMEG Launches Colline.Cloud To Help Small And Medium Sized Firms Meet New Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) Deadline

Date 18/11/2020

• 12-month delay in the implementation of final phases of the global regulations for UMR gives smaller buy and sell-side firms a critical window in which to find strategic solutions to avoid non-compliance with the regulations 
• Colline.Cloud provides a cloud-based platform to meet UMR guidelines and is automated and adaptable, with rapid onboarding