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Electronic Platforms And Smart Phone Applications Attract 120,000 Uers: Dubai Financial Market Reinforces Its Digital Transformation Drive Via All-Inclusive Application Enabling Investors’ Seamless Accessibility To Its Services And Info

Date 02/06/2020

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “The Smart Borse Starategy has noticeably proven its effectivess with DFM’s provision of all services through smart and electronic platforms and shifting to remote work”

HKEX To Launch Silver Futures

Date 02/06/2020

• Physically settled contracts denominated in USD and CNH
• Trading and settlement fees, as well as SFC commission levy, waived for the first six months of launch

VALK Offers BT Radianz Cloud Community Access To Corda Blockchain Platform - Financial Institutions Can Now Use Their Secure And Resilient Radianz Cloud Connections To Access The Open-Source Corda Blockchain Platform Via VALK

Date 02/06/2020

VALK, an innovative technology provider offering a software that digitizes the management, investment and trading of unlisted assets, today announced that it has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, one of the world’s largest secure cloud communities for the global financial markets. By joining the Radianz Cloud, VALK has extended the availability of its Corda-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to Radianz community members, enabling them to access the Corda network and to leverage a wide range of additional applications underpinning this leading open source blockchain platform.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Hagen Schremmer As Head Of Germany

Date 02/06/2020

BNP Paribas Asset Management (“BNPP AM”) announces the appointment of Hagen Schremmer as Head of Germany, effective June 1st 2020.  He will be responsible for all asset management activities in Germany.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Information

Date 02/06/2020

Final Settlement Prices information will no longer be posted at Market News section of the TOCOM website. However the information will be available around 3:15 p.m. at Special Quotations page of the JPX Group website.

TraditionDATA Continues Growth With Significant New Appointments

Date 02/06/2020

TraditionDATA, a leading provider of global cross-asset OTC data, is pleased to announce three significant hires to the global team. Jeffrey Maron, New York based, and Jim Swanson, London based, join the team as Global Head of Product and Global Vendor Relations Manager respectively, while Nobuyuki Ikeda has been appointed as a Senior Business Development Manager based in Tokyo.

NICE Releases Integration Of Trading Recording And Microsoft Teams To Drive Digital Transformation For Financial Services Organizations - FSOs Can Now Benefit From Unified Communications While Ensuring Compliance With Global Regulations, Even For Remote Workforces

Date 02/06/2020

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE), a leading provider of financial communication compliance solutions, today announced the release of the integration of the NICE Trading Recording System (NTR) and the Microsoft Teams unified communications platform. NICE also announced that it is working with Microsoft to certify NTR under Microsoft’s new Certified for Microsoft Teams certification program for compliance recording solutions. Financial services organizations (FSOs) around the world can now benefit from increased productivity and streamlined communications while also ensuring compliance with key regulations, including MiFID II, MAR, FX Code of Conduct, Dodd-Frank and Regulation Best Interest, even with employees working remotely. 

Commercial Affairs Department, Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Commence Joint Investigation Into Hyflux

Date 02/06/2020

The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) have launched a joint investigation into Hyflux Ltd (Hyflux) and its current and former directors for suspected false and misleading statements and breaches of disclosure requirements under sections 199, 203 and 253 of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289), as well as non-compliance with accounting standards under section 201 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50).

Further Delegating Power And Strengthening Regulation To Stimulate The Market Shenzhen Stock Exchange Issues Information Disclosure Guidelines On Transactions And Related Party Transactions

Date 02/06/2020

Recently, SZSE issued the Guidelines No. 5 on Information Disclosure of Listed Companies - Transactions and Related Party Transactions (the "Guidelines"). This is another proactive move made by SZSE to further improve its system of rules, consolidate the fundamental system, reduce the burden of market players and fully stimulate the market.

DIFC Companies To Benefit From Master Employee Health Insurance Policy

Date 02/06/2020

• DIFC signs MoU with EC3 Brokers Limited to establish a group health scheme for the Centre’s 2,437 registered firms
• First of its kind initiative for a free zone in Dubai/financial centre in the region
• The collaboration facilitates the purchase of cost-effective health insurance for registered companies operating from the DIFC
• DIFC aids in the reduction of client costs, whilst providing a framework to facilitate comprehensive insurance cover whilst meeting mandatory requirements