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Deal Activity In Asia-Pacific Up By 11.1% During Week Ended 21 June, Says GlobalData

Date 23/06/2020

A total of 349 deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during the week ended 21 June 2020, which is an increase of 11.1% over 314 deals announced during the previous week, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Partners With The National Fraud Initiative And Synectics Solutions

Date 23/06/2020

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global data and analytics provider, today announces its partnership with anti-fraud data management company, Synectics Solutions. The two businesses are uniting to work with the Cabinet Office and the National Fraud Initiative (NFI).

EGX Launches Mohsen Adel's Prize For Financial Awareness

Date 23/06/2020

The Egyptian Exchange’s management took the decision of designating the name of the late Mohsen Adel on EGX’s financial literacy program awards conducted on all its social media channels in honor of Mr. Adel’s efforts and activities to raise financial awareness during his life time.  
 

Appointment Of Members Of The Supervisory Board Of The Warsaw Stock Exchange For A New Term

Date 23/06/2020

• GPW’s Annual General Meeting has appointed seven members of the GPW Supervisory Board for a new three-year term of office

Borsa Istanbul: Periodic Review For The BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond Indices For The Period July-September 2020 Has Been Finalized

Date 23/06/2020

In accordance with the article 3.3. of BIST-KYD Indices Ground Rules, periodic review for the BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond Indices for the period July-September 2020 (July 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020) has been finalized. There is no Eurobond to be included in or excluded from the BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond USD and BIST-KYD Corporate Eurobond USD (TRY) Indices and they will continue to be calculated with the same list of constituents in the period July-September 2020.

Shanghai Gold Exchange International Board-Launching Of Re-Export After Processing Business Of Standard Gold Ingot

Date 23/06/2020

On June 18th, 2020, Bank of China Limited Shanghai Free Trade Zone Branch("BOC FTZ Branch"), an international member of Shanghai Gold Exchange ("SGE"), and Gold Mountains (Hong Kong) International Mining Limited, the subsidiary of Zijin Mining Group have completed the first “Re-export after Processing” business of standard gold ingot via the international board of Shanghai Gold Exchange ("SGEI"). In addition, on June 19th, the two parties have completed the first block trade of iAu99.5 contract on SGEI, which the underlying is 12.5kg standard gold ingot.

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.