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Florentine Hopmeier To Head EBRD Brussels Office - Bank’s New EU Representative Starts On 27 January

Date 27/01/2020

Florentine Hopmeier has been appointed head of the EBRD’s office in Brussels and will take up her new role today.

Vertical Knowledge Launches RPA Framework At BattleFin Miami 2020 - Applying Robotic Process Automation To Alternative Data

Date 27/01/2020

Vertical Knowledge, a leader in the Alternative Data industry and provider of an end-to-end public data platform, today launched their latest Robotic Process Automation (RPA) framework for automating internet-based tasks that support accurate, reliable and compliant alternative data. The Vertical Knowledge RPA framework platform is unique in offering the full range of RPA, Intelligent Automated Software (IAS) and Intelligent Automated Workflow (IAW) solutions to discover, connect, collect, enrich and integrate data from outside of the enterprise.

SIX Swiss Stock Exchange: Your Crypto Search Is Over

Date 27/01/2020

PIMFA Welcomes IRSG Report On ‘Architecture For Regulating Finance After Brexit’

Date 27/01/2020

PIMFA – the UK’s trade body for the personal investment services and financial advice profession –welcomes the International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) report on ‘The Architecture for RegulatingFinance after Brexit: Phase II’. v

FESE: European Capital Markets Fact Sheet Q4 2019

Date 27/01/2020

European capital markets had a relatively positive 2019 but a mixed fourth quarter as an uncertain economic outlook dominated the picture.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Announcement On Adjusting Arrangements For Market Closure During 2020 Spring Festival Holiday

Date 27/01/2020

According to the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Extending the 2020 Spring Festival Holiday", with the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) decides to extend the market closure during the 2020 Spring Festival holiday, and adjusts the schedule in the “Announcement on the Arrangements for the Market Closure During the 2020 Spring Festival Holiday” (SSE Announcement [2020] No. 3 Document) as follows:

1. The market closure during the 2020 Spring Festival holiday will be extended until February 2 (Sunday), and the market will be open as usual on February 3 (Monday).

Notice On Adjusting Arrangements For Southbound Trading Days Under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect During 2020 Spring Festival Holiday

Date 27/01/2020

According to the relevant requirements in the “Announcement on Adjusting Relevant Arrangements for Market Closure During 2020 Spring Festival Holiday” (SSE Announcement [2020] No. 6 Document) and the “Measures of Shanghai Stock Exchange for Implementation of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Business”, the arrangements for the southbound trading days under the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect during the 2020 Spring Festival holiday are adjusted as follows:

1. The southbound trading services will not be available from January 22 (Wednesday) to February 2 (Sunday), and it will be open as usual on February 3 (Monday).

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice Of Market Closure Adjustments During 2020 Spring Festival Holiday

Date 27/01/2020

According to China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)’s notice, after consideration, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) hereby makes adjustments to Ref: No.504 [2019] ZCE, Ref: No.14 [2020] ZCE and Ref: No.15 [2020] ZCE as follows:

The market would be closed from January 24, 2020 to February 2, 2020. The call auction session for all futures and options contracts on February 3 will be carried out from 8:55 am to 9:00 am. Night trading session will be resumed on the night of February 3, 2020.

Duff & Phelps Global Regulatory Outlook: London Loses To New York As Pre-Eminent Financial Hub For Second Year, But Favourable Regulatory Regime Could Help London Bounce Back

Date 27/01/2020

• Only 33% of senior financial professionals see London as the foremost global financial hub, down 20% in two years
• Cost of compliance (21%) and war for talent (23%) are the top two concerns facing firms and senior executives around the world
• However, senior executives rate the UK as having the most favourable regulatory regime for financial services in the world (30%) followed by the U.S. (26%)

HKEX Lunar New Year Market Open Ceremony Cancelled

Date 27/01/2020

Please note that HKEX's ceremony to mark the first trading day of the Lunar New Year, originally scheduled for Wednesday, 29 January at 09:00 am, has been cancelled.