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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contract: XiaoMi Corporation

Date 17/01/2020

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 20 January 2020, (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract shall be as follows: 

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JWTN2

Date 17/01/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 17.01.2020, 13-18 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 109.52) and initial margins (up to 8.75 %) for the security RU000A0JWTN2 were changed. New values are available here

FIA: Global Futures And Options Trading Reaches Record Level In 2019

Date 17/01/2020

Summary statistics released today by FIA show that trading activity in the global exchange-traded derivatives markets rose by 13.7% in 2019 to reach a record of 34.47 billion contracts. Futures volume rose 12% to 19.24 billion contracts, while options volume rose 16% to 15.23 billion contracts.

Changes To Moscow Exchange"s Executive Board

Date 17/01/2020

Anna Kuznetsova, Member of the Moscow Exchange Executive Board and Managing Director of the Equity and Bond Market, will step down from her roles at the Exchange in April.

SET Focuses Inclusive Growth In 2020 In A Balanced And Sustainable Manner

Date 17/01/2020

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in 2020, marking the 45th anniversary, further creates growth for the capital market, society, and the country to grow together for inclusive well-being by enhancing process and expanding business in line with a three-year strategic framework (2020-2022), which prioritizes raising work efficiency and creating partnership platform to drive inclusive growth.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: First Civil Penalty Enforcement Action For Failure To Disclose Shareholding Interests

Date 17/01/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed a civil penalty of $200,000 on Mr Lim Soon Fang for not disclosing changes in, and providing false information regarding his shareholding in Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Limited (ASIL) [1] . This is the first civil penalty action by MAS for breaches of shareholding disclosure requirements under Part VII of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) since the civil penalty regime was extended to these contraventions in November 2012.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Reports On Dealing With SSE-Listed Companies’ Violations In Information Disclosure In 2019

Date 17/01/2020

In 2019, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) earnestly implemented the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council for the reform and development of the capital market and the unified deployments of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), focused on the primary goal of improving the quality of the listed companies, followed the principle of “achieving effectiveness by streamlining and refining administration” to make every effort in dealing with the violations in information disclosure, further tightened the responsibilities of the “key minorities” such as directors, supervisors and executives as well as major shareholders and actual controllers of the listed companies, and urged the listed companies and relevant responsible persons to keep in mind the “four awes (stand in awe of market, rule of law, expertise and investors)” and defend the “four bottom lines (not disclose fake information, not engage in insider trading, not manipulate stock prices and not harm the interests of listed companies)”. By punishing all kinds of market irregularities, cracking down on violations, maintaining the order of information disclosure, and protecting the interests of small and medium-sized investors, the SSE has strived to build a sound market environment.

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjustment Of Nearby Non-Key Contract Trading Fee Rates For Cotton And 9 Other Futures

Date 17/01/2020

According to Article 27 of Detailed Rules for Futures Clearing of Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, it is decided that starting from the trading on February 1, 2020 (the night trading session on January 31), for cotton and 9 other futures, the fee rates of contracts whose delivery months are within [N+2, N+5] (N is the current month), yet January, May and September are excluded, will be adjusted as follows.

CFTC Chairman Tarbert To Keynote At The Annual Meeting Of The American Bar Association’s Banking Law Committee

Date 17/01/2020

Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Additional Guidance For Entities Facilitating The Trading Of Crypto Assets

Date 16/01/2020

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published Staff Notice 21-327 Guidance on the Application of Securities Legislation to Entities Facilitating the Trading of Crypto Assets, to help these entities to determine situations where securities legislation may or may not apply.