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EBRD Appoints Annemarie Straathof As Vice President, Risk And Compliance And Chief Risk Office

Date 18/10/2019

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Annemarie Straathof as its new Vice President, Risk and Compliance and Chief Risk Officer.

• LSEG Directorate Change - LSEG To Commence Succession Process For Group CFO, David Warren, Who Will Continue In Role Through 2020

Date 18/10/2019

London Stock Exchange Group (“LSEG plc,” “LSEG,” “the Group”) today announces that David Warren, Group Chief Financial Officer has informed the Group of his intention to retire from the company and step down from the Board by the end of 2020.

Refinitiv - Investment Banking Scorecard: 18 Oct 2019

Date 18/10/2019

Attached is the Investment Banking Scorecard from Refinitiv.  Highlights for this week are:

• Global Private Equity-backed M&A totals $381.9 billion, down 2% compared to a year ago
• Global Initial Public Offering activity down 29% compared to YTD 2018 with $113.2 billion in proceeds
• German IG Corp. Debt reaches $159.9 billion, down 8% compared to the previous year

HKEX: Exchange Announces The Effective Date Of Unwinding The Delegated Authority To Approve GEM Listing Applications And Publishes Related Changes To GEM Listing Rules

Date 18/10/2019

• Unwinding of the authority to approve GEM listing applications from the Listing Department to the Listing Committee will be effective on 1 January 2020

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Futures Accounting Training To Solve Enterprises’ Financial Pain Points

Date 18/10/2019

With the prosperous development of futures innovation business and the continuous emerging of new business modes like swap and over-the-counter derivatives in recent years, the innovation and breakthrough in futures business have raised new topics and challenges for relevant financial staffs. In this context, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) and the China Capital Market Institute (CCMI) jointly organize the “Commodity Innovation Business and Futures Accounting Training” in the CCMI on September 26-27. Attending the training are financial chiefs of enterprises and relevant business chiefs of futures companies and futures risk management subsidiaries.

Archax Selects R3’s Corda Enterprise Platform For Digital Exchange DLT Infrastructure - Partnership To Revolutionise Post-Trade Space In Financial Markets

Date 18/10/2019

Archax, the London-based institutional digital securities exchange, today announced a partnership with R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm. Under this partnership, Archax will use R3’s Corda Enterprise platform to handle post-trade activities on a distributed ledger.

LSEG Q3 2019 Trading Statement

Date 18/10/2019

• Strong Q3 performance across all parts of the Group – LCH continues to grow strongly in OTC products; FTSE Russell performing well with growth in subscription revenues
• Q3 total income up 12% to £587 million
• On a nine-month year-to-date basis total income up 9% to £1,727 million
• Proposed acquisition of Refinitiv continues to progress:
• Appointment of David Shalders as Chief Integration Officer and member of the LSEG Executive Committee, reporting to LSEG CEO
• Regulatory approvals process and integration planning underway
• Integration Management Office established
• Shareholder circular posting soon with General Meeting scheduled for November 2019
• Transaction remains on track for completion in H2 2020

Acuiti Insight Report: Banks Cut Derivatives Cost Base At Fastest Pace

Date 18/10/2019

More than half of bank respondents reported lower cost bases over the past six months, the latest Acuiti Insight Report has found.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Typhoon No.19 In 2019 (Hagibis) Information

Date 18/10/2019

For Requests to Financial Institutions

Local Finance Bureaus and the Bank of Japan have requested the relevant financial institutions in the 13 prefectures where the Disaster Relief Act (*) is applicable to deal with the following.

Dalian Commodity Exchange’s 1st Spread Swap Business Completed

Date 18/10/2019

New breakthrough has been achieved in the commodity swap business of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) recently. On September 25, Xiamen Xiangyu Logistics Group Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Xiamen Xiangyu Co., Ltd., and Xingye Yinxin Capital Management Co., Ltd. conduct the first commodity swap business with spread as the underlying through the General Service Platform of DCE. This is the first spread swap business since its launching by DCE last month.