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SGX To Launch Price Collars For Opening, Midday And Closing Auctions

Date 26/09/2019

Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to introduce price collars during the securities market opening, midday and closing auction routines so as to guard against risk of severe price dislocations during auctions. This follows support from a majority of respondents to a public consultation on the matter, where price collars and price-triggered time extensions were proposed for the auction sessions.

Quantile Technologies Voted Global Compression Service Of The Year By GlobalCapital

Date 26/09/2019

Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a leading provider of multilateral compression and optimisation services for financial markets, has been named the ‘Compression Service of the Year’ in the GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards 2019. Winners were announced last night at an awards dinner held at the Banking Hall in London.

SETL Launches SETL Labs Initiative - SETL Labs Provides A Way To Test Your Ideas On The Industrial Grade SETL Blockchain And Swiftly Develop Go-To-Market Propositions At Scale

Date 26/09/2019

SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, has today announced an open invitation to innovators, product managers and technology architects to engage.  SETL Labs will allow product and process ideas to be tested in a rapid prototyping environment and at the same time exposing them to the first principles of innovating with industrial grade blockchain technology. SETL Labs will be supported by a set of comprehensive documentation, user guides and an instance of the SETL blockchain, with APIs and example use cases.

The UAE Securities And Commodities Authority’s Board Of Directors Adopts The General Clearing Member Activity Regulations

Date 26/09/2019

• Meeting headed by H.E. Sultan Al Mansoori
• The Securities and Commodities Authority’s Board of Directors adopts the general clearing member activity regulations
• Amendments to four regulations including "the financial reports requirements for licensed activities", definition of "qualified investor", and "material information"
• Adopting a system to enhance the protection of investors' rights in securities
• Approval of application of procedures related to the listed companies that have accumulated losses of 20% or more on the trading platforms in markets
• Reviewing the financial analysis report of the listed companies and sectors in ADX and DFM for the second quarter of the year

Thailand And Singapore Strengthen Cooperation In Insurance Supervision

Date 26/09/2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC), Thailand, have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation in insurance supervision.

Atlantic Equities LLP Selects Itiviti’s Global OMS Solution To Replace Bloomberg SSEOMS

Date 26/09/2019

Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide today announced that Atlantic Equities LLP, a US equity agency brokerage firm has selected Itiviti to replace Bloomberg’s SSEOMS platform with its multi-asset OMS.

SGX Earns Three Further Awards; President Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Date 26/09/2019

• Awarded ‘Exchange of the Year’ and ‘Exchange of the Year – Derivatives’ at FOW and Global Investor Asia Capital Market Awards 2019
• Recognised as ‘Asia-Pacific Derivatives Exchange of the Year’ by GlobalCapital for sixth consecutive year

"Introducing Zhou Xiaochuan” – Opening Remarks By Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At MAS Lecture 2019 By Zhou Xiaochuan on 19 September 2019

Date 26/09/2019

Dr Zhou Xiaochuan, President, China Society for Finance and Banking, and former Governor, People’s Bank of China
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Chairman, MAS
Mr Goh Chok Tong, Emeritus Senior Minister and Senior Advisor to MAS
Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues, good morning.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Seeking Feedback On Responsible Investment Products

Date 26/09/2019

The Financial Markets Authority is seeking views on how green bonds and other responsible investment products should be described, labelled and promoted to investors.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Basis Trading Platform Officially Launched, Several Measures Assist Its Steady Operation

Date 26/09/2019

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) officially releases relevant business rules for the Basis Trading Platform (the “Platform” for short) on September 23, including the “Measures for Management of Basis Trading Business of Dalian Commodity Exchange (Trial)”, the “Measures forDealer Management of Basis Trading Business of Dalian Commodity Exchange (Trial)”, and the “Measures for Dispute Resolution and Violation Handling of Basis Trading Business of Dalian Commodity Exchange (Trial)”. This Platform is another major business innovation of DCE, and a DCE official has been interviewed on the major business methods and the risk control system of the Platform.