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Eurex: Fixed Income Highlights - August 2019 edition

Date 14/08/2019

Presentation By HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li And Group Chief Financial Officer John Killian On 2019 Interim Results Announcement

Date 14/08/2019

Click here to download a presentation by HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer John Killian on 2019 Interim Results Announcement.

Bursa Malaysia Revamps And Liberalises Its Derivatives Market Rules And Directives To Enhance Business Efficiency And Flexibility Of Doing Business Among Trading And Clearing Participants

Date 14/08/2019

In an effort to enhance business efficiency and flexibility of doing business in the Malaysian derivatives market, Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) has revamped the Rules and Directives of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (“BMD”) and Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (“BMDC”).

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Issues Prohibition Orders Against Three Individuals Following Their Conviction For Insider Trading

Date 14/08/2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued Prohibition Orders (“POs”) against the following individuals, who were earlier convicted of insider trading:

All three POs took effect from 13 August 2019. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Points To Be Considered For Products Transfer

Date 14/08/2019

Following the scheduled business integration with Japan Exchange Group, Inc. in October 2019, each product currently listed on the Precious Metals (excluding Gold Physical Transactions), Rubber and Agricultural Product & Sugar (excluding Raw Sugar – currently listing discontinued) market divisions of TOCOM are planned to be transferred to Osaka Exchange, Inc. (OSE) in July 2020.

HKEX 2019 Interim Results

Date 14/08/2019

Financial Highlights 

• Revenue and other income up 5 per cent compared with 1H 2018, driven by: 
  1. An increase in net investment income, including fair value gains on collective investment schemes and higher interest income, and record half-yearly revenue and other income from Stock Connect; -
  2. These more than offset a reduction in trading and clearing fees driven by lower Cash Market turnover  
• Operating expenses up 2 per cent against 1H 2018 due to higher staff and IT costs, partly offset by lower premises expenses as a result of adopting the new accounting standard for leases2  
• EBITDA margin was 77 per cent, the same as in 1H 2018 and 3 per cent higher than the full 2018 fiscal year

NZX Amended Distribution Notice

Date 14/08/2019

Please find the Distribution Notice attached.

It has been amended to clarify two dates in Section 4.

New Vision For New Zealand’s Council Of Financial Regulators

Date 13/08/2019

The Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) has announced a new vision for New Zealand’s economic wellbeing and has welcomed the addition of the Commerce Commission to the forum.

SEC Obtains Freeze Of $8 Million In Assets In Alleged Fraudulent Token Offering And Manipulation Scheme

Date 13/08/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges against a Brooklyn individual and two entities under his control who allegedly engaged in a fraudulent scheme to sell digital securities to investors and to manipulate the market for those securities.  On Aug. 12, 2019, the court entered an emergency freeze to preserve at least $8 million of the $14.8 million the defendants raised in 2017 and 2018 in an offering of digital securities.

Bahamas International Securities Exchange January To June 2019 Statistical Report

Date 13/08/2019

BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All-Share Index and trading statistics for the six-month period ending June 28, 2019 with comparison to the same period of 2018.