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New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: Investor Confidence Stable And Improving Over Time

Date 24/07/2019

Confidence in New Zealand’s financial markets has remained stable over the past two years, despite volatile global markets and a focus on the culture and conduct of major financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

Q&A On Trading Mechanism Of Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market In The Initial Stage Of Opening

Date 24/07/2019

Q1: Compared with the main board, what are the changes in the trading mechanism of the SSE STAR Market, and what risks should investors pay special attention to?

A: Based on learning from the experience of overseas developed markets, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has introduced a series of innovative mechanism for trading on the SSE STAR Market in comparison with that for the main board, which require the investors to pay attention to the changes in the following four aspects.

Diminishing Liquidity Is Driving US Equities Firms To Invest In Analytics And Automation Technology, Says TABB In First Of Six-Part 2019 Annual Benchmark Study - TABB Sees Rise In Conditional Orders, Block Trading And Testing Of Algo Wheels; Expects Decrease In ITG Market Share

Date 23/07/2019

While volatility and illiquidity in the U.S. equities markets have created obstacles to low-cost transacting, trading innovations being put in place in 2019 are now making liquidity more efficient and accessible to buy-side firms that continue to invest in technology, according to new research, “IET 2019, Liquidity: Blocks, Algos, Analytics and Impact,” the first of a six-part US equities trading interview-based benchmark study that has been published annually by TABB Group for 15 years.

SEC Awards Overseas Whistleblower $500,000 - Whistleblower Office Hits A Major Milestone After Recent FCPA Actions

Date 23/07/2019

Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award to an anonymous overseas foreign national of half a million dollars. 

New York Department Of Financial Services Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell Announces Newly Created Research And Innovation Division, New Executive Appointments

Date 23/07/2019

• Matthew Homer Appointed Executive Deputy Superintendent of Research and Innovation Division, Matthew Siegel and Olivia Bumgardner Named Deputy Superintendents, and Andrew Lucas Is Named Counsel to the New Division
• New Division and Appointments Position DFS as the Regulator of the Future

SEC: Emily Westerberg Russell Named Chief Counsel Of Division Of Trading And Markets

Date 23/07/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Emily Westerberg Russell has been named Chief Counsel of the Division of Trading and Markets. 

TMX Group Hosts Eighth Annual Charity Golf Tournament - Remote Market Close Ceremony To Be Held At University Golf Club In Vancouver

Date 23/07/2019

Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange are proud to host the eighth annual TMX Charity Golf Classic today at Vancouver's University Golf Club. The tournament has raised over $500,000 for a number of charities since its inception.

Nasdaq Private Market Sets New Transaction Record In The First Half Of 2019 - 35 Private Company-Led Transactions And $2.3 Billion In Transaction Value Completed - Facilitated Single-Largest Transaction By Number Of Eligible Sellers

Date 23/07/2019

The Nasdaq Private Market, LLC(NPM), a leading provider of liquidity solutions for today’s private securities, has published its Mid-Year Private Company Report, which summarizes private company liquidity activity on the NPM platform for the first six months of 2019. The NPM team facilitated 35 private company-sponsored secondary transactions – a new record high for the period – with total transaction value of $2.3 billion.

Debt Management Office Lists FGN Second N100bn Sukuk On Nigerian Stock Exchange

Date 23/07/2019

Debt Management Office (DMO) of Nigeria on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, listed on The Nigerian Stock Exchange, the second ₦100bn, 7-Year, FGN Sukuk due to mature in 2025. The Sukuk was raised at a rental rate of 15.743%, a 73-basis point discount from the 16.47% rental rate of the maiden issuance listed in April 2018.

SEC Awards Half-Million Dollars To Overseas Whistleblower

Date 23/07/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a half-million dollar award to an overseas whistleblower whose expeditious reporting helped the Commission bring a successful enforcement action.