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UAE's Securities And Commodities Authority: PTEC Board Of Trustees Reviews PTEC Achievements In Improving Financial Market Performance And Discusses Future Plans For 2019

Date 19/02/2019

The Board of Trustees of the Professional Training and Examinations Centre (PTEC) of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) held its sixth meeting of the fourth session under the chairmanship of Dr. Obaid Al Zaabi, CEO of SCA.  The meeting discussed a number of issues related to enhancing the PTEC's performance and took a number of decisions relating to the PTECS's developments and tasks in the upcoming period.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Former GEM-Listed Group Finance Manager Jailed For Four Months For Insider Dealing

Date 19/02/2019

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today sentenced Mr Au-Yeung Siu Pang, a former group finance manager of China CBM Group Company Limited (China CBM), to four months of imprisonment and fined him $120,000 after he was convicted of insider dealing in China CBM shares in a prosecution brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) (Note 1).  

ESMA Supervision To Focus On Data, Brexit And Cybersecurity In 2019

Date 19/02/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its 2019 Supervision Work Programme, which details the main areas of focus for the upcoming year for ESMA’s supervision of Trade Repositories (TRs), Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), and the monitoring of third-country market infrastructures such as third-country central clearing counterparties (TC-CCPs) and third-country Central Securities Depositories (TC-CSDs).

Nasdaq Dubai And Menacorp Announce Collaboration To Raise Capital Markets Investor Awareness Across MENA

Date 19/02/2019

• Investor roadshows and other outreach will primarily focus on equity futures
• Campaign will increase synergies between UAE and regional financial markets.

CryptoCompare Publishes Monthly Exchange Review For January 2019

Date 19/02/2019

CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider, today published its January 2019 Exchange Review, offering institutional and retail investors insights into the cryptocurrency exchange industry.

Vienna Stock Exchange Calculates New CEE Blue Chip Benchmark "Eastern Europe Traded Index"

Date 19/02/2019

With the "Eastern Europe Traded Index" (EETX) index family Vienna Stock Exchange today launches six new indices. The EETX focuses on the 40 largest blue chips of the Russian, Central, Eastern and Southeastern European markets. The largest stocks include Sberbank, Lukoil, Gazprom, Tatneft and Norilsk. The EETX is calculated and published as a price index, dividend index (TR) and net dividend index (NTR) in real time in EUR and USD. With this expanded offer, the Vienna Stock Exchange is responding to the demand of international market participants. Vienna Stock Exchange’s index offering thus comprises of 142 indices. 103 of these reflect national, regional and industry-specific developments in the CEE/CIS region. Last week the Vienna Stock Exchange became the first national exchange to be admitted as a registered benchmark administrator. This means that the indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange which are used as underlying instruments for derivatives, ETFs and structured products are already compliant with next year's Benchmark Regulation.

Publication Of JPX Working Paper, Vol.26 "Initiatives In Utilizing Blockchain And Facilitating Open Innovation In Capital Market" And A Supplemental Material To JPX Working Paper, Vol.22 "Study On Applicability Of Distributed Ledger Technology In Trade Matching Processes"

Date 19/02/2019

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) today published JPX Working Paper, Vol.26 "Initiatives in Utilizing Blockchain and Facilitating Open Innovation in Capital Market" and a supplemental material to JPX Working Paper, Vol.22 "Study on Applicability of Distributed Ledger Technology in Trade Matching Processes".

ASIC Update On Implementation Of Royal Commission Recommendations

Date 19/02/2019

ASIC today provided an update on its planned actions responding to the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission).

Brexit Preparedness: European Commission Intensifies “No-Deal” Customs Preparedness Outreach To EU Businesses

Date 18/02/2019

The European Commission has today stepped up its “no-deal” outreach to EU businesses in the area of customs and indirect taxation such as VAT, given the risk that the United Kingdom may leave the EU on 30 March this year without a deal (a “no-deal” scenario).

Partnership Program Boosts Repo Trading At Eurex

Date 18/02/2019

Eurex’s Repo Partnership Program, which aims to increase repo transactions in the interbank market for European government bonds, is already showing initial effects.