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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Launches Guide To Help Businesses Navigate Complex Global Sanctions

Date 20/11/2018

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global information solutions provider, has today launched a guide to help businesses navigate the ever-growing complex global sanctions environment.

Change Of Publication Date For The Financial Stability Report And Bank Of England Stress Testing Results

Date 20/11/2018

The Financial Stability Report (FSR) and the full results of the Bank’s annual stress test of major UK banks, due to be published on 5 December 2018, will now be published on 28 November 2018.

Conclusions From The Cryptoassets Taskforce - Speech By Christopher Woolard, Executive Director Of Strategy And Competition At The FCA, Delivered At The Regulation Of Cryptocurrencies Event, London

Date 20/11/2018

Highlights:

• Cryptoassets have changed significantly in the last 10 years – we’ve gone from the original Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008 to a world populated by over 2000 different cryptoassets today.
• The Cryptoassets Taskforce brought together the FCA, HM Treasury and the Bank of England to explore the impact of cryptoassets and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial services. The taskforce’s final report was published at the end of October.  
• There are examples of cryptoassets and other applications of DLT delivering beneficial innovation in financial services. However, the taskforce has also identified 3 major harms: to consumers, to market integrity and the risk of financial crime.
• The FCA, HM Treasury and the Bank of England are each taking a number of steps over the coming months to address these harms and to encourage future beneficial innovation. 

Joint Statement By Singapore Police Force, Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority

Date 20/11/2018

The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force (SPF), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) announced today that they are jointly investigating suspected false and misleading statements and breaches of disclosure requirements under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289) by Noble Group Limited, and potential non-compliance with accounting standards under Section 201 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Noble Resources International Pte Ltd (NRI).

HKEX Annual Review Of Trading-Fee Tiers For Stock Options And Stock Futures

Date 20/11/2018

Pursuant to the Operational Trading Procedures for Options Trading Exchange Participants of the Stock Exchange (Appendix B11), the trading fee tier levels of the following stock option classes will be changed, effective from 2 January 2019, as a result of the annual review:

Integral Partners With Moscow Exchange (MOEX) To Deliver Access To Better Liquidity And Higher Performance - MOEX Customers Will Experience Access To Better Pricing, Lower Risk, Faster Acknowledgement

Date 20/11/2018

Integral (www.integral.com), the technology partner trusted by leading banks, brokers, and asset managers to help them outperform their competition in the foreign exchange market, today announced a partnership with Moscow Exchange (MOEX), the largest worldwide RUB FX electronic trading venue. Through its Open Currency ExchangeTM (OCX), Integral will deliver access to better liquidity, higher performance, and lower latency to MOEX customers, and MOEX will now provide liquidity to the Integral network.

EEX New Participant: Eneco Energy Trade B.V.

Date 20/11/2018

Eneco Energy Trade B.V. has been additionally admitted to exchange trading for Spot Contracts on Emission Rights (Primary Auctions).

Avelacom Opens New Singapore Office And Appoints Gabriel Bassas VP Sales For APAC

Date 20/11/2018

Avelacom, the high-performance connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions provider for the financial services industry, today announced that it has opened a new office in Singapore, managed by Gabriel Bassas, VP Sales for APAC.

Plenitude Appoints Former Capco UK CEO, Steve Vinnicombe, As A Non-Executive Director

Date 20/11/2018

Plenitude,  a niche consultancy, specialising in Financial Crime Risk and Compliance has announced the appointment of Steve Vinnicombe, former UK CEO of Capco UK, as a Non-Executive Director to help deliver Plenitude’s ambitious growth plans to meet the challenges posed by the evolving landscape of Financial Crime compliance.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Spokesman Answers Press Media About The Implementation Measures On The Forced Delisting Of Listed Companies For Major Violation Of Law And The Relevant Amendments

Date 20/11/2018

On November 16, SZSE issued the Implementation Measures on Forced Delisting of Listed Companies for Major Violation of Law (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Measures) and amended the Rules Governing Share Listing and the Implementation Measures for the Relisting of Delisted Companies for improvement. Regarding the issues of market concern, SZSE spokesman answered the media questions.