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Microgen And Touchstone Wealth Management Merge To Deliver Technological Innovation - The Merger Will Enable The New Company To Provide Global Coverage And Technology Transformation Capabilities For The Trust And Corporate Services Market

Date 25/11/2019

Microgen Financial Systems and Touchstone Wealth Management, leading providers of financial services technology systems, today announced their merger, becoming the leading provider of technology to the Trust and Corporate Services market.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange And Xinhua News Deepen Cooperation To Jointly Launch The Global Index System Program

Date 25/11/2019

On November 22, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua News) jointly launched the global index system program to better serve the national strategies in all respects and the development of the real economy, and join hands to form a law-based, transparent, open, dynamic and resilient capital market. Responsible persons of both sides attended the meeting, exchanged ideas on news publicity, information researches, business collaboration, talent cultivation, etc., and further improved the long-term cooperation mechanism.

DekaBank Chooses Clearstream For European Post-Trading Services

Date 25/11/2019

• DekaBank to use Clearstream’s Investor CSD model for its European settlement, custody and asset servicing 
• Austria has become DekaBank’s first market to be processed via Clearstream’s Investor CSD model. 
• Eurobonds, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and other European markets are to follow in 2020/21.

big xyt Named Outstanding TCA Provider At Leaders In Trading 2019 Awards

Date 25/11/2019

big xyt, the independent provider of market data analytics is pleased to announce that it has been named as ‘Editors Choice – Outstanding TCA provider' at The TRADE Leaders in Trading 2019 Awards.  

Securities Commission Malaysia: Audit Firm And Auditors Fined And Prohibited From Auditing

Date 25/11/2019

The Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board (AOB) today announced that audit firm Afrizan Tarmili Khairul Azhar (AFTAAS) and its partners are prohibited from accepting as clients and auditing public interest entities (PIE) or schedule funds for 12 months. The prohibitions on AFTAAS and the partners took effect on 25 November 2019.

DP World Group Chairman And CEO Rings Nasdaq Dubai Market Opening Bell To Celebrate Sukuk And Bond Listings Totalling USD 2.3 Billion

Date 25/11/2019

• DP World will use the capital to further enhance end-to-end logistics capability
• Ceremony underlines Dubai’s leading role in debt markets including listed Sukuk value totaling 64.3 billion US dollars

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Held The International Seminar On Capital Market For SMEs

Date 25/11/2019

The 2019 International Seminar on Capital Market for SMEs (hereinafter ‘Seminar’) was successfully held at Shenzhen Stock Exchange on November 25th. Senior management and experts of exchanges, regulatory department and market institutions from countries along the “Belt and Road”, including Abu Dhabi, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, joined the Seminar. Mr. Ai Xuefeng, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, Mr. Wang Jianjun, CEO and President of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and Ms. Yang Liu, Deputy Director of Department of International Affairs of China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter ‘CSRC’), attended the seminar and delivered speeches. More than 80 representatives from domestic and foreign exchanges, financial institutions and related capital market organizations attended the Seminar.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Price Limit Update For SC1912

Date 25/11/2019

Shanghai International Energy Exchange, the subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange has released its Circular on the Price Limit Update for SC1912 on November 20, 2019.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Former Director Convicted Of Furnishing False Statement To The SGX-DT

Date 25/11/2019

Mr Joseph Chai Ming Leong (Mr Chai) was today convicted and sentenced to 4 weeks’ imprisonment for furnishing a false statement to Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT). His conviction was a result of a joint investigation conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force.

UAE Securities and Commodities Authority Obtains Lloyd’s Register Certification For ISO 10002:2018

Date 25/11/2019

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) obtained an accredited certification from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance for implementing ISO 10002:2018 internationally set guidelines. This comes as part of SCA’s efforts to adoptthe best global practices on handling customer complaints and reflects its commitment to achieving its strategic objectives, most notably enhancing customer satisfaction and improving the quality of the services offered.