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Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Determined For Brent Futures (Brent-12.18)

Date 03/12/2018

Please be advised that on December 3, 2018 the settlement prices for Brent futures (BR-12.18) contracts amounted to:

• BR-12.18 – 58.69

ESMA Registers A.M. Best (EU) Rating Services B.V. As Credit Rating Agency

Date 03/12/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s direct supervisor of credit rating agencies (CRAs), has registered today A.M. Best (EU) Rating Services B.V. as a CRA under the CRA Regulation. 

HKEX To Add Mini-HSCEI Options To After-Hours Trading From Tonight

Date 03/12/2018

• Addition of Mini-HSCEI Options will complete roll-out of eight major stock index products in AHT
• Index futures and options’ average daily AHT volumes are up sharply from their initial levels

Deutsche Börse AG: Release According To Article 40, Section 1 Of The WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] With The Objective Of Europe-Wide Distribution - Jupiter Fund Management PLC, London, United Kingdom, Dissemination Of A Voting Rights Announcement

Date 03/12/2018

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

2. Reason for notification

MiFIR Offering From Kaizen To Include APA Trade Reporting - MiFIR Trade Reporting Specialist Chris Machin To Head Development Of New Offering

Date 03/12/2018

Kaizen Reporting (Kaizen), the specialist regulatory reporting firm, has announced it is extending its award-winning assurance service, ReportShield™, to cover MiFIR trade reporting. Under MiFID II, investment firms are required to report on both trades and transactions. Trade reporting improves the near to real-time trade transparency information published to potential investors. Financial details of trades are reported to an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) for dissemination to the market. In transaction reporting trade details must be reported in T+1 to an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) which validates the data before sending the reports to regulators. 

EGX Is Completing Its Reform Efforts To Improve The Stock Market Regulative Framework In 2019

Date 03/12/2018

• Farid: We will strive to apply short selling during the first quarter of next year.
• EGX Chairman: issuing the decision regulating the market maker activity during few days and it’s the choice of companies to participate in that activity.

China Securities Regulatory Commission And Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Sign MoU To Enhance Supervisory Cooperation And Exchange Of Information Of Cross-Boundary Regulated Entities

Date 03/12/2018

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the cooperation and exchange of information in connection with the supervision and oversight of regulated entities of the CSRC or the SFC that operate on a cross-boundary basis in Hong Kong and Mainland (Cross-Boundary Regulated Entities).

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Secures Win For Technology Solution At Compliance Register Platinum Awards

Date 03/12/2018

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global information solutions provider, has, for the second consecutive year, retained the Best Regtech Solution in Financial Crime & Sanctions Compliance award at the Compliance Register Platinum Awards 2018.

Chairman Of The Securities And Exchange Commission Of The Philippines Emilio Benito Aquino And His Delegation Visit Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Date 03/12/2018

From November 29 to 30, Emilio Benito Aquino, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines (SEC), and his delegation visited SZSE. SZSE Chairman Wu Lijun and SZSE Vice President Peng Ming attended the meeting. This meeting is a concrete measure taken by the two sides to promote the implementation of the results of recent important meetings between the leaders of the two countries. They conducted in-depth exchanges and reached a broad consensus on further promoting the integration and development of bilateral capital markets and deepening the pragmatic cooperation between the exchanges. Representatives from the Philippine SEC, exchanges, securities clearing companies, depositary trust companies, and securities trading companies communicated with the relevant department heads of SZSE.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Recruits Franck Nicolas As Senior Client Solution Manager

Date 03/12/2018

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces that it has appointed Franck Nicolas as Senior Client Solution Manager within its Multi Asset, Quantitative & Solutions investment group (‘MAQS’), BNPP AM’s investment group built around a full and innovative range of investment products and solutions within multi-asset, structured and quantitative management.