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The World Federation Of Exchanges & Members Congratulate The SSE On Its 10-Year Anniversary

Date 26/09/2019

The World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, today congratulated the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (“SSE”) on its 10-year anniversary.

Axon Launches ADP 2.0 - A Product To Assist Exchanges And Vendors

Date 26/09/2019

After an exciting start to 2019 for Axon with the unveiling of the Axon Declaration Portal (ADP) back in February, Axon is delighted to announce the launch of ADP 2.0.  ADP is a solution for exchanges and vendors to streamline the collection and management of market data usage declarations.

Bursa Malaysia Seeks Public Feedback On Proposed Rule Amendments To The Main And Ace Market Listing Requirements Aimed To Strengthen Governance Of Listed Issuers And Enhance Operational Efficiency

Date 26/09/2019

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) today issued a consultation paper seeking public feedback on the proposed amendments to the Main and ACE Market Listing Requirements (collectively “Listing Requirements”). Heeding the government’s call under the National Anti-Corruption Plan (2019-2023), the Exchange proposes to introduce various anti-corruption measures for listed issuers under the Listing Requirements. The other proposed changes entail driving digitisation in corporate exercises undertaken by listed issuers for greater operational efficiency and efficacy. 

SGX To Launch Price Collars For Opening, Midday And Closing Auctions

Date 26/09/2019

Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to introduce price collars during the securities market opening, midday and closing auction routines so as to guard against risk of severe price dislocations during auctions. This follows support from a majority of respondents to a public consultation on the matter, where price collars and price-triggered time extensions were proposed for the auction sessions.

Quantile Technologies Voted Global Compression Service Of The Year By GlobalCapital

Date 26/09/2019

Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a leading provider of multilateral compression and optimisation services for financial markets, has been named the ‘Compression Service of the Year’ in the GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards 2019. Winners were announced last night at an awards dinner held at the Banking Hall in London.

SETL Launches SETL Labs Initiative - SETL Labs Provides A Way To Test Your Ideas On The Industrial Grade SETL Blockchain And Swiftly Develop Go-To-Market Propositions At Scale

Date 26/09/2019

SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, has today announced an open invitation to innovators, product managers and technology architects to engage.  SETL Labs will allow product and process ideas to be tested in a rapid prototyping environment and at the same time exposing them to the first principles of innovating with industrial grade blockchain technology. SETL Labs will be supported by a set of comprehensive documentation, user guides and an instance of the SETL blockchain, with APIs and example use cases.

The UAE Securities And Commodities Authority’s Board Of Directors Adopts The General Clearing Member Activity Regulations

Date 26/09/2019

• Meeting headed by H.E. Sultan Al Mansoori
• The Securities and Commodities Authority’s Board of Directors adopts the general clearing member activity regulations
• Amendments to four regulations including "the financial reports requirements for licensed activities", definition of "qualified investor", and "material information"
• Adopting a system to enhance the protection of investors' rights in securities
• Approval of application of procedures related to the listed companies that have accumulated losses of 20% or more on the trading platforms in markets
• Reviewing the financial analysis report of the listed companies and sectors in ADX and DFM for the second quarter of the year

Thailand And Singapore Strengthen Cooperation In Insurance Supervision

Date 26/09/2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC), Thailand, have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation in insurance supervision.

Atlantic Equities LLP Selects Itiviti’s Global OMS Solution To Replace Bloomberg SSEOMS

Date 26/09/2019

Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide today announced that Atlantic Equities LLP, a US equity agency brokerage firm has selected Itiviti to replace Bloomberg’s SSEOMS platform with its multi-asset OMS.

SGX Earns Three Further Awards; President Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Date 26/09/2019

• Awarded ‘Exchange of the Year’ and ‘Exchange of the Year – Derivatives’ at FOW and Global Investor Asia Capital Market Awards 2019
• Recognised as ‘Asia-Pacific Derivatives Exchange of the Year’ by GlobalCapital for sixth consecutive year