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ASEAN Capital Markets Forum Advances Regional Integration Efforts Through Roadmap For Sustainable Capital Markets

Date 18/03/2019

The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) today met in Bangkok to endorse the Roadmap on ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets to promote ASEAN asset classes for sustainable investment, in line with ASEAN’s theme on “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”. The Roadmap will be proposed to the ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Rai for acknowledgment in April 2019.

EuroCCP To Provide Post-Trade Services To EU-Based Entities Of Aquis Exchange, Cboe Europe Equities And Turquoise

Date 18/03/2019

EuroCCP, Europe’s leading equities clearinghouse, today confirms that it has obtained the necessary regulatory approvals to provide post-trade services to the EU-based entities of Aquis Exchange, Cboe Europe Equities and Turquoise.

GPW Offers New Derivatives

Date 18/03/2019

• GPW is planning to introduce to trading new derivatives to address the needs of market participants
• Futures on shares of LPP with a new multiplier of 1 and futures on shares of 11 BIT Studios with a new multiplier of 10 will be introduced to trading
• The multiplier of futures on shares of mBank and Santander Bank will change to 10 (previously 100)
• New macroindices will become the underlying of futures

Red Deer Blog: The Hidden Problems Europe Uncovered During Unbundling

Date 18/03/2019

This is the second in a three-part series of articles to help US asset and hedge fund managers answer their clients’ questions about the unbundling of payments for research and trading and understand what a best in class research management system looks like.

Alternative Investment Management Summit In UAE: Alternative Investments Grow Beyond $10 Trillion

Date 18/03/2019

A 60/40 allocation to equities and bonds is no longer likely to be enough to offer investors the outcomes and diversification required to reach their long-term objectives – alternative investments are increasingly critical to the investor’s portfolio.

SIX Reports Solid Financial Performance Following Year Of Transformation

Date 18/03/2019

Ten years after it was founded, SIX undertook a comprehensive realignment in 2018. At the same time, SIX generated operating income of CHF 1.94 billion, which was virtually the same as in the previous year. It achieved this despite the fact that the Cards business was transferred to Worldline, and so only contributed to income for 11 months of the year. Group net profit rose to CHF 2.88 billion thanks to the positive one-off effect of this transaction.

ESMA Registers Beyond Ratings SAS As Credit Rating Agency

Date 18/03/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s direct supervisor of credit rating agencies (CRAs), has registered today Beyond Ratings SAS as a CRA under the CRA Regulation.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines BOCI Securities Limited HK$10 Million For Regulatory Breaches In Selling Investment Products

Date 18/03/2019

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined BOCI Securities Limited (BSL) HK$10 million over BSL’s internal system and control failures in its investment product selling practices (Note 1).

UK's Serious Fraud Office Opens Investigation Into London Capital & Finance Plc

Date 18/03/2019

The Serious Fraud Office, working in conjunction with the Financial Conduct Authority, has opened an investigation into individuals associated with London Capital & Finance Plc.  On 4 March 2019, four individuals were arrested in the Kent and Sussex areas.  All four individuals have been released pending further investigation.

SET To Launch “SET Well-Being Index” On April 1

Date 18/03/2019

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will launch "SET Well-Being Index” (SETWB), a new index consisting of listed securities in well-being related sectors which are key contributors of the Thai economic growth: Agribusiness, Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage, Health Care Service, Tourism & Leisure and Transportation & Logistics, allowing investors to benefit growth potential of these promising sectors.