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Solactive Partners With ESG Provider Truvalue Labs To Create A New Line Of AI-Driven ESG Indices

Date 11/02/2019

Solactive, the German index engineering firm, will collaborate with San Francisco-based AI company Truvalue Labs, intensifying efforts to meet a significant increase in client demand for ESG indices.

Eurex Clears First Swap Transaction For U.S. End Clients

Date 11/02/2019

Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparties (CCP), has cleared its first swap transaction for end clients domiciled in the U.S. Citi is the first futures commission merchant (FCM) offering client swap clearing through Eurex Clearing. Eight fund companies have already joined Citi to take advantage of this service.

Bank of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting - 6 September 2018

Date 11/02/2019

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Sequana Medical Lists On Euronext Brussels - Capital Raised Through IPO Will Enable The Execution Of Sequana Medical’s Strategy

Date 11/02/2019

Belgian-based medtech company Sequana Medical NV (ticker symbol: SEQUA) today began trading on Euronext Brussels (Compartment C) with an initial market capitalisation of approximately €107.2 million. This transaction demonstrates the attractiveness of Euronext as the leading stock exchange for European biotech and medtech companies. With this operation, Sequana Medical joins a large franchise of 89 life science companies (52 biotech and 37 medtech companies) currently listed on Euronext’s markets, representing a total market capitalisation of €22 billion per 31 January 2019.

Euronext Increases Offer Price

Date 11/02/2019

Euronext has today announced that the offer price for the shares in Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA is being increased from NOK 145 to NOK 158 per share. The acceptance period of the offer is extended to 11 March at 17:30 CET. 

Euronext Details Its Strategic Project To Create A Leading Player In The Nordics With Oslo Børs VPS And Adjusts Its Offer

Date 11/02/2019

• Create a leading player in the Nordics with Oslo Børs VPS, a combination for growth
• Offer price raised from NOK 145 to NOK 158 per share
• Acceptance period extended by four weeks to 11 March 2019

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 11/02/2019

Highlights

- Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $32 trillion at the end of January 2019, an increase of 7 per cent from $29.9 trillion at the end of December 2018.
• The average daily turnover in January 2019 was $88.4 billion, an increase of 23 per cent when comparedwith $71.9 billion in December 2018.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs in January 2019 was $10.1 billion, a decrease of 3 per cent when compared with $10.4 billion for the same period last year.
• There were 13* newly listed companies in January 2019, a decrease of 57 per cent when compared with 30* for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of Debt Securities in January 2019 was $300 million, an increase of 50 per cent when compared with $200 million for the same period last year.

SPiCE VC Makes Strategic Investment In Digital Securities Exchange Archax - Strengthens Portfolio With Stake In London-Based Institutional Venture

Date 11/02/2019

SPiCE VC, the world’s first fully tokenised venture capital fund, today announced its latest strategic investment, taking a stake in Archax – the forthcoming institutional digital securities exchange based in London. Digital securities, also known as security tokens, take real-world assets and ‘tokenise’ them using distributed ledger technology.

Brokerage House Securities Leads Nasdaq Dubai Equity Futures Market Activity

Date 11/02/2019

• BHS overall market share by value in last 6 months is 50%
• BHS is most active brokerage for Saudi futures
• Success comes amid investor awareness campaign conducted jointly with Nasdaq Dubai

Securities Commission Malaysia: Independent Study Proposes Recommendations To Spur Growth And Drive Synergies In The Venture Capital Ecosystem

Date 11/02/2019

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is reviewing recommendations proposed by the Institute for Capital Market Research (ICMR) to spur further growth and drive greater synergies in the Malaysian Venture Capital (VC) industry.