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HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 04/04/2019

Highlights

Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $33.8 trillion at the end of March 2019, an increase of 2 per cent from $33.0 trillion at the end of February 2019, and a decrease of 2 per cent from $34.4 trillion at the end of March 2018.
• The average daily turnover in March 2019 was $110.6 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $105.7 billion in February 2019, and a decrease of 16 per cent from $131.6 billion in March 2018.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first three months of 2019 was $10.0 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $9.5 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of Debt Securities for the first three months of 2019 was $0.3 billion, an increase of 50 per cent when compared with $0.2 billion for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for March 2019 was $9.3 billion, an increase of 35 per cent when compared with $6.9 billion in February 2019.

Nigel Green, Chief Executive And Founder deVere Group On Brexit: Business Will Welcome Cross-Party Leadership, But Not An Election

Date 04/04/2019

UK and global business will welcome Britain’s political leaders finally beginning to show leadership, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

Medacta Opens IPO-Season 2019 At SIX

Date 04/04/2019

Today, the shares of Medacta Group SA (ticker „MOVE“) were traded for the first time at SIX, opening at CHF 104.00 per share. This corresponds to a total market capitalization of CHF 2.08 billion.

NGM List The First Exchange Traded Product On Litecoin And XRP

Date 04/04/2019

At the end of this week XBT Provider will list exchange traded products with Litecoin and XRP as underlying assets at NGM. Litecoin will start trading as of April 4 and XRP as of April 5, 2019.

LCH Selects genesis To Deliver Solutions To Streamline & Automate Clearing Workflows - genesis’ Proven Ability For Rapid Delivery Was A Key Factor For LCH - All Three Solutions Have Been Delivered Efficiently And To Time In Order To Streamline Workflows And Processes With Smarter, Digital Solutions

Date 04/04/2019

genesis, the international capital markets software firm, has been working with LCH, a leading global clearing house, to design, build and implement three new solutions to automate workflows, which will in turn support business growth.

ANNA And GLEIF Announce ‘Go-Live’ Date On ISIN LEI Initiative - Link Between ISO Standards To Start On 4th April 2019, To Improve Transparency And Aid Risk And Exposure Management

Date 04/04/2019

The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) announce 4th April 2019 as the ‘go-live’ date for the new initiative to start linking International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) for the global financial industry. The initiative has been created to help improve transparency of exposure by linking the legal issuing entity (Issuer) to their issuance of securities, and to also address some of the regulatory requirements under the Prospective Directive, the CSDR and SFTR.

Bursa Excellence Awards 2018 To Honour Top Performing Brokers And Market Intermediaries - Bursa Malaysia To Recognise The Contributions Of The Broking Community In Building The Malaysian Capital Market At The 6th Edition Of Their Annual Awards Ceremony

Date 04/04/2019

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) will host the Bursa Excellence Awards 2018 to honour the top performing brokers and market intermediaries for the sixth year in a row. To be held on 9 April 2019, the event will be graced by the Finance Minister, Yang Berhormat Tuan Lim Guan Eng.

Cambodia And Singapore Strengthen Cooperation In FinTech Innovation

Date 04/04/2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation in FinTech innovation between both countries.

Eurex: Traders Make Ample Use Of Our Extended Trading Hours In Roll Month March

Date 04/04/2019

Exciting news: the results in March – the first roll month after the launch of our extended trading hours (THX) in the Asian time zones in December 2018 – exceeded our expectation. 

ASIC Welcomes Approval Of New Laws To Protect Financial Service Consumers

Date 04/04/2019

ASIC has welcomed the passage of key financial services reforms contained in the Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) legislation introducing:

• a design and distribution obligations regime for financial services firms; and
• a product intervention power for ASIC