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Japan Exchange Group: Update Of 2nd Medium-Term Management Plan

Date 27/04/2018

Overview of 2nd Medium-Term Management Plan（FY2016 – FY2018） 

• Set realization of well-balanced business portfolio as mid- to long-term vision
• Enhance revenue diversification and investment to improve stability – Aim to accumulate operational revenue/net income via enhanced strategic investments

Springer Nature Share Subscription Via Frankfurt Stock Exchange Launched Today - First Trading Day Scheduled For 9 May - Support In Share Placement From DirectPlace Subscription Function

Date 27/04/2018

The share subscription for the IPO of Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000SPG1003) via the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was launched today and is expected to continue until 8 May. The first trading day for Spring Nature in the Prime Standard, the segment with the highest transparency standards, is scheduled for 9 May. The price range for the offered shares has been set at €10.50 to €14.50 per share. The total issue volume will be up to €1.6 billion.

Japan Exchange Group: Introduction Of New Stock Compensation Plan For Executives

Date 27/04/2018

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (hereinafter "JPX") decided today at the meeting of its Compensation Committee that it will introduce a new trust-type stock compensation plan for executives (meaning executive officers and those equivalent thereto, excluding persons such as outside directors, directors who are members of the Audit Committee, and auditors; hereinafter the same) of JPX and its subsidiaries that provide core businesses of JPX (hereinafter the "core subsidiaries"; JPX and the core subsidiaries are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "implementing companies") (This plan shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Plan".).

"Shanghai Stock Exchange Vision And Action Plan For Supporting Green Development And Promoting Green Finance (2018-2020)" Issued

Date 27/04/2018

With the socialism with Chinese characteristics entering a new era, such a scene of "Travelling at the foot of a green mountain and boating on the clear waters" as depicted in an ancient poem has been an important part of the people's growing needs for a better life. Under the guidance of President Xi Jinping's wise judgment of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," the green development has gradually been elevated to one of the five major development concepts in China. As a marketization mechanism for giving play to the role of the capital market in optimizing resource allocation and supporting the construction of ecological civilization and sustainable development, the green finance has drawn extensive attention at home and abroad. The Report of the 19th CPC National Congress points out that building the ecological civilization is a strategy crucial for a millennium to come as well as for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, and it is necessary to develop the green finance and advance the green development. The development of the green finance is both an inevitable requirement for the construction of a beautiful China and the formation of an ecological system that reveres the nature, and a common concept in global economic development and financial cooperation.

European Commission And European Stability Mechanism Lay Down Principles Of Cooperation

Date 27/04/2018

The European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) will today sign a Memorandum of Understandingon the working relationship between the two institutions.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Strengthening Regulatory Requirements For Key Monitored Accounts, Implementing Members' Responsibility For Transaction Management Of Clients

Date 27/04/2018

Today, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) officially issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Key Monitored Accounts" (the "Notice" for short). According to the "Notice", the SSE will regularly or irregularly send to all members of the SSE market a list of the "Key Monitored Accounts", mainly those involving frequent unusual transactions, severely unusual transactions, apparently suspected manipulations and other violations that harm the fair trading order in the market, and urge the members to specifically intensify the transaction compliance management of the listed accounts. According to the sources, it is an important move taken by the SSE to effectively fulfill the statutory responsibilities for the front-line regulation and accelerate the transformation to the "member-regulation-centered" mode of trading regulation, on the basis of the unified work arrangement of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). In addition, it is also a basic institutional arrangement for urging the members to vigorously assume the responsibility for management of the clients' transactions and directing the members to effectively coordinate the regulation of the unusual transactions.

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. And Consolidated Subsidiaries Consolidated Financial Results For The Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018（Based On IFRS, Unaudited

Date 27/04/2018

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 （from April １, 2017 to March 31, 2018）, the Group recorded operating revenue of ¥120,711 million （11.9% increase from the same period of the previous fiscal year （i.e. year on year）） due to factors such as increases in trading services revenue and clearing services revenue compared with the previous year, and operating expenses were ¥50,902 million （1.4% year-on-year increase）. As a result, the Group recorded operating income of ¥71,791 million （20.9% year-on-year increase） and income before income tax of ¥72,990 million （20.4% year-on-year increase).

ASX Outlines New Features And Timetable For DLT System To Replace CHESS

Date 27/04/2018

ASX has today released a consultation paper outlining the planned new features and timetable for replacing CHESS with a distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution as the post-trade infrastructure for Australia’s equity market.

Senior Management Changes At Monetary Authority Of Singapore

Date 27/04/2018

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced the following changes to its senior management team:

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission: Codes On Takeovers And Mergers And Share Buy-Backs Align With New Listing Regime

Date 27/04/2018

The SFC announces amendments to the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs (the Codes) to bring them in line with the new listing regime for companies from emerging and innovative sectors.