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Remarks By President Donald Tusk After The European Council Meetings On 17 And 18 October 2018

Date 19/10/2018

Good afternoon, let me start with Brexit. Yesterday, after listening to Prime Minister May's assessment of the state of the negotiations, the EU27 confirmed that we want to continue the talks in a positive spirit. Leaders expressed their full trust in Michel Barnier, and asked our negotiator to continue efforts to achieve an agreement. I stand ready to convene a European Council on Brexit, if and when the EU negotiator reports that decisive progress has been made. And we should be clear that, as for now, not enough progress has been made.

London Stock Exchange Group Trading Statement Including Revenues And KPIs For The Three Months Ended 30 September 2018 (Q3)

Date 19/10/2018

• Good Q3 results – growth across the Group including strong performances from LCH OTC clearing and FTSE Russell

• Q3 reported revenue up 5% and total income up 8% to £522 million; on a like-for-like basis, excluding a £9 million year-to-date accounting change impact on adoption of IFRS15 in Capital Markets, revenue would have been up 7% and total income up 9%

• Reported revenue up 9% and total income up 10% on a nine-month year-to-date basis (including effects of IFRS 15)

• LSEG acquiring up to a further 15.1% stake in LCH Group, expected to take majority ownership to over 80%; completion targeted by end of Q4 

ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested In ETFs And ETPs Listed In Europe Gathered Net Inflows Of US$6.50 Billion During September

Date 19/10/2018

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in the Europe gathered net inflows of US$6.50 billion during September 2018. Total assets decreased to US$832 billion at the end of September 2018, down 0.38% from US$835 billion at the end of August, according to ETFGI’s September 2018 Europe ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
 

London Stock Exchange Group To Increase Its Majority Shareholding In LCH Group

Date 19/10/2018

London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) announces that it is in the process of acquiring further shares in LCH Group Holdings Limited (“LCH”), which will increase its majority ownership of this valuable strategic business.

IRTI, Bank Indonesia, Indonesia Waqf Board Jointly Launch Principles Of Managing Islamic Endowments

Date 19/10/2018

The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has jointly launched a set of principles that will facilitate effective management of Islamic endowments to help harness potentials of the sub-sector toward resources mobilization for development activities.

Shanghai Stock Exchange, Euronext MOU Signing Ceremony Held

Date 19/10/2018

On October 16, 2018, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Euronext successfully held the MOU Signing Ceremony between SSE and Euronext and also the Pan-European Market Promotion Campaign at the SSE trading floor. SSE Chairman Huang Hongyuan and Euronext CEO Stephane Boujnah signed the memorandum on behalf of the two sides, marking an important step to further deepen the cooperative relationship and promote the exchange of the capital markets between the two regions. Making remarks at the event were Boujnah, SSE Vice President Liu Shaotong, and Axel Cruau, Consul General of the French Consulate General in Shanghai. Also attending and witnessing the event were David Karmouni, Regional Financial Counselor of the Department of Economic Affairs at the French Embassy in China, and nearly 30 representatives of the financial institutions from home and abroad.

Parliamentary Joint Committee On Corporations And Financial Services: Opening Statement - ASIC Chair James Shipton, 19 October 2018 - Opening Statement By James Shipton, Chair, Australian Securities And Investments Commission, Parliamentary Joint Committee On Corporations And Financial Services, 19 October 2018

Date 19/10/2018

Introduction

Thank you Chair.

Firstly, I want to commend the Royal Commission on its important work and acknowledge the seriousness of the observations made in its Interim Report, including those made of ASIC.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Promulgates "Guidelines For Services Of Bond Collateral Disposal Platform"

Date 19/10/2018

In order to improve the mechanism of bond collateral disposal, protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, and promote the healthy development of the exchange-traded bond market, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) recently issued and implemented the "Guidelines of the Shanghai Stock Exchange for the Services of the Bond Collateral Disposal Platform" (the "Guidelines" for short). The move is another important measure for the SSE to improve the relevant systems of the bond repo market.

CFTC: Federal Court Orders Trading Firm And CEO To Pay More Than $2.5 Million For Fraudulent Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

Date 18/10/2018

A New York federal court has ordered New York corporation Gelfman Blueprint, Inc. (GBI) and its Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Gelfman of Brooklyn, New York, to pay in total over $2.5 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution in what was the first anti-fraud enforcement action involving Bitcoin filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) (see CFTC Complaint and Press Release 7614-17). 

SEC Charges Lawyer And Her Husband In EB-5 Fraud - Defendants Allegedly Altered Evidence In Cover Up

Date 18/10/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a California-based immigration attorney and her husband in a fraudulent scheme that generated millions of dollars of undisclosed compensation from foreign investors seeking permanent U.S. residency through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.