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B3 Partners Up With Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment (CCSI)

Date 20/04/2018

B3 was selected by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), Columbia University's research center, to be a partner in a scholarship program funded by the Emerging Market Sustainability Dialogues Challenge Fund.

SEC Charges Additional Defendant In Fraudulent ICO Scheme

Date 20/04/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced additional fraud charges stemming from an investigation of Centra Tech Inc.’s $32 million initial coin offering. 

Pivotal Software Marks IPO And First Day Of Trading On New York Stock Exchange

Date 20/04/2018

Pivotal Software, Inc. (NYSE: PVTL) opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “PVTL” following its initial public offering. Pivotal Software has a leading cloud-native platform, which accelerates and streamlines software development and modernizes legacy applications.

EBA Consults On Its Guidelines Interpreting The STS Criteria In Securitisation

Date 20/04/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Guidelines, which will provide a harmonised interpretation of the criteria for the securitisation to be eligible as simple, transparent and standardised (STS). The EBA Guidelines will play a crucial role in the new EU securitisation framework, by providing a single point of consistent interpretation of the STS criteria to originators, sponsors, investors and competent authorities throughout the Union. The consultation runs until 20 July 2018.

Irish Stock Exchange Publishes Statistics For Q1 2018

Date 20/04/2018

Note - March 2018 is the last month of statistics under the business name the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) as the ISE now trades as Euronext Dublin following the acquisition of the ISE by Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, spanning Belgium, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Portugal and the UK on 27 March. Press release link. 

SGX Reports 3Q FY2018 Net Profit Of S$100 Million

Date 20/04/2018

3Q FY2018 Financial Summary

• Revenue: S$222 million, up 10% from a year earlier
• Operating profit: S$118 million, up 15%
• Net profit: S$100 million, up 21%
• Earnings per share: 9.4 cents, up 21%
• Interim dividend per share: 5 cents, unchanged

Douglas Scheidt, SEC Associate Director And Chief Counsel In The Division Of Investment Management, To Leave Agency After 32 Years Of Public Service

Date 20/04/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Douglas Scheidt, an Associate Director and the Chief Counsel in the Division of Investment Management, will retire from the SEC at the end of September.

Recommended Cash Offer For Fidessa Group Plc By ION Capital UK Limited

Date 20/04/2018

Summary

The boards of ION and Fidessa are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all cash offer pursuant to which ION Bidco, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ION Investment Group Limited, shall offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Fidessa.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Assesses $500 Million Penalty Against Wells Fargo, Orders Restitution For Unsafe Or Unsound Practices

Date 20/04/2018

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today assessed a $500 million civil money penalty against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and ordered the bank to make restitution to customers harmed by its unsafe or unsound practices, and develop and implement an effective enterprise-wide compliance risk management program.

Moscow Exchange Will Change The Tick Size On The Stock Market From May 3, 2018

Date 20/04/2018

Moscow Stock Exchange will change the tick size on the stock market since May 3, 2018 for the following shares: