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Prosperity UK: Stock Exchanges, Settlement & The Future Of Euro Clearing

Date 05/05/2017

Prosperity UK - the forum organised by Paul Marshall (Marshall Wace) and Lord "Hill (former EU Commissioner) to enable Britain to plan for a successful Brexit with ideas led by the business community itself, included a panel on "Stock Exchanges, Settlement and the Future of Euro Clearing"

Thomson Reuters Announces Voting Results For Election Of Directors

Date 05/05/2017

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI) today announced the voting results from the election of the company’s Board of Directors at its annual and special meeting of shareholders held yesterday in Toronto.

SET To Promote Investment Savings Plan At Money Expo 2017

Date 05/05/2017

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) continues to promote savings, long-term investment plan and expand quality investor base, offering a variety of investment products, cutting-edge investment tools, workshops, seminars and consultation with financial advisors through its “#investnow” flagship booth at the upcoming Money Expo Bangkok 2017 during May 11–14.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Imposes Regulatory Measure On Clients

Date 05/05/2017

Recently, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) found a small number of hedging clients frequently opened and closed positions on the futures contracts on which they applied for the hedging position limits, which is against the principles for hedge trading. Based on Article 22 in Measures of Dalian Commodity Exchange for Hedging Management, DCE took the regulatory measure by cancelling their qualification for hedging position limits and issued warning. 

SGX Welcomes Capital World Limited To Catalist

Date 05/05/2017

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Capital World Limited to Catalist under the stock code “1D5”. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange Has Punished 112 Unusual Transactions This Year

Date 05/05/2017

From January to April this year, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) carried out disciplinary actions on various kinds of violations, including 60 violations of trading limits, 112 unusual transactions with 57 cases of self-trade, 53 cases of frequently placing and cancelling orders and 2 violations of position limits by related accounts under common control, and 93 clients were banned temporarily from opening positions. A total of 55 clues of violation were treated, including 15 cases of transferring funds through negotiated trade and 40 self-trade or prearranged transactions affecting the prices of inactive contracts. In addition, from January to April this year, DCE stepped up inspections to the related accounts under common control by issuing 118 supervision and inquiry letters to the market, urging 200 clients in 75 groups to declare their relationship of related accounts under common control and including 655 accounts in 187 groups in the list for special supervision.

SGX Reprimands Singapore Post Limited

Date 05/05/2017

Public reprimand: Breach of Listing Rules

1. Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) reprimands Singapore Post Limited (“SingPost” or the “Company”) for its breaches of the Listing Rules.
2. Based on the findings of the Joint Special Auditors (namely PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) and Drew & Napier LLC (“D&N”)) and Corporate Governance Reviewer (Heidrick & Struggles (“H&S”)), and taking into account the representations made by SingPost to SGX, the instances of non-compliance with the Listing Rules are as follows:-

1. Listing Rule 703(4)(a) read with Paragraph 25(a) of Appendix 7.1 of the SGX-ST Mainboard Listing Manual, which requires that in complying with the Exchange’s disclosure requirements, the content of each announcement should be factual, clear and succinct.

Remarks Before The 2017 Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference: "Advancing Our Capital Markets With High-Quality Information", Wesley R. Bricker, SEC Chief Accountant, New York, NY, May 4, 2017

Date 04/05/2017

Introduction

Thank you for the kind introduction.  I'm grateful for the opportunity to speak at this financial reporting conference for the second time.

Before I continue, let me remind you that the views expressed today are my own and not necessarily those of the Commission, the individual Commissioners, or other colleagues on the Commission staff.

British Columbia Securities Commission Announces New Corporate Finance Director

Date 04/05/2017

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) today announced the appointment of John Hinze to Director of Corporate Finance.

BDA Launches Bermuda Risk Directory

Date 04/05/2017

The Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) today announced the launch of their Bermuda Risk Directory.