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HKEX: Poll Results Of The 2017 Annual General Meeting And Changes In Directorate

Date 26/04/2017

Please click here to download the HKEX Poll Results of the 2017 Annual General Meeting and Changes in Directorate.

Nasdaq Reports Record Quarterly Earnings - Announces 19% Increase In Quarterly Dividend

Date 26/04/2017

• Net revenues1 were $583 million in the first quarter of 2017, an increase of 9% compared to the first quarter of 2016. Subscription and recurring revenues2 in the first quarter of 2017 represented 75% of total net revenues.

Bank Of England: New UK Money Markets Code Launched

Date 26/04/2017

​Press release

BME Starts BME 4Companies

Date 26/04/2017

• This initiative groups together and  organises all the services and products offered by BME to companies in order to promote the opportunities that the securities market offers.
• More than 500 companies, listed and non-listed, will be able to benefit from this initiative.

Nasdaq Announces 19% Increase In Quarterly Dividend To $0.38 Per Share

Date 26/04/2017

The Board of Directors of Nasdaq, Inc (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share on the company's outstanding common stock, an increase of 19% from the prior $0.32 per share quarterly dividend. 

Irish Stock Exchange Lists World's Largest Ever Sukuk Issuance With $9bn Saudi Arabia Bonds

Date 26/04/2017

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through KSA Sukuk Limited, has listed the world's largest ever sukuk issuance through two listings on the Main Securities Market of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) raising US$9 billion.  The listings by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia follow its inaugural US$17.5 billion issues which listed on the ISE in October 2016.

EEX New Participant: Energy Supply EOOD

Date 26/04/2017

Energy Supply EOOD has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures/Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures/Options, French Financial Power Futures/Options, Italian Financial Power Futures/Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures/Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures and
Romanian Financial Power Futures. 

The FCA's Regional FinTech Engagement - Speech By Christopher Woolard, Executive Director Of Strategy And Competition At The FCA, Delivered At Leeds Digital Festival

Date 26/04/2017

Highlights:

• Project Innovate aims to tackle regulatory barriers to allow firms to innovate in the interest of consumers. Demand from firms for our support continues to be high.
• As a forward-looking regulator, we are constantly evolving our approach. To reflect the growing reach of our work, Project Innovate is now entering a new phase.
• We see the emergence of regional FinTech hubs especially in Leeds / Manchester and Edinburgh / Glasgow
• We are committed to support the emergence of these hubs by offering more and better local assistance

“Shanghai Stock Exchange Guidance For Business Management On Structured Funds” To Take Effect On May 1, 2017

Date 26/04/2017

To standardize investor suitailbty management of structured funds and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of investors, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), upon approval by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), released the “SSE Guidance for Business Management on Structured Funds” on November 25, 2016, which will officially come into effect on May 1, 2017.

Guideline Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange For Structured Fund Business Management Officially Implemented From May 1st

Date 26/04/2017

With approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) released the Guideline of Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Structured Fund Business Management (“the Guideline”) on November 25, 2016 for the sake of regulating the adequacy management over structured fund investors and protecting investors’ legitimate rights and interests. The Guideline will be officially implemented from May 1, 2017. It further improves investor adequacy management systems and regulates the work on structured fund split, investor education and risk warning on the basis of summarizing the recent years of experience in structured fund management and operation. It is an important institutional arrangement for implementing the law-based strict comprehensive supervision, paying greater attention to and preventing market risks, and propelling the stable and sound development of the fund market.