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ESMA Publishes Updated AIFMD Q&A

Date 06/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers document on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

Palestine Securities Exchange (PEX) Monthly Investor Newsletter - September 2016

Date 06/10/2016

Click here to download the September edition of the PEX Monthly Investor Newsletter.

ESMA Consults On MiFID II Guidelines Regarding Trading Halts

Date 06/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a public consultation regarding draft guidelines on trading halts under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). MiFID II provides that “Member States shall require a regulated market to be able to temporarily halt or constrain trading if there is a significant price movement in a financial instrument on that market or a related market during a short period and, in exceptional cases, to be able to cancel, vary or correct any transaction.

CISI Comments On Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party Conference Speech Re Financial Advisers

Date 06/10/2016

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) would like to make the following statement, in response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday when she stated: “If you are an accountant, financial adviser or middleman who helps people dodge tax, we are coming after you”:

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-Month Euroyen Futures (Effective From 5 October 2016)

Date 06/10/2016

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current March 2017 contracts to the June 2017 contracts, effective from 5 October 2016.

SGX Welcomes Maybank Kim Eng Securities As Catalist Full Sponsor

Date 06/10/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome Maybank Kim Eng Securities as a Full Sponsor on Catalist, its sponsor-supervised board for growth companies.

FIA Japan Newsletter October 2016 Edition Released

Date 06/10/2016

Futures Industry Association of Japan has released FIAJ Newsletter October 2016 edition. Click the following URL to access the newsletter.

https://www.fiajapan.org/site_newsletters/en/201610/FIAJ_Newsletter_EN_2016_10.pdf

BME Launches New On-Line Contract Signing And Notification Acceptance Service - New BME INNOVA Service For Financial And Non-Financial Companies

Date 06/10/2016

BME, through its subsidiary BME INNOVA, has launched BME ConfidenceNet, an on-line service which allows companies to securely send customers certified notifications, sign contracts and/or accept any changes to the terms and conditions of same. They can also sign suitability tests once various proofs of identity have been collected and digitally stamped, including voice biometrics. 

SGX Reports Market Statistics For September 2016

Date 06/10/2016

Securities

• Total Securities market turnover value remained almost the same month-on-month but fell 8% year-on-year to S$20.7 billion, during 21 trading days compared with 22 in August 2016 and 20 in September 2015.

Institutional Investor's 45th Annual Ranking Of Wall Street's Top Analysts Reveals The Sell Side's Resilience - The Race Between The U.S.'s Top Equity Research Providers Just Got Tighter-Again

Date 06/10/2016

Long live sell-side research, according to Institutional Investor's 2016 All-America Research Team. The 45th anniversary of the annual ranking of Wall Street's top equity analysts begs the question: Why does the buy side still buy sell-side research?