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Caribbean CSDs Sign SWIFT’s ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter - As The First Caribbean Securities Market Infrastructures To Sign The Charter, CSDs In Barbados And Jamaica’s Are Poised To Support Regional And International Initiatives

Date 08/12/2016

SWIFT announces today that the Barbados Central Securities Depository Inc. (BCSDI) and the Jamaican Central Securities Depository (JCSD) have signed up to the SWIFT ‘ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter’, a framework of principles for the harmonised adoption of the ISO 20022 messaging standard. BCSDI and JCSD join the 27 financial market infrastructure providers that have endorsed the charter to ensure a consistent, efficient and cost-effective way for market infrastructures (MIs) and financial intermediaries (FIs) to communicate.

ABN AMRO Clearing Wins ‘Proprietary Traders Clearing Firm Of The Year - 2016’ Award

Date 08/12/2016

In the 5th FOW international awards held in London, ABN AMRO Clearing was awarded ‘Proprietary Traders Clearing Firm of the Year’ award for the 4th year in a row.

Bursa Malaysia Sector Update

Date 08/12/2016

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) has decided to update the classification of sectors for 3 Public Listed Companies (“3 PLCs”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Friday, 16 December 2016.

Dubai Financial Services Authority Offices Closed For Business On Sunday, 11th December 2016

Date 08/12/2016

The DFSA offices will be closed for business on Sunday, 11th December 2016 to mark the occasion of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) Birthday. The DFSA offices will reopen on Monday, 12th December 2016.

Update On The Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission’s Enforcement Approach

Date 08/12/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today relaunched its Enforcement Reporter as a biannual publication which aims to provide the market with updates on the SFC’s key enforcement priorities.

Address By CSRC Chairman Liu Shiyu At The Launch Ceremony Of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Date 08/12/2016

Dear Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Secretary Hu Chunhua, Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee Secretary Ma Xingrui, Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin,

Honorable Leaders and Representatives from the State Council,

Dear SFC CEO Mr. Ashley Alder,

Friends, Colleagues and Ladies,

Good morning. Today we are gathered here to witness the launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program. At this historical moment marking the continued synergetic development of the Mainland and Hong Kong capital markets, on behalf of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), I would like to express my warm congratulations on the launch of the program and my heartfelt thanks to the relevant departments under the State Council, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee of the CPC, Guangdong Provincial Government, Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Shenzhen Municipal Government for their care and support given to the preparatory work on the program. The launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Connect on the basis of the success of pilot Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect is another major decision of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to unswervingly promote the opening up of China’s financial industry and is also the solemn commitment of the government to the people of the whole country in the 2016 Report on the Work of the Government. Under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, China financial sector honors this commitment today.

GLEIF And Five ‘First Mover’ LEI Issuers Successfully Conclude A Prototype Exercise To Identify Who Owns Whom In The Global LEI System - Starting In 2017, The Publicly Available LEI Data Pool Will Be Gradually Enhanced To Include Information On Direct And Ultimate Parents Of Legal Entities

Date 08/12/2016

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, and five ‘first mover’ LEI issuing organizations have successfully concluded a prototype exercise to test the end-to-end process of collecting and validating data on the direct and ultimate parents of legal entities that have an LEI. GLEIF will start publishing parent information in early 2017. Including this information in the publicly available LEI data pool will allow connecting the corporate dots globally with open, standardized and high quality LEI data.

Tullett Prebon Information And Quaternion Risk Management Partner To Enhance Transparency And Standardisation In Risk Modelling – Partnership Fuels Columbia University Research To Improve Understanding Of Systemic Risk

Date 08/12/2016

Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), the leading provider of independent real-time price information from the global OTC financial and commodity markets, and Quaternion Risk Management, a leading risk analytics firm, have partnered to launch an innovative open source risk project in collaboration with Columbia University.

TAIFEX Lists New Contracts Tracking China’s SZSE SME Price Index To The Exchange’s ETF Product Offerings

Date 08/12/2016

On 1 December 2016, the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) listed new futures and options contracts on one underlying ETF linked to China’s stock market – the Capital SZSE SME Price Index ETF (TWSE code: 00643 (TWD)).

“Robustness Of Smart Beta Strategies” Wins Best Smart Beta Paper Award For 2016

Date 08/12/2016

ERI Scientific Beta is delighted to announce that its research publication, “Robustness of Smart Beta Strategies,” has won the Best Smart Beta Paper award in the Savvy Investor Awards 2016. Savvy Investor is a leading research hub for the institutional investment industry. The site has over 15,500 members, who between them download more than 12,000 white papers every month.