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Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Acting Head Of Investment Products

Date 10/06/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has appointed Ms Christina Choi as Acting Head of Investment Products with effect from 19 June 2016.  She is currently Senior Director of the Division.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Approval Of Initial listing (ETF): MAXIS JAPAN Proactive Investment In Physical And Human Capital 200 Index ETF (Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management)

Date 10/06/2016

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETF managed by “Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.”. The ETF will be listed on Wednesday, June 29, 2016.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For June 2016 Rubber Contract

Date 10/06/2016

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the June 2016 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Rubber Delivery Detailed Rules, the price differential between the Good Delivery materials RSS No.3 and the non-standard grade RSS No.4 for the June 2016 contract month shall be -3.0 yen/kg.

Euronext Welcomes a.s.r - a.s.r. Beats New Record Being The Largest IPO On Euronext Year To Date

Date 10/06/2016

a.s.r.(ticker symbol: ASRNL), a leading Dutch insurance company, began trading today on the Amsterdam market of Euronext after its successful Initial Public Offering (IPO). With a total offering value of approximately€ 1,018 billion a.s.r. is the largest IPO on Euronex year to date. The total market capitalisation of a.s.r. at opening was € 3,068billion.

May 2016: Below Previous Year - The Statistical Monthly Report Contains The Latest Trade And Turnover Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange.

Date 10/06/2016

A total of 21'045'833 transactions were conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange Ltd since the start of 2016. This marks a year-on-year decrease of 4.8%. There have been 20'165'056 trades in the Equities including Funds + ETPs segment. Since the start of 2016, trading turnover across all securities has fallen by 10.4% in total to CHF 568.9 billion. With the exception of the Bonds non-CHF segment, turnover is down year-on-year across all segments.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Statistics On Dates Of Annual General Shareholders Meetings For Companies Whose Fiscal Years Ended In March 2016

Date 10/06/2016

TSE has compiled statistics on dates of annual general shareholders meetings for companies whose fiscal years ended in March 2016.

Osaka Exchange: Change Of Central Contract Months In 10-Year JGB Futures Trading

Date 10/06/2016

Concerning 10-year JGB Futures, since the trading volume of the September 2016 contract (second contract) surpassed that of the June 2016 contract (nearest contract) in today’s auction market, the central contract month pertaining to temporary trading halt (Circuit Breaker rule) are as follows from June 13, 2016 (trading day).

XII Forms Joint Working Group With GLEIF To Tackle Legal Identity In XBRL

Date 10/06/2016

The XBRL International Best Practices Board (BPB), in cooperation with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), is forming a working group to examine and make concrete recommendations about the best ways to create consistency in referencing legal identity within XBRL documents. The WG will explicitly develop recommendations about the consistent use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) within XBRL taxonomies and instance documents.

Osaka Exchange: Handling Of Rules And Important Notes Concerning Launch Of Next J‐GATE And New Products

Date 10/06/2016

The handling of rules concerning developing rules in connection with the lanch of Next J-GATE on July 19, 2016 (scheduled),etc. will be as follows.

FairFX Wins Award For Most Trusted Prepaid Card Provider

Date 10/06/2016

FairFX, the FinTech low-cost multi-currency payments service, won the Moneywise award for Most Trusted Prepaid Card Provider at a ceremony hosted last night in London.