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Bursa Malaysia Amends Listing Requirements To Strengthen The Framework For Disclosure And Exercise Of Shareholders’ Rights

Date 24/03/2016

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) has issued various amendments to the Main Market and ACE Market Listing Requirements (collectively the “LR”) today to raise the standards of disclosure and Corporate Governance (“CG”) practices.

Borsa İstanbul: Amendments To Operation Principles Of The New Market Making Program In VIOP

Date 24/03/2016

Operation Principles of the New Market Making Program in VIOP have been updated as follows:

• Effective from April 1, 2016, USD/Ounce Gold, Gold (TRY/Gr) and Durum Wheat futures contracts will be included in the New Market Making Program based on revenue sharing.

• Effective from April 1, 2016, the number of Single Stock option contracts with different strike prices that the market makers are responsible for will be changed.

Amman Stock Exchange’s Seventeenth General Assembly Meeting

Date 24/03/2016

Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) held its Seventeenth Sixteenth General Assembly Meeting on Thursday, March 24, 2016. The meeting chaired by Mr. Marwan Al-Bataineh the chairman of the Board of Directors, in the presence of the members of the Board, the CEO of the ASE Mr. Nader Azar and a representative of the Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) Mr. Mithqal Obeidat . During the meeting, they discussed the report of the Board of Directors on the activities of the ASE for the year 2015 and its future plan; the participants listened  to the Auditor's Report on the ASE financial statements, and the financial position for the year 2015. Moreover, they also discussed the balance sheet, the account of revenues and expenditures, and the cash flow for the ASE. The financial statements for the year ended December 31st, 2015 have been endorsed.  and discuss any other issues.

Investment Funds, Markets Liquidity And The Investor - Speech By David Lawton, Director Of Markets Policy And International, FCA, Delivered At The 9th Financial Risk International Forum In Paris On 21 March 2016

Date 24/03/2016

Good afternoon.  When I was invited to speak at today’s conference, I was asked if I would like to talk about the systemic risk posed by investment funds to the financial system, and the regulatory changes that might be proposed to limit these risks.

US Department Of Justice: Seven Iranians Working For Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Affiliated Entities Charged For Conducting Coordinated Campaign Of Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Financial Sector - One Defendant Also Charged With Obtaining Unauthorized Access Into Control Systems Of A New York Dam

Date 24/03/2016

A grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted seven Iranian individuals who were employed by two Iran-based computer companies, ITSecTeam (ITSEC) and Mersad Company (MERSAD), that performed work on behalf of the Iranian Government, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on computer hacking charges related to their involvement in an extensive campaign of over 176 days of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

ETFs/ETPs Listed In Canada Gathered 1.30 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets In February 2016, According To ETFGI

Date 24/03/2016

ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada gathered net inflows of US$1.30 Bn in February 2016, according to data from ETFGI’s February 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada have gathered net inflows for 16 consecutive months.

Sustainalytics And Cass Business School Collaborate On Responsible Investment Research

Date 24/03/2016

Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, ratings and analytics, and Cass Business School, today announced a partnership to develop responsible investment research. The partnership, established as part of Sustainalytics’ new Academic Program, will be led by world class academics from Cass Business School and analysts from Sustainalytics. The first project, which is already underway by the partners, focuses on responsible investment engagement activities, that is, direct dialogues between institutional investors and their investee companies to improve the ESG awareness, performance and disclosure of companies.

Change In Public Affairs Department At Deutsche Börse

Date 24/03/2016

Deutsche Börse AG announced a change in the Global Public Affairs department. Frank-H. Klaas (57) will leave the company as of 31 March 2016.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Suspends Ernest Ho Gar Fai For Four Months

Date 24/03/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended Mr Ernest Ho Gar Fai for four months from 24 March 2016 to 23 July 2016.

HKEX: Special Intra-day Margin Call In Respect Of The Ching Ming Festival

Date 24/03/2016

The Traded Options Market will be closed for business on 4 April 2016.  In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risk that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a special intra-day margin call in respect of all open positions on Friday, 1 April 2016.