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Eid Al Fiter Holiday For Qatar Stock Exchange

Date 04/07/2016

Qatar Stock Exchange would like to inform you that Eid Al Fitr Holiday will be three working Days, starting from the First day of EID.

The Egyptian Exchange: Eid Al-Fitr Al Mubarak Vacation

Date 04/07/2016

On the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr Al Mubarak for the year 2016, and based on the Cabinet and Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decision, it was decided for EGX holiday to be for 3 days starting from Tuesday 5th July to Thursday 7th July 2016; trading to be resumed on Sunday 10th of July 2016.
 

ESMA Is Seeking Secondary Market Experts To Join Consultative Industry Group

Date 04/07/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a call for candidates to newly constitute a Consultative Working Group (CWG) for the ESMA Secondary Markets Standing Committee (SMSC) as the two-year-term of the existing CWG will expire shortly.

UK's Serious Fraud Office: LIBOR Traders And Submitters Found Guilty

Date 04/07/2016

Three former employees of Barclays Bank plc have been convicted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to defraud in connection with an SFO investigation into the manipulation of US Dollar LIBOR.

Recommended All-Share Merger Between London Stock Exchange Group Plc And Deutsche Börse AG - Results Of The Court Meeting And LSEG General Meeting And Referendum Committee Update

Date 04/07/2016

At the Court Meeting and the London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") General Meeting held earlier today in connection with the recommended all-share merger between LSEG and Deutsche Börse AG ("Deutsche Börse") (the "Merger"), to be implemented through a new UK TopCo holding company ("HoldCo") which will acquire LSEG by way of a scheme of arrangement of LSEG under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme") and will acquire Deutsche Börse (the "Deutsche Börse Acquisition") by making a securities exchange offer to all shareholders of Deutsche Börse, the LSEG Shareholders approved all the resolutions proposed at both meetings by the requisite majorities.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Releases Memo Of Media Conference On Major Assets Restructuring

Date 04/07/2016

Recently, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) developed and released the "Memorandum of Media Conference on Major Assets Restructuring", clearly setting forth the circumstance, method and information disclosure of media conferences need holding when a listed company reveals a scheme for major assets restructuring. This is a move taken to fully implement China Securities Regulatory Commission's (CSRC's) regulatory idea of "legal, strict and comprehensive regulation", improve the efficiency and pertinence of major assets restructuring information disclosure, and fully protect investors' right to know and participate.

Austrian Stock Market Moves In Line With Europe

Date 04/07/2016

• Solid trading: Average monthly trading volumes reach last year’s level
• Equity trading volume in June 2016 up 8.5% versus June 2015
• Brexit vote prompts higher volatility near end of second quarter
• Vienna Stock Exchange systems handle almost 18 million price movements at peak times

VTB Capital Tops Dealogic League Tables

Date 04/07/2016

VTB Capital was ranked first in Dealogic League Tables in the DCM Bookrunner and M&A Advisor categories across Russia and CIS in 1H 2016.

International Baccalaureate Collaborates With Investment Industry To Offer Sixth Form Students Bespoke Finance Education Package

Date 04/07/2016

The International Baccalaureate (IB) has launched a brand new package in the UK for students aged 16 - 18 who want to gain practical experience of the finance sector in their final two years of compulsory education.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Party School Unveiled To Celebrate 95th Birthday Of The CPC

Date 04/07/2016

On July 1, the Party School of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) was founded with its online version and App both released to celebrate the 95th birthday of the CPC. Delivering speeches at the founding ceremony were Wu Qing, SSE Party Chief and Chairman of the SSE Board of Governors, and Zhou Zhongfei, Executive Deputy President of China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong (CELAP). Professor Huang Kun, an expert in the Party’s history at CELAP, gave a special lecture themed with “taking history as a mirror, being a qualified Party member”.