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Keynote Address At 2015 ISDA Annual Asia Pacific Conference, Mr Ashley Alder Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission, 26 October 2015

Date 26/10/2015

Today I would like to reflect a bit on some issues which I know the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) cares about deeply. 

As you know, in the wake of the financial crisis the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders kicked off an ambitious plan for global financial reforms. 

TABB Group Report Recommends 13 Areas For Improving US Equity Market Resiliency - Market Infrastructure Risk As Important As Market Structure Risk - Benefits Of Automation Can Be Diminished Without Risk Controls, Leading To Unintended Malfunctions

Date 26/10/2015

Five years after the May 6th Flash Crash, market infrastructure risk has become as important as market structure risk, according to a new TABB Group report, “Managing Market Structure Risk: Flash Back” commissioned by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). 

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Wong Sze Yiu For Six Months

Date 26/10/2015

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Wong Sze Yiu, a former account executive of Core Pacific-Yamaichi International (H.K.) Limited (CPYI), from re-entering the industry for six months from 26 October 2015 to 25 April 2016 for failures in relation to managing a client’s account on a discretionary basis.

DFM Company Posts Net Profit Of AED 245.5 Million In The First Nine Months Of 2015

Date 26/10/2015

His Excellency Essa Kazim:

• Foreign investors further enhancing their presence increasing their share of trading activity to 48% with net buying of AED 781 million; and the number jumps to AED 1.6 billion for institutions, which indicates confidence in the quality and diversification of investment opportunities available on the market
• DFM sustained its endeavor to further develop its infrastructure and investor services regardless of any immediate developments concerning trading activity
• Global markets have been noticeably affected by some immediate circumstances including declining oil prices and concerns about the slowdown in China, which led to 28% fall in trading value of regional markets during the first nine months

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority: Payday Lender Dollar To Provide £15.4 Million Redress To Over 147,000 Customers

Date 26/10/2015

Dollar Financial UK (Dollar), trading as The Money Shop, Payday UK, Payday Express and Ladder Loans has agreed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to refund over £15.4 million to 147,000 customers, who may have suffered detriment as a result of the firm’s affordability checks, debt collection practices and systems errors.

Cordium Triumphs At The HFM US Hedge Fund Services Awards

Date 26/10/2015

Cordium, a leading global provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial securities industries, has been named Best Advisory Firm (Regulation and Compliance) at the HFM US Hedge Funds Services Awards. The accolade completes the global set for Cordium following its success at the HFM Asia Fund Services awards where it took the title of Best Advisory Firm (Client Service), having previously been named Best Advisory Firm (Regulation and Compliance) and Best Independent Platform (Mirabella) at the European ceremony.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Bans Magnus Michael Peterson From The Financial Services Industry

Date 26/10/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today banned Magnus Michael Peterson, the former head of the hedge fund Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited, from performing any function related to any regulated activity. On 19 January 2015 Mr Peterson was convicted of a range of fraud offences through his hedge fund resulting in losses to clients of approximately $536m. Mr Peterson was sentenced on 23 January 2015 to a total of 13 years’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court.

SGX Welcomes Perennial Real Estate Holdings Limited’s Retail Bonds

Date 26/10/2015

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Perennial Real Estate Holdings Limited’s three-year retail bonds with a coupon rate of 4.65% per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Mainboard under the stock code, “BIOZ”.

Open Interest Of TOCOM Gold Daily Futures Exceeds 70,000 Contracts

Date 26/10/2015

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., announced today open interest of Gold Daily futures was 70,214 contracts reaching beyond the level of 70,000 contracts for the first time since its launch on May 7. 2015.

EGX Launches The Trading On Amer Group Shares After Its Division

Date 26/10/2015

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) starts trading on Amer Group shares after division into 2 companies, Amer Group Holding - Amer Group (the dividing company) and Porto Group Holding - Porto Group (the divided company) on Thursday, October 22, 2015, after the company met all of the listing requirements.