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Telmes Lists On Euronext

Date 18/12/2025

• 71st listing on Euronext in 2025

• The company raised €1.3 million

• Market capitalisation at IPO is €4.7 million

The EBA Publishes An Update Of Its Equivalence Monitoring Activities

Date 18/12/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has updated its confidential Report on equivalence monitoring activities and submitted it to European Parliament, the Council, the European Commission and the other European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). To enhance transparency, the EBA also published a public summary outlining recent regulatory and supervisory developments in 26 non-EU jurisdictions deemed equivalent under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).

Euronext Accelerates European CSD Expansion, Driving Choice, Efficiency And Innovation In European Capital Markets

Date 18/12/2025

• Euronext collaborates with leading financial institutions to build a European CSD model, offering reduced costs, improved cross-border access and enhanced liquidity across European markets
• The initiative directly supports the EU’s Savings and Investment Union

Sun Life Receives Authorisation To Establish Office In Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 18/12/2025

Sun Life, a leading provider of High Net Worth insurance solutions, today announced it will establish operations in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) following authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority, the independent regulator for business undertaken from and in DIFC, the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region.

London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") Transaction In Own Shares

Date 18/12/2025

LSEG announces it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each from Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi") on the London Stock Exchange as part of its share buyback programme, as announced on 04 November 2025.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission: Former Vice President Of Computershare Jailed And Fined For Insider Dealing

Date 18/12/2025

The Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today sentenced Mr Choi Chun Wai, a former Vice President of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (Computershare) to two months of imprisonment after he was convicted of insider dealing in the shares of ENM Holdings Limited (ENM).

HKEX Publishes Consultation Paper On Enhancements To Board Lot Framework, Increasing Market Efficiency And Accessibility

Date 18/12/2025

• HKEX proposes to standardise board lot units for securities trading, cutting the number of board lot units from over 40 to just eight options
• Minimum board lot value guidance to be lowered by half to $1,000; introduction of ceiling guidance of $50,000
• Consultation period to last 12 weeks until 12 March 2026

ASIC Improves And Simplifies Technological And Operational Resilience Guidance

Date 18/12/2025

ASIC has today released a series of updates to improve and simplify its regulatory guidance on complying with technological and operational resilience rules for market participants and market operators.

No Longer Special: Statement On The Division Of Trading And Market’s Statement Related To The Custody Of Crypto Asset Securities By Broker-Dealers, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Dec. 17, 2025

Date 17/12/2025

Today, the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets issued a statement providing its views on the application of Rule 15c3-3 to broker-dealers that custody crypto asset securities, including tokenized equity or debt securities, on behalf of customers (the “Statement”). The Statement provides that the Division will not object to a broker-dealer deeming itself to have “physical possession”[1] of a crypto asset security in the circumstances described in the Statement. The circumstances include that the broker-dealer maintains policies, procedures and controls that are reasonably designed and consistent with industry best practices to protect private keys.

And Then Some: Request For Information Regarding National Securities Exchanges And Alternative Trading Systems Trading Crypto Assets, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Dec. 17, 2025

Date 17/12/2025

The Division of Trading and Markets today issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions with a particular focus on trading and settlement issues, including how trading platforms can facilitate pairs trading (e.g., where one of the crypto assets is a security and the other a crypto asset that is not a security). The statement provides what I hope will be helpful guidance for national securities exchanges (“NSEs”) and alternative trading systems (“ATSs”) regarding various rule provisions in connection with such activity and signals that the staff is ready to work with market participants who want to facilitate pairs trading on regulated platforms.