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HKEX Welcomes Launch Of Swap Connect

Date 05/05/2023

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) welcomes the joint news release today (Friday) by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority on the launch of Swap Connect, the new mutual access programme between Hong Kong and Mainland China’s interbank interest rate swap markets.
Bank Of England: Minutes Of The CBDC Technology Forum - March 2023 - Sixth Meeting Of The CBDC Technology Forum

Date 05/05/2023

The Bank of England presented a summary of the Consultation Paper and the accompanying Technology Working Paper, published on 7 February 2023. The presentation covered the proposed distribution model, technology design considerations and conceptual architecture for a UK CBDC, called the digital pound.
Broadridge Wins Innovation In Corporate Governance And Proxy Voting Award At Global Custodian’s Leaders In Custody Awards For The Third Year Running - Recognised As Leaders In Powering Corporate Governance Globally Through Proxy Voting And Disclosure Services

Date 05/05/2023

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, today announced that it has won the Innovation in Corporate Governance and Proxy Voting Award at the 2023 Global Custodian Leaders in Custody Awards, a globally recognized ceremony acknowledging the achievements of the securities services industry over the past year.
HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 05/05/2023

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- Securities Market
- Market capitalisation was $35.9 trillion at the end of April 2023.
- The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first four months of 2023 was $11.6 billion, an increase of 23 per cent when compared with $9.4 billion for the same period last year.
- The average daily turnover of L&I Products for the first four months of 2023 was $2.3 billion, an increase of 21 per cent when compared with $1.9 billion for the same period last year.
- There were 22 newly listed companies for the first four months of 2023, an increase of 16 per cent when compared with 19* for the same period last year.
Spectrum Markets: Bank Fears Inform Retail Investor Sentiment Ahead Of Central Bank Announcements

Date 05/05/2023

Spectrum Markets’ SERIX retail investor sentiment data for the early part of this week shows a mixed response from investors to the news on Monday night that First Republic had been bailed out by JP Morgan. The SERIX value indicates retail investor sentiment, with a number above 100 marking bullish sentiment, and a number below 100 indicating bearish sentiment. (See here for full methodology).

UK Financial Conduct Authority Continues Action Against Unregistered Crypto ATMs Across The UK

Date 05/05/2023

The FCA has used its powers to inspect sites in Exeter, Nottingham and Sheffield suspected of hosting illegally operated crypto ATMs, as part of a continued crackdown on this illicit sector.
The CEO Of The World Gold Council Visited The Shanghai Gold Exchange

Date 05/05/2023

On 27 April 2023, David Tait, CEO of the World Gold Council, and Wang Lixin, CEO of China, visited Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) and held talks with Chairman Yu Wenjian and Vice President Gu Wenshuo.
UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Decision Notices For Banque Havilland SA And Three Of Its Former Employees

Date 05/05/2023

Banque Havilland, Edmund Rowland and Vladimir Bolelyy have referred their Decision Notices to the Upper Tribunal where they will each present their case. David Weller has not referred his Decision Notice to the Upper Tribunal. David Rowland, who has been given third party rights, has also referred all 4 Decision Notices to the Upper Tribunal and will present his case.

Any findings in the Decision Notices and the descriptions of those findings in this press release are provisional and reflect the FCA’s belief as to what occurred and how it considers the behaviour described should be characterised.
Monetary Authority Of Singapore Imposes Further Additional Capital Requirement On DBS Bank For Disruption Of Banking Services

Date 05/05/2023

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed on DBS Bank Ltd (DBS Bank) an additional capital requirement, following the widespread unavailability of DBS Bank’s digital banking services on 29 March 2023 and a subsequent disruption to its digital banking and ATM services on 5 May 2023. Together with the additional capital requirement imposed on DBS in February 2022, this translates to approximately S$1.6 billion in total additional regulatory capital.
London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 05/05/2023

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange through its corporate stockbroker Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citi) as part of the third tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 20 March 2023:

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