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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches "Growth Connect" To Support Sustained And Healthy Development Of Listed Companies With High-Quality Services

Date 09/12/2022

The “Growth Connect” platform operated by SZSE’s wholly-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. (SSIC) officially went live recently. It has become another important carrier of SZSE to serve the sustained and healthy development of listed companies.

CFFEX: Notice On Listing Of New China Government Bond Futures Contracts

Date 09/12/2022

• The TF2309 5-year China Government Bond Futures contract is scheduled to be listed on 12/12/2022 at the base price of RMB100.15.
• The T2309 10-year China Government Bond Futures contract is scheduled to be listed on 12/12/2022 at the base price of RMB99.07.
• The TS2309 2-year China Government Bond Futures contract is scheduled to be listed on 12/12/2022 at the base price of RMB100.41.

Credit Enhancement By Central SOEs Helps Private Real Estate Bond Issuance On Shanghai Stock Exchange

Date 09/12/2022

On December 9, 2022, a total of 2.43 billion yuan corporate bonds were booked and issued by Sichuan New Hope Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and Midea Real Estate Group Limited. China Securities Finance Corporation Limited, Tianfu Credit Promotion Co., Ltd., Chengdu Wuhou SME Credit Guarantee Co., Ltd., Sinolink Securities Co., Ltd. and Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. jointly created credit protection instruments for related bonds to enhance their credit. The first batch of "central-local cooperation" credit enhancement model to help private enterprises' bond financing is a new exploration by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) under the guidance of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), in collaboration with Sichuan and Guangdong Securities Regulatory Bureau and China Securities Finance Corporation Limited, local guarantee and credit enhancement companies, securities companies and other parties. In enhancing the investment and financing matchmaking of private real estate enterprises and boosting market confidence, the practice has built a brand new channel and bridge and served as a good example.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches CNI Social Assistance 100 Index To Support Rural Revitalization Across The Board

Date 09/12/2022

On December 9, SZSE’s wholly-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. (SSIC) officially launched CNI Social Assistance 100 Index (hereinafter referred to as CNISA100). Its sample stocks include the listed companies that have been engaged in rural industries and assistance through consumption over the past three years. The index aims to reflect the overall market performance of listed companies that actively participate in social assistance and support the rural revitalization strategy. It is a pragmatic measure of SZSE to earnestly study and carry out the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, implement in depth the major decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, help improve the quality and efficiency of social assistance, and better serve the rural revitalization strategy.

CFFEX: Notice On Issues Related To The Delivery Of Equity Index Futures And Options Contracts

Date 09/12/2022

Pursuant to the Trading Rules of China Financial Futures Exchange and relevant detailed implementation rules, the last trading day of a CSI 300 Index futures, SSE 50 Index futures, CSI 500 Index futures, CSI 300 Index options, CSI 1000 Index futures, and CSI 1000 Index options contract is the third Friday of the expiry month. Where the last trading day is a public holiday or trading of that contract is suspended on that day for extraordinary situations or other reasons, the last trading day shall be postponed to the following trading day. Accordingly, the last trading day of IF2212, IH2212, IC2212, IO2212(CSI 300 Index options contracts expiring in December 2022), IM2212, and MO2212(CSI 1000 Index options contracts expiring in December 2022) is December 16, 2022.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Santander UK £107.7 Million For Repeated Anti-Money Laundering Failures

Date 09/12/2022

The FCA has fined Santander UK Plc (Santander) £107,793,300 after it found serious and persistent gaps in its anti-money laundering (AML) controls, affecting its Business Banking customers. 

Bosonic Launches Cross Custodian Net Settlement

Date 09/12/2022

Bosonic, a decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, announces an industry first in going live with Cross Custodian Net Settlement (CCNS) in which trades in USDC and ETH were executed, cleared, and settled atomically between two digital asset custodians, First Digital in Hong Kong and Propine in Singapore.  

Japan Financial Services Agency - Stewardship Code : 322 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of November 30, 2022

Date 09/12/2022

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code") on February 26, 2014.
The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku) revised the Code on May 29, 2017(Finalization of the Japan’s Stewardship Code (Revised version)(May 29, 2017)).

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 09/12/2022

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 from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (Morgan Stanley) as part of the second tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 7 October 2022:

Japan Financial Services Agency: Administrative Actions Against FTX Japan, Inc.

Date 09/12/2022

The Kanto Local Finance Bureau today issued an Order to Suspend Business to FTX Japan, Inc.（Chiyoda City, Tokyo; corporate number: 7010401115356; Crypto-asset Exchange Service Provider; Type I Financial Instruments Business Operator; hereinafter the "Company"）pursuant to the provisions of Article 63-17, paragraph (1) of the Payment Services Act, and also issued an Order to Suspend Business and an Order of Retention of Assets with in Japan to the Company pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1) and Article 56-3 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, respectively.