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Japan Financial Services Agency: Sixteenth Meeting Of The "Council For Cooperation On Financial Stability"

Date 14/04/2022

On April 14, 2022, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held the sixteenth meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability" to exchange views on the current situation of the financial system and the market among senior officials, including the Commissioner of the FSA and the Deputy Governor of the BOJ.

The World Federation Of Exchanges Publishes Briefing Focusing On Human Rights Protections - Report Highlights Need For "Responsible Business" And Human Rights Definitions

Date 14/04/2022

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has published a briefing paper setting out human-rights related disclosure practices within stock exchanges.

Euronext Corporate Services Expands Its Webcast Studio Network To London

Date 14/04/2022

Euronext Corporate Services, part of the Euronext Group, today announced the opening of a webcast studio in London, United Kingdom. This is the sixth European studio for Company Webcast, the webinar company of Euronext Corporate Services and one of the European leaders in professional webcast and webinar solutions. This opening marks a major step in fulfilling its ambition to build the largest studio network in Europe.

ADX Unveils Rebranded Growth Market To Encourage Private Sector Listings

Date 14/04/2022

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has announced the rebranding of its Second Market, a key equity market on the exchange that connects investors and privately owned business, complementing Abu Dhabi’s fast-developing ecosystem for companies that are looking to catalyse their growth. The Growth Market, which replaces the Second Market established in 2014, offers companies access to a wide investor base, key support from the ADX on investor engagement and an opportunity to enhance their brand equity.

Geopolitical Turmoil Proves The MiFID II Doomsayers Right - Competition For The Provision Of Investment Research Decreases Due To MiFID II: Bulge-Bracket Providers Reassert Dominance

Date 14/04/2022

Substantive Research, the research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, today published findings of its latest asset management survey identifying recent research pricing trends and expectation for research spend in 2022. They point to a select group of bulge-bracket brokers gaining more power and market share, as market and geopolitical turmoil ensures that the buy-side lean even more heavily on their core brokers. 

SGX Securities Welcomes iWOW Technology Limited To Catalist 

Date 14/04/2022

SGX Securities is pleased to welcome iWOW Technology Limited to Catalist under the stock code “NXR”.  

Montréal Exchange Interest Rate Derivative Trading Ceases At 13:30 April 14, 2022 - Exchange's Markets Closed April 15, 2022

Date 14/04/2022

Interest rate derivative trading will cease at 1:30 p.m. today, April 14, 2022. Furthermore, the Exchange's markets will be closed on April 15, 2022.

NWC Strongly Supports SEC Proposed Whistleblower Program Amendments

Date 13/04/2022

On Thursday April 7, National Whistleblower Center (NWC) submitted a formal comment to the SEC regarding proposed amendments to the SEC’s whistleblower program, released on February 10, 2022.

CFTC Charges Wisconsin Woman And Her Companies With Fraud And Misappropriation

Date 13/04/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Kay Yang of Mequon, Wisconsin, and her companies, AK Equity Group LLC and Xapphire LLC. The complaint charges Yang, AK Equity, and Xapphire with fraud and misappropriation related to an off-exchange foreign currency (forex) trading scheme in which they solicited funds totaling at least $15.7 million from at least 67 investors. Yang’s husband, Chao Yang, is named as a relief defendant for receiving investor funds to which he was not entitled. 

ESAs See Recovery Stalling Amid Existing And New Risks

Date 13/04/2022