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1 In 4 Customers Likely To Switch Banks Due To ESG Issues: Kearney 

Date 13/08/2021

• 44% of European customers rate environmental and social issues as ‘very important’ when choosing a bank 
• 18-24-year-olds are almost twice as likely to switch banks compared to those aged 55 and over

HKEX: Investor Identification Regime Information Paper

Date 13/08/2021

On 4 December 2020, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a consultation1 on proposals to (1) implement an investor identification regime at trading level for the securities market2 in Hong Kong (HKIDR) and (2) introduce an over-the-counter securities transactions reporting regime for shares3 listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (OTCR).

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 13/08/2021

The following risk parameters will be changed:

CFFEX: Notice On Reducing The Equity Index Futures And CGB Futures Delivery Fee By Half From August To December 2021

Date 13/08/2021

From August 16, 2021 to December 31, 2021, the delivery fee for equity index futures and CGB futures will be reduced by half.

Investing In The Developments Of The Automotive Industry – CSOP Issues Smart Driving ETF Tracking Solactive Index

Date 13/08/2021

Amidst the ongoing global Covid-19 crisis, two massive impacts on the automotive sectors can be observed in the short and the long term. While in 2020, mobility in both public and individual transportation came to a hard stop, car sales recently increased due to individuals’ desire for safe personal mobility. According to a recent report, amongst the most influential buyers in automotive, Chinese customers reignite global car sales, and with China’s growing middle class, these sales are expected to remain on a global top spot. With customers driving demand in the new generation of cars, major Hong Kong asset manager CSOP released the CSOP Global Smart Driving Index ETF (stock ticker: 3162.HK), tracking the Solactive Global Smart Driving Index.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security DIS-RM

Date 13/08/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 13.08.2021, 10-04 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 14443) and initial margins (up to 17.5 %) for the security DIS-RM were changed. New values are available here

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

Date 13/08/2021

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, and CSI 300 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 IF2108, IH2108, IC2108, and IO2108(CSI 300 Index options contracts expiring in August 2021) is August 20, 2021.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Conducts Special Inspections To Continuously Strengthentthe Regulation Of Quotation Of New Stocks

Date 13/08/2021

Since the steady implementation of the reform of the ChiNext Board and the pilot project of the registration-based IPO system, SZSE has constantly improved the working mechanism for the regulation of issuance and underwriting of new stocks. By monitoring, analyzing and identifying clues of abnormal quotes of new stocks regularly and adopting measures such as field inspection and regulatory reminders, SZSE has continuously strengthened the regulation of quotation. In the first half of the year, together with the Securities Association of China (“SAC”), SZSE conducted a special inspection at 11 offline investors. Regarding problems that were found during the inspection such as incomplete internal control regulations, insufficient pricing basis and failure to strictly implement the pricing and price changing decision-making procedures, SZSE adopted relevant regulatory measures, including suspending qualifications for one to three months, giving a warning letter, etc. In the same period, regarding other non-standard operations found in the daily regulation of offline investors such as failure to report price changes, SZSE sent out nine regulatory letters and held 19 reminder talks.

CFFEX Announces Reducing The Equity Index Futures And CGB Futures Delivery Fee

Date 13/08/2021

China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) released the notice on reducing the delivery fee of equity index futures and CGB futures by half from August 16, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

SET Launches The "SMART Marketplace", An Online Data Platform That Provides Direct Access To Securities And Derivatives Information

Date 13/08/2021

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) introduces an online data platform called "SMART Marketplace" to help investors analyze and make investment decisions more efficiently. Investors can receive securities and derivatives data, such as tick data, reference data, and corporate action via application programming interface (API), making data more accessible and convenient.