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BME Admits A 650 Million-Euro Bond To Trading From SIX Group

Date 04/12/2020

• The bonds have a 0% coupon and a yield to maturity of -0.009%, with maturity in December 2025
• The issue, 4.2 times oversubscribed, has been registered with BME Group’s AIAF Fixed Income market and demonstrates SIX's commitment to the Spanish market

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 04/12/2020

Highlights

- Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $45.7 trillion at the end of November 2020, an increase of 28 per cent from $35.7 trillion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover in November 2020 was $161.3 billion, an increase of 103 per cent from $79.6 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for the first eleven months of 2020 was $128.4 billion, an increase of 46 per cent when compared with $88.2 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first eleven months of 2020 was $9.7 billion, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with $8.3 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first eleven months of 2020 was $4.9 billion, an increase of 11 per cent when compared with $4.4 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of Debt Securities for the first eleven months of 2020 was $0.26 billion, an increase of 4 per cent when compared with $0.25 billion for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first eleven months of 2020 was $305.0 billion, an increase of 6 per cent when compared with $288.0 billion for the same period last year.
• Total funds raised for the first eleven months of 2020 was $596.3 billion, an increase of 42 per cent when compared with $419.1 billion for the same period last year.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report, 4 December 2020

Date 04/12/2020

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly report.

ASX: Update On Market Outage And TMC Functionality

Date 04/12/2020

Following extensive preparations by ASX, Nasdaq (the supplier of the ASX Trade software) and customers, a new version of ASX Trade went live on Monday 16 November. Shortly after the market opening, a software issue causing a data problem was detected that required ASX to close the market for the rest of the trading day. ASX today released a customer report on the incident, which can be found here.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A1006G4

Date 04/12/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 04.12.2020, 12-57 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 123.88) and initial margins (up to 20 %) for the security RU000A1006G4 were changed. New values are available here

Japan Financial Services Agency: Overview Of Major Banks’ Financial Results As Of September 30, 2020

Date 04/12/2020

Following the announcements by major banks, etc. of their financial results as of September 30, 2020, the FSA has compiled the figures, etc. announced by these banks.

MonetaGo And GUUD Form Alliance To Strengthen Trade Finance Across Asia

Date 04/12/2020

• MonetaGo forms alliance with GUUD, the specialist in trade and logistics technology solutions for governments and businesses
• SMBC among development partners
• MonetaGo hires trade finance veteran Tat Yeen Yap to support offering

Greek Individual Investors Join BETTER FINANCE Via HELINAS

Date 04/12/2020

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of a new member organisation in Greece. HELINAS, the Hellenic Investors Association, is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in 2017 in Athens that is working to uphold investor rights. It is also the leader in shareholder activism in Greece and represents individual and institutional investors in General Assemblies of listed companies through proxy voting and stewardship services.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Successfully Completes First Physical Delivery Of 5-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures Contract

Date 04/12/2020

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (“BMD”) crossed another milestone with the successful completion of the first physical delivery of the 5-Year Malaysian Government Securities (“MGS”) Futures Contract (“FMG5”). This follows the re-launch of FMG5 on 18 September 2020 with a revised settlement methodology from cash to physical delivery. 

FTSE SET Index Series December 2020 Semi-Annual Review

Date 04/12/2020

• There are two additions to the FTSE SET Large-Cap Index
• There are five additions to the FTSE SET Mid-Cap Index
• There are 14 additions to the FTSE SET Shariah Index