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DIFC Academy And K2 Integrity Partner To Offer The DOLFIN eLearning Platform In The UAE

Date 29/09/2021

• DOLFIN has served users in more than 130 institutions in 59 jurisdictions around the world, and boasts a full suite of customizable online training and continuing education resources.
• The DOLFIN platform offers comprehensive resources on anti-money laundering, sanctions, export controls, terrorism and proliferation financing, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud. It also tracks illicit financing trends and regulatory developments in key jurisdictions around the world and provides users with daily content across the spectrum of financial crime topics.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Partners With 6 Chinese Mainland WFE Members In Ringing The Bell For Financial Literacy During The World Investor Week 2021

Date 29/09/2021

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (the SSE), stroke the gong together with six other WFE members in the Chinese Mainland, China Securities Investor Services Center, and China Securities Investor Protection Fund, to raise public awareness of investor education and protection during the World Investor Week 2021. This year is the first time that 7 Chinese Mainland market infrastructure collectively held a bell ringing ceremony in response to the global initiative “Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy” supported by the IOSCO and the WFE.

ASX: AGM Addresses By The Chairman And The Managing Director And CEO

Date 29/09/2021

Attached are copies of the addresses to be given by the Chairman and the Managing Director and CEO at ASX Limited’s Annual General Meeting today.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Releases Quarterly Report Announcement Format

Date 29/09/2021

To be effectively aligned with the Securities Law and the Administrative Measures on Information Disclosure by Listed Companies and fully guarantee investors' right to know, under the guidance of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), SZSE revised the Guidelines for Handling Business Affairs Related to Listed Companies No. 11 – Information Disclosure Announcement Format and the Guidelines for Handling Business Affairs Related to ChiNext Listed Companies No.6 – Information Disclosure Announcement Format, and released them on September 28. Most importantly, No.47 – the quarterly report announcement format for listed companies (hereinafter the “quarterly report format”) was added, which further improves the institutional arrangement for quarterly reports from the aspect of business rules.   

SEBA Bank Secures The First Institutional Licence To Custody Collective Investment Schemes For Digital Assets In Switzerland

Date 29/09/2021

• SEBA Bank has been granted a licence to act as a custodian bank for Swiss collective investment schemes pursuant to Art. 72 CISA (KAG) (the “CISA” licence)
• The CISA licence allows SEBA Bank to provide one of the first institutional-grade custody solutions globally for collective investment schemes with liquid crypto or digital assets as the underlying investment universe, for professional investors
• This licence allows SEBA Bank to offer Swiss domiciled funds a safe and progressive investment capability within the fast evolving crypto and digital assets space

ASX To Consider All Recommendations In RBA Financial Stability Standards Report

Date 29/09/2021

ASX notes the release today of the annual assessment by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) of the ASX clearing and settlement facilities. 

Press Conference By ASO Taro, Japan's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Finance, And Minister Of State For Financial Services - System Failure, Mizuho Bank -2

Date 29/09/2021

[Questions and answers:]

Q.

This is a question for you as the minister in charge of financial affairs. This morning, a system failure was announced by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Similar incidents occurred half a year ago and another one occurred again amid their efforts to prevent recurrence. Could you explain your view with regard to the current situation ascertained by the FSA, and the necessity of any administrative disposition or future approaches?

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Appoints Karen Chang As Acting General Counsel

Date 29/09/2021

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko – has appointed its current Head of Enforcement, Karen Chang, as Acting General Counsel until the FMA’s new Chief Executive joins next year.

Press Conference By ASO Taro, Japan's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Finance, And Minister Of State For Financial Services - System Failure, Mizuho Bank

Date 29/09/2021

[Questions and answers:]

Q.

On August 20, due to a system failure, Mizuho Bank suspended over-the-counter services for deposits, withdrawals and money transfers. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. has had system failures repeatedly and caused inconvenience to its customers. The FSA has issued dispositions and orders to Mizuho, but Mizuho has failed to make improvements sufficiently. Accordingly, the FSA's supervisory responsibility would also be questioned. What do you think as the minister in charge of financial services?

Samsung Asset Management Selects ICE Data Indices For KODEX Europe Carbon Allowance Futures ICE(H) ETF Covering ICE EUA Futures Contracts

Date 29/09/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced that Samsung Asset Management has licensed the ICE EUA Carbon Futures Index for a new exchange traded fund (ETF), the KODEX Europe Carbon Allowance Futures ICE(H) ETF.