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SGX Welcomes The Listing Of Phillip SGD Money Market ETF, The First Of Its Kind In South East Asia

Date 05/10/2020

• The first Singapore-domiciled money market exchange-traded fund (ETF) on SGX, and the only money market ETF in South East Asia, starts trading today with S$100 million in initial assets under management (AUM)

Non-Jordanian Ownership In Companies Listed On The Amman Stock Exchange Reached 50.2%

Date 05/10/2020

Amman Stock Exchange revealed that the value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of September 2020 was JD 73.5 million, representing 10.0% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 135.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD 62.1 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD 47.3 million for the same period of 2019.

Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) Group Selects DIFC For Middle East expansion

Date 05/10/2020

• Africa Re’s first office outside Africa opens in DIFC.
• Africa Re will provide both Conventional and Retakaful Capacity to support Takaful and Conventional companies.
• Africa Re’s opening further reinforces DIFC’s position as the region’s leading insurance and reinsurance hub.

Reply To Parliamentary Question On family Offices In Singapore

Date 05/10/2020

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister (a) in the past three years, how many high net worth individuals have set up or have been given approval to set up family offices in Singapore; (b) what is the total quantum of assets that have been attracted to Singapore through these high net worth individuals; and (c) how many Singaporeans have been employed by such family offices in Singapore.

Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Minister in charge of MAS:

1.      As Single Family Offices (SFOs) do not manage third party monies, they are not registered with or licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). So MAS does not have hard data on the scale of their operations. 

NZX Shareholder Metrics - September 2020

Date 04/10/2020

Please see attached NZX Limited shareholder metrics for September 2020.

EGX Quarterly Report - Third Quarter 2020

Date 04/10/2020

The total value traded recorded EGP 144.1 billion, while the total volume traded reached 28,361 million securities executed over 2,571 thousand transactions this quarter.

Joint Statement By The President Of The European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen And The Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom, Boris Johnson

Date 03/10/2020

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, spoke today about the state of play in the negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and the EU.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Moves Closer To The Launch Of West Africa’s First Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETDs) With SEC’s Approval-In-Principle Of NG Clearing

Date 03/10/2020

Investors in the global capital markets can expect the launch of West Africa’s first Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETDs) on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) in the near term following the registration of NG Clearing by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a premier Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP). The approval-in-principle will allow The Exchange to launch ETDs supported by NG Clearing in the risk management process.

EU Set To Raise Antitrust Concerns Regarding London Stock Exchange Group Acquisition Of Refinitiv

Date 03/10/2020

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is set to receive a list of antitrust objections from European Union regulators examining its USD27 acquisition of Refinitiv.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Response To Letter “须加强监管保险产品”- Lianhe Zaobao, 21 September 2020

Date 03/10/2020

Dear Editor,

We refer to the letter by Mr Huang Da Tian (“须加强监管保险产品”, 21 Sep). Mr Huang raised concerns over the rising cost of his relative’s Integrated Shield Plans (IPs) with AXA Insurance Pte Ltd (AXA) and called on authorities to strengthen supervision over IPs.