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  • BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Steven Billiet As Head Of APAC

    Date 22/07/2020

    BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Steven Billiet as Head of Asia Pacific, with effect from 8 August 2020.  He succeeds Ligia Torres, who is retiring from the firm and will return to Europe in August.

  • Raiffeisenbank Becomes The First International Participant Of AIX CSD For The Provision Of Custody Services

    Date 22/07/2020

    Raiffeisenbank has become a Participant of the Astana International Exchange Central Securities Depositories (AIX CSD), thereby allowing international institutional investors to hold their assets at the AIX CSD under the bank’s custody.

  • ASIC Will Not Appeal Federal Court Decision On Westpac’s ‘Responsible Lending’ Obligations

    Date 22/07/2020

    ASIC will not seek special leave to appeal to the High Court in the Westpac ‘responsible lending’ matter, following the full Federal Court’s 2-1 decision to reject its earlier appeal (20-149MR ASIC’s responsible lending appeal dismissed by Full Federal Court). 

  • Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin, July 20, 2020, Issue 21

    Date 22/07/2020

    The Shenzhen Stock Exchange gave the green light on July 13 to the first three companies seeking to list on ChiNext Market under the registration-based IPO mechanism. The three companies — cultural event planning company Beijing FengShangShiJi Culture Media Co. Ltd., medical-device maker Contec Medical Systems Co. Ltd., and package printing company LD Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. — have met the requirements for issuance, listing and information disclosure and were sent to the CSRC for registration. In addition, three Listing Committee Meetings were held in the week to review the IPO applications of 11 other companies. According to the ChiNext Market IPO issuance and listing guidelines, IPO applicants can complete online and offline issuance within 12 working days and the listing can be arranged on the seventh trading day after the issuance date.

  • Monetary Authority Of Singapore Imposes Composition Penalty Of $1,100,000 On Asiaciti Trust Singapore Pte Ltd For AML/CFT Failures

    Date 22/07/2020

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed a composition penalty of $1,100,000 on Asiaciti Trust Singapore Pte Ltd (ATSPL) for its failure to comply with MAS’ Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements. These failures were identified by MAS in an inspection. ATSPL has paid the penalty in full and taken remedial actions to address the risk management deficiencies that led to the breaches.