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UK Financial Conduct Authority Statement On Planned Amendments To The Benchmarks Regulation

Date 23/06/2020

The FCA welcomes the Government’s announcement today(link is external) that it intends to bring forward legislation to amend the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) to give the FCA enhanced powers. These could help manage and direct an orderly wind-down of critical benchmarks such as LIBOR, and, in particular, help deal with the problem identified by the Sterling Risk Free Rate Working Group(link is external) of ‘tough legacy’ contracts that cannot transition from LIBOR.

BME Brings Together 19 Companies With European Investors For The Spring European MidCap Event

Date 23/06/2020

• It is the sixteenth edition of this Conference, traditionally held in Paris, which this year will be held virtually
• Today and tomorrow the companies represented will meet with more than 100 investors from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Basically Completes The Improvement Of The System Of Self-discipline Regulation Rules For Listed Companies

Date 23/06/2020

SZSE recently released the integrated and revised business guides for listed companies, including 11 guides for the Main Board (SME Board) and 12 guides for the ChiNext board, marking the basic completion of the improvement of the system of self-discipline regulation rules for listed companies after more than one year of evaluation, planning, adjustment and refinement.

Wirecard's Former CEO Markus Braun Arrested

Date 23/06/2020

Former Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun, who resigned last week, has been detained in Bavaria accused of inflating the company’s balance sheet and revenues

Arctic Securities Go Live With EFA And Singletrack For Advanced Research Authoring And Distribution

Date 23/06/2020

Singletrack, the capital markets engagement and research distribution experts, and EFA, a leading FinTech solutions provider, announce a successful go live at Arctic Securities, a leading, independent Norwegian investment bank. Arctic Securities have taken the EFA Platform for modeling, authoring and production workflows, and Singletrack for research distribution via email and to multiple aggregators.

MOEX Launches After-Hours Equities Trading

Date 23/06/2020

On 22 June 2020, Moscow Exchange launched after-hours trading on the Equity Market. Evening trading runs from 19:00 to 23:50 MSK, following on from the main session (10:00-18:50 MSK). The total daily trading time per day for equities is now 13 hours 40 minutes.

Murex And Duco Join Forces To Offer An End-To End Reconciliation Solution To Capital Markets

Date 23/06/2020

Duco, the global provider of self-service data integrity and reconciliation services, and Murex, the leading provider in trading, risk and processing solutions for treasury and capital markets, have teamed up to provide clients with a comprehensive data reconciliation solution enabling improved automation and straight-through processing across a range of asset classes. Murex is committed to bringing innovative solutions to its 50,000 users who rely on MX.3, Murex's platform, to support their daily business activities.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Bans Former Responsible Officer Of Guosen Securities (HK) Brokerage Company, Limited For 12 Months

Date 23/06/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Ms Joanna Chu Lai Wa, former responsible officer (RO), director and head of dealing of Guosen Securities (HK) Brokerage Company, Limited (Guosen) from re-entering the industry for 12 months from 23 June 2020 to 22 June 2021.

Raiffeisenbank And Slavneft Begin Cooperation Via NSD’s Transit 2.0 Platform

Date 23/06/2020

Raiffeisenbank and Slavneft, Russia’s oil and gas company, have begun cooperation using the Transit 2.0 financial message exchange platform run by National Settlement Depository (NSD).

Exberry Launches Multi-Asset Class Exchange Infrastructure - Following The Appointment Of Magnus Almqvist As Head Of Exchange Development

Date 23/06/2020

Exberry has today launched its multi-asset class exchange infrastructure designed to enable traditional, alternative and digital asset exchanges to launch, pivot and scale.