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HKEX: Exchange Publishes ESG Guide Consultation Conclusions And Its ESG Disclosure Review Findings

Date 18/12/2019

• ESG Guide and related Listing Rules to be amended to improve ESG governance and disclosure
• ESG Guide and Listing Rules amendments to take effect on 1 July 2020
• ESG Disclosure Review findings provide guidance on improving ESG reporting

HSBC Joins OpenFin’s Series C Financing Round

Date 18/12/2019

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, announced today that HSBC has joined its Series C financing round, bringing the total amount raised in this round to $22 million and total funding to date to $45 million.

Vienna Stock Exchange 2019: Strongest IPO Year Since 2007

Date 18/12/2019

• Austrian leading index ATX gained 19.77% including dividends
• Broad positioning ensures stability in a challenging environment
• Last trading day 2019: 30 December; early closing auction at 14:15

Market Cap Segment Review At Nasdaq Nordic Exchanges

Date 18/12/2019

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) reports that the annual review of its Nordic market capitalization (market cap) segments is completed. The revision is based on the average market cap value in November 2019. Together with indexes and sector classifications, the market cap segmentation is a tool to increase visibility for companies listed on Nasdaq’s exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland.

SIX And Sygnum Bank Acquire Stakes In daura

Date 18/12/2019

Leading players in the Swiss ecosystem for digital assets are joining forces: the collaboration between Swisscom, daura, Sygnum Bank, Custodigit and MME will now include SIX. SIX is acquiring a stake in daura AG. This cooperation will strengthen the establishment of consistent technical standards and workflows in the Swiss ecosystem for digital assets. Deutsche Börse will now contribute its expertise, with which it has so far actively supported the development of the Swiss ecosystem, to projects in Germany and the EU27 that have become possible due to new regulatory developments. The parties have agreed not to disclose the amount of the investments.

ASIC Reports On Practices In Wholesale Foreign Exchange Markets

Date 18/12/2019

ASIC today released Report 652 Wholesale FX practices in Australia, summarising our work in wholesale foreign exchange (FX) markets during 2018 and 2019. The report highlights our observations of better practices and some poor practices used by participants operating in the market.

Eminent Financial Economist Amit Seru Appointed MAS Term Professor At NUS

Date 18/12/2019

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor Amit Seru, an eminent financial economist, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 16 to 20 December 2019. Prof Seru will be hosted by the Department of Finance at the NUS Business School and the Economic Policy Group at the MAS during the term of the Professorship.

ASIC Reports On Cyber Resilience Assessments Of Financial Markets Firms

Date 18/12/2019

ASIC report Cyber resilience of firms in Australia’s financial markets: 2018–19 (REP 651) provides an update on organisations’ cyber resilience capabilities in the two years since the publication of (REP 555) Cyber resilience of firms in Australia’s financial markets in November 2017.

CMPO Is Listed After Assets Restructuring And the Name Change - Shenzhen Stock Exchange Facilitates The Reform Of Central SOEs

Date 18/12/2019

On December 16, the Assets Restructuring and Renaming & Listing Ceremony of China Merchants Property Operation & Service Co., Ltd. (“CMPO”) was held at SZSE. The property management assets of China Merchants Group were injected into the listed company AVIC SUNDA. The stock name was officially changed from “AVIC SUNDA” to “CMPO”, and the code was changed to 001914. More than 300 leaders and guests including Chairman of China Merchants Group Mr. Li Jianhong, President of China Property Management Institute (“CPMI”) Mr. Shen Jianzhong and President & CEO of SZSE Mr. Wang Jianjun attended the listing ceremony. The restructuring is another important achievement of the continuous deepening of strategic cooperation between China Merchants Group and SZSE following the listing of CMSK, CMET and CM Port Group on SZSE. It is also an important step for the capital market to help SOEs deepen reform and support the supply-side structural reform.

NZX: Network/Connectivity Issues Due To Spark Technical Changes

Date 17/12/2019

NZX acknowledges the network and connectivity issues, which have impacted participants’ connection to NZX markets recently.