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EMEA IPO Volume Fell By 42.25% Year-On-Year To $14.5 Billion, According To Bloomberg LEAG Tables

Date 04/07/2019

Bloomberg has made available its final Q2 2019 league table reports. The tables represent market leaders across a broad range of deal types, including M&A, Equities, loans and bonds transactions over the last quarter.

ACER Publishes Its Analysis On Tariff Code Implementation For Gas In Lithuania

Date 04/07/2019

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has published its twenty-first Report on the implementation of the Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures for Gas, which presents the analysis of the Agency for the transmission system of Lithuania.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The RTGS Renewal Programme External Advisory Body - June 2019

Date 04/07/2019

The meeting of the Advisory Body was held in June 2019

AIX Launches Mobile Application For Retail Investors “AIX Connect”

Date 04/07/2019

Astana International Exchange (AIX) is pleased to announce the launch of its proprietary mobile application for retail investors, “AIX Connect”. The application provides users with convenient and quick access to exchange news and disclosures of AIX listed companies, as well as real-time market data. The application is available to users of Android and iOS smartphones on Google Play and the Apple Store. At the next stage of application development, AIX plans to add other features such as access to investors’ personal securities portfolio, analytics, price alerts and reminders, as well as online opening of a brokerage account and trading.

DFM – Dubai Financial Market Announces The Outcome Of The Semiannual Review Of The General Index Sample – July 2019

Date 04/07/2019

The Dubai Financial Market announced the outcome of the semiannual review of the General Index sample.

Financial Education And The Bank Of England - Speech By Ben Broadbent, Bank Of England Deputy Governor Monetary Policy Given At The Department For Education And HMT Financial Education Conference, London

Date 04/07/2019

We want young people to understand how the economy works and to make informed financial decisions. Our Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent explains how we’re supporting teachers to do that.

Reykjavik Energy (OR) Lists Its First Green Bonds On Nasdaq Iceland

Date 04/07/2019

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Reykjavik Energy (OR) has listed its first green bond series on Nasdaq Iceland’s sustainable bond market. The bond series currently have an outstanding nominal amount of about ISK 7.5 billion and a maturity of 36 years. The first issuance in the bond series was on 18 February 2019. OR intends to continue to issue bonds in the series in the coming years.

Saudi Arabia Capital Market Authority In Collaboration With GAZT Hold Workshop For Tradable Real Estate Investment Funds Managers To Explain Zakat Calculation Mechanism

Date 04/07/2019

The Capital Market Authority (CMA), represented by the Deputy for Listed Companies & Investment Products in collaboration with the General Authority of Zakat & Tax (GAZT), held a workshop titled "The Mechanism of Zakat Calculation and Zakat for Tradable Real Estate Investment Funds", on Wednesday, 3rd of July, 2019 in Riyadh. The workshop was part of CMA's efforts to reach out to participants in the capital market and raise awareness of the mechanism for calculating Zakat of tradable real estate investment funds (REITs).

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission: Statement On The Conduct And Duties Of Directors When Considering Corporate Acquisitions Or Disposals

Date 04/07/2019

Purpose

For over two years, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has been using its powers under the Securities and Futures (Stock Market Listing) Rules (SMLR) and under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) to intervene at an early stage in serious cases of corporate misconduct. In 2017 and 2018, the SFC issued letters of concern to more than 46 listed issuers about proposed corporate transactions or other actions1. More than 55% of these cases involved proposed corporate acquisitions or disposals.

Bank Of England: Housing Tools Revisited - Speech By Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor Financial Stability, Member Of The Monetary Policy Committee, Given At Banco De Portugal Conference On “Financial Stability And Macroprudential Policy”, Lisbon

Date 04/07/2019

Jon Cunliffe assesses the Financial Policy Committee (FPC)’s policy on the housing and mortgage market. In particular, he looks at two tools - the loan to income flow limit and the affordability test for borrowers - which the committee introduced five years ago. And he examines the impact of the policy on household debt in the UK.