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Euronext Declares Its Offer For Oslo Børs VPS Unconditional And Launches Unconditional Offer On The Same Terms

Date 31/05/2019

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange, announces today that it has completed its confirmatory due diligence on Oslo Børs VPS and declares its offer unconditional. Consequently, the Offer will now be completed and Oslo Børs VPS shareholders who have tendered their shares in the Offer will receive an Offer Price of NOK 158 per share plus applicable interest payments.

ECB Provides A One-Off Spread Between €STR And EONIA

Date 31/05/2019

• Spread between €STR and EONIA is calculated at 0.085% (8.5 basis points)
• Spread is based on methodology recommended by Working Group on euro risk-free rates
• Spread is to be used by EMMI in new EONIA methodology as of 2 October 2019
• ISIN assigned to €STR is EU000A2X2A25 (FISN: ECB/EUR EURO SHORT-TERM RATE IR)

MNI Chicago Business Barometer Rises To 54.2 In May - Employment Softest Since October 2017

Date 31/05/2019

The MNI Chicago Business Barometer increased by 1.6 points to 54.2 in May from 52.6 in April.

Bank Of England: Ben Broadbent Reappointed As Deputy Governor For Monetary Policy And Three New Non-Executive Directors Of Court Announced

Date 31/05/2019

The Government has today announced the reappointment of Ben Broadbent as Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy and the appointment of three new non-executive directors to Court – Ron Kalifa OBE, Frances O’Grady and Hanneke Smits.

HKEX: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions (As At 31 May 2019)

Date 31/05/2019

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions

FSB Reports On Work Underway To Address Crypto-Asset Risks

Date 31/05/2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a report on crypto-assets, which considers work underway, regulatory approaches and potential gaps. The report is being delivered to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors for their meeting in Fukuoka on 8-9 June.

CPMI-IOSCO Conclude That The United States Has Fully Implemented The PFMI for payment systems (PSs), Central Security Depositories (CSDs) And Securities Settlement Systems (SSSs) - A New Online Database Allows Easy Navigation Of The Current And Past CPMI-IOSCO Level 2 Assessments

Date 31/05/2019

A CPMI-IOSCO report released today concludes that the US legal, regulatory and oversight frameworks for systemically important PSs and CSDs/SSSs (as of March 2018) are complete and consistent with the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI).

Tilman Lueder Head Of Securities Markets At European Commission Will Provide A Keynote Presentation At The 2nd Annual ETFs Global Markets Roundtable On June12, 2019, At The Waldorf Hilton, In London

Date 31/05/2019

Tilman Lueder Head of Securities Markets at European Commission will provide a keynote presentation at the 2nd Annual ETFs Global Markets Roundtable on June12, 2019, at The Waldorf Hilton, in London from 8am – 5pm.   Register to attend the event to explore and discuss the latest trends in ETFs.  

Closing Speech By Tan Boon Gin, Ceo Of SGX RegCO, At The SGX Regulatory Symposium 2019

Date 31/05/2019

1. Today’s topic was really what kind of regulation do you want anyway.  As you have seen from the preceding discussion, different people have different views.

HKEX: Forfeiture Of Unclaimed Final Dividend For 2012

Date 31/05/2019

On 17 April 2019, HKEX announced that, pursuant to HKEX’s Articles of Association, the final dividend for 2012 of HK$1.46 per share, payable on 31 May 2013 and remaining unclaimed on 31 May 2019, would be forfeited and would revert to HKEX.  Accordingly, the unclaimed final dividend for 2012 amounting to HK$8,478,845.74 is forfeited and reverts to HKEX today.