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HKEX 2019 Interim Results

Date 14/08/2019

Financial Highlights 

• Revenue and other income up 5 per cent compared with 1H 2018, driven by: 
  1. An increase in net investment income, including fair value gains on collective investment schemes and higher interest income, and record half-yearly revenue and other income from Stock Connect; -
  2. These more than offset a reduction in trading and clearing fees driven by lower Cash Market turnover  
• Operating expenses up 2 per cent against 1H 2018 due to higher staff and IT costs, partly offset by lower premises expenses as a result of adopting the new accounting standard for leases2  
• EBITDA margin was 77 per cent, the same as in 1H 2018 and 3 per cent higher than the full 2018 fiscal year

NZX Amended Distribution Notice

Date 14/08/2019

Please find the Distribution Notice attached.

It has been amended to clarify two dates in Section 4.

New Vision For New Zealand’s Council Of Financial Regulators

Date 13/08/2019

The Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) has announced a new vision for New Zealand’s economic wellbeing and has welcomed the addition of the Commerce Commission to the forum.

SEC Obtains Freeze Of $8 Million In Assets In Alleged Fraudulent Token Offering And Manipulation Scheme

Date 13/08/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges against a Brooklyn individual and two entities under his control who allegedly engaged in a fraudulent scheme to sell digital securities to investors and to manipulate the market for those securities.  On Aug. 12, 2019, the court entered an emergency freeze to preserve at least $8 million of the $14.8 million the defendants raised in 2017 and 2018 in an offering of digital securities.

Bahamas International Securities Exchange January To June 2019 Statistical Report

Date 13/08/2019

BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All-Share Index and trading statistics for the six-month period ending June 28, 2019 with comparison to the same period of 2018.

Drawbridge Partners Introduces DrawbridgeConnect™ Platform

Date 13/08/2019

• Management Platform Offers Firms Complete Oversight of Cybersecurity Programs, Provide Investor Base with Evidence of Regulatory Compliance, Protect Against Real-time Threats and Manage Third Party Vendor Risk

Deutsche Boerse Group: Business Indicators For July 2019

Date 13/08/2019

Attached please find a summary of Deutsche Börse Group's business indicators for July 2019.

MGEX Achieves A Top-10 Record Breaking Day

Date 13/08/2019

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports the 9th highest volume day in the history of the Exchange on Monday, August 12th with 26,857 contracts.  

Turquoise International Appointed To Manage New Fund

Date 13/08/2019

Turquoise International, a specialist merchant bank focusing on energy, environment and efficiency, has been appointed as fund manager for Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2). Following the success of the first Low Carbon Innovation Fund, also managed by Turquoise, LCIF2 will invest venture capital alongside private sector investors in a range of businesses delivering low carbon technologies.

Bloomberg Acquires RegTek.Solutions To Expand Regulatory Reporting Services

Date 13/08/2019

Bloomberg today announced that it has acquired RegTek.Solutions, a leading provider of global regulatory reporting software solutions. The acquisition will expand the range of regulatory reporting services offered by Bloomberg, and deliver a fully integrated and comprehensive service that supports compliance with current and upcoming regulatory reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions around the world.