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ETFGI Reports ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Gathered Net Inflows Of US$8.69 Billion During June 2018

Date 13/07/2018

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered US$8.69Bn in net inflows, the lowest monthly amount since January 2014 when the global ETF/ETP industry experienced net outflows of US$6.25Bn, according to ETFGI’s June 2018 Global ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Welcomes Re-Appointment Of Executive Directors

Date 13/07/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the re-appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr Brian Ho and Mr Keith Lui as Executive Directors for a three-year term and a one-year term, respectively, with effect from 28 August 2018.

HKEX: Exchange Updates And Streamlines Its Guidance Materials

Date 13/07/2018

• Changes comprise: Two additions; Five updates; Twenty withdrawals
• Aim is to provide greater clarity to market

SIX: Listing Of ObsEva SA

Date 13/07/2018

SIX, the leading exchange for Life Science companies in Europe, is happy to welcome the Geneva-based biotech company ObsEva. Today, the shares of ObsEva SA („OBSN“) were traded for the first time on SIX, opening at CHF 15.50 per share. This corresponds to a market capitalization of CHF 703 million.

Prospectuses: ESMA Consults On Risk Factors And Exemptions For Takeovers, Mergers And Divisions

Date 13/07/2018

The European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched today two public consultations under the new Prospectus Regulation (PR). 

HKEX; Exchange Publishes Guide On Listing New Structured Products

Date 13/07/2018

• Guide is designed to help issuers in their submission of new product applications to the Exchange
• Objectives includes more efficient introduction of new products to give investors more product choices

MiFID II And The Fight Against Financial Crime - Speech By Mark Steward, Director Of Enforcement And Market Oversight At The FCA, Delivered At The Duff & Phelps Global Enforcement Review 2018

Date 13/07/2018

Highlights:

• From 3 July, firms require Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) before they can trade on behalf of their clients. A LEI is a unique code, included in a global data system, which allows every legal entity or structure that is a party to a relevant financial transaction to be identified, no matter where it is located.
• Since the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) commenced on 3 January 2018, our market data processor has ingested nearly 3.5 billion transaction reports, averaging over half a billion reports per month.
• Using software developed in-house to normalise and ingest disparate order book data-sets from the main lit and dark UK trading venues, it is now possible to track potentially related trading activity on different venues and detect cross-market manipulation.
• We have commenced a small number of investigations into firms’ systems and controls where, for the first time, we have indicated to those firms that we are looking at whether there has been any misconduct that might justify a criminal prosecution under the Money Laundering Regulations.

Bureau Veritas Verifies Landmark First Certified Green Bond For Solar Energy In Brazil

Date 13/07/2018

Leading Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) provider, Bureau Veritas has verified the very first Certified Green Bond for solar energy in Brazil. The bond has been issued by distributed solar energy company, Faro Energy in response to the rapid growth of the solar market in Brazil and will be used to finance distributed solar power projects across the country.    

ESMA Consults On Tick Size Regime

Date 13/07/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Consultation Paper (CP) proposing amendments to the tick size regime (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588 (RTS 11)). The MiFID II tick size regime aims at creating a level playing field between the different trading venues in the EU by regulating the minimum price increment that can be used by those trading venues. The CP aims to address issues, in a timely manner, that have arisen with respect to financial instruments where only a marginal proportion of trading is executed on EU trading venues and the main pool of liquidity is located outside the EU (third country instruments).

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Standardises Rules For Prescribing Professional Investors

Date 13/07/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announces that amendments to the Securities and Futures (Professional Investor) Rules (PI Rules) have come into operation today.