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CISI Launches Kenya Office

Date 14/06/2018

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has this month opened its first African office, in Nairobi, Kenya.

TradingScreen Shareholders Association Formed; RICO Action Announced - USD 200m Damages Compensation Demanded

Date 14/06/2018

The TradingScreen majority shareholders announced today the formation of "TSA", TradingScreen Shareholders Association, an organization created to pursue the defense of all shareholders’ interests against the current management and Technology Crossover Ventures.

ECB: Monetary Policy Decisions

Date 14/06/2018

At today’s meeting, which was held in Riga, the Governing Council of the ECB undertook a careful review of the progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, also taking into account the latest Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections, measures of price and wage pressures, and uncertainties surrounding the inflation outlook.

CESC Monthly Index Report For May 2018

Date 14/06/2018

Highlights

• CES iBioTech rocketed 14.1 per cent with the rising popularity of medical and pharmaceutical stocks 
• CES P Elite rose 2.1 per cent as equity transactions increased among overseas listed Mainland private enterprises 
• Stocks and currencies of emerging markets came under pressure 
• PBC moved to stimulate cross-border fund flows 
• Xiaomi said to be first company to use CDR 
• Commodity connectivity would give China more influence in metals pricing

Cinnober Appoints Peter Lenardos As Group CFO

Date 14/06/2018

Cinnober announces the appointment of Peter Lenardos as the new CFO for the Cinnober Group. Mr. Lenardos is an established professional with extensive experience in the financial sector as both an investment banker and ranked research analyst, with an international network in the institutional investment community, and among global market infrastructure and asset management companies. He has proven transaction, capital raising, valuation and forecasting capabilities.The change in management takes place as current CFO Ninni Pramdell has announced her intentions to leave the company for other opportunities.

home24 IPO Is The Sixth IPO In Three Years Deutsche Börse Venture Network - Growth Network Now Has Over 500 Startups And Investors - Leupold: “Startups Now Much More Visible To Investors”

Date 14/06/2018

Tomorrow's IPO of home24 SE (ISIN: DE000A14KEB5) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the sixth IPO of a Deutsche Börse Venture Network startup. The platform, which has been connecting startups with national as well as international investors for three years now, has also surpassed its number of members to over 500 – home24 has been on the platform since its launch.

Esfera Capital, New Member Of The Madrid Stock Exchange

Date 14/06/2018

The firm ESFERA CAPITAL, AGENCIA DE VALORES has become a new Member of the Madrid Stock Exchange (a BME Group subsidiary), once all the steps necessary for its effective membership have concluded.

SIX Chooses Clearstream As Partner For Fund Processing

Date 14/06/2018

SIX has chosen Clearstream Banking as strategic partner to consolidate its fund processing activities. Clearstream’s investment fund processing infrastructure Vestima enables processing of all types of funds – from mutual funds to hedge funds – on a single platform.

Swedish loans for consumption

Date 14/06/2018

Most loans for consumption are small and have a high effective interest rate and a short maturity. Households with large loans represent the largest share of new lending, though, and the large loan segment is growing the fastest. Households with high income have the largest loans. Borrowers with mortgages normally have larger consumption loans than borrowers without mortgages. These are some of the results from FI’s mapping of consumption loans, Swedish Consumption Loans 2018.

1st Cross-market Railway Bond To Be Listed On Shanghai Stock Exchange On June 11

Date 14/06/2018

China Railway Corporation successfully issued the 1st cross-market railway bond on June 6, with the total issuance size of RMB20 billion on the exchange and interbank bond markets, among which RMB10 billion is for 5-year products at the issuance rate of 4.46% and the other RMB10 billion for 20-year products at 4.78%. Banks, insurance companies, securities dealers and enterprise annuities are active in purchase in this cross-market issuance of railway bond. Warm response has been seen in the market, and new progress has been made in the interconnection among the bond markets. The railway bond will be listed for trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on June 11, and adopt the way of bidding, quoting, enquiry and contractual trading. It will open to the public investors and qualified investors, and can be used for collateralized repo after listing, with the repo discount coefficient at 0.96.