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Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 29 March,2018

Date 29/03/2018

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Intercontinental Exchange Releases 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report

Date 29/03/2018

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today released its annual Corporate Responsibility Report. The report is a comprehensive, 59-page overview of the company’s efforts to support the communities in which it operates, invest in its people, promote principles of good governance, and uphold its commitment to environmental sustainability.

HKEX: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions

Date 29/03/2018

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions
(As at 29 March 2018)

Saxo Bank Welcomes ESMA’s Measures In Relation To Margin Trading

Date 29/03/2018

Saxo Bank, the leading fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investing, strongly welcomes ESMA’s recently announced measures  in relation to the provision of CFDs to retail clients. The measures include caps on leverage which Saxo Bank considers fair and proportionate. Saxo Bank expects these measures to be positive for clients and result in a more level playing field among EU providers offering margin trading, which will in turn move the competitive focus away from leverage and towards the quality of platform, price, product and service.

European Commodity Clearing Granted Recognised Clearing House Status By Monetary Authority Of Singapore

Date 29/03/2018

The European Commodity Clearing (ECC) has been given Recognised Clearing House (RCH) status by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This will be ECC’s first regulatory license outside of Europe, representing a key milestone for ECC and CLTX, as part of EEX Group, in their shared global growth ambitions.

CME Group To Acquire NEX Group plc, Bringing Together Cash, Futures And OTC Marketplaces

Date 29/03/2018

• Delivers streamlined access and new trading opportunities across spot and futures FX products as well as cash, repo and futures products in U.S. Treasuries.
• Expands clearing offering to include other leading post-trade services.
• Provides consideration of £10 per share to NEX shareholders, consisting of 500 pence in cash and 0.0444 CME Group shares.
• Produces $200 million in run-rate cost synergies annually by end of 2021.
• Expected to close in the second half of 2018.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Releases “SSE Measures For Implementation Of Disciplinary Sanctions And Regulatory Measures (2018 Revision)”, “SSE Detailed Rules On Self-regulatory Hearing”

Date 29/03/2018

Disciplinary sanctions and regulatory measures are the major methods of an exchange to make punishment towards illegal behaviors and an important guarantee for it to fulfill its front-line regulatory responsibilities. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has explored to set up the disciplinary sanctions mechanism separating investigation and examination since 2008. And the SSE has gradually formed the disciplinary sanctions and regulatory measures system with numerous types and clear layers, improved the standards of implementing disciplinary sanctions and regulatory measures, and standardized the process of implementing disciplinary sanctions and regulatory measures in the regulation of several years. In general, the disciplinary sanctions and regulatory measures have been implemented in order and exerted important role in punishing and deterring illegal behaviors in stock market, and received good effects from the market.

NZX Limited Employee Share Plan – Team And Results

Date 29/03/2018

NZX Limited (NZX) advises of the conversion and subsequent quotation of 214,625 NZX employee restricted shares into NZX fully paid ordinary shares pursuant to the terms of the NZX Limited Employee Share Plan – Team and Results.

Shanghai Stock Exchange’s 1st Social Responsibility Report Released Today

Date 29/03/2018

Promoting the sustainable development of the capital market and being bold in undertaking the historical mission and responsibility endowed by the new era with the most sincere and most impartial ideas; and jointly addressing the challenges brought about by environmental protection and global climate change and being the pioneer in practicing social responsibility on the basis of the global integration blueprint. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) releases its 1st social responsibility report today to make public its social responsibility strategy and practice. It is a positive practice of corresponding to the green finance action plan of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative and also plays a demonstrative role of urging more listed companies to carefully fulfill their social responsibilities.

Securities Association Of China, Shanghai Stock Exchange And Shenzhen Stock Exchange Jointly Hold Training Courses On Investor Education And Protection For Securities Companies

Date 29/03/2018

To implement the overall plan of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for the special campaign for investor education entitled “Be a Rational Investor”, give full play to the leading role of securities companies in investor education, and mobilize all forces for the purpose of investor education and protection, recently, Securities Association of China (SAC), Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), as guided by CSRC's Investor Protection Bureau, jointly held in Beijing the investor education and protection training courses for securities companies, with an aim to enhance frontline supervision and protection of investors' rights and interests, attracting 179 investor education staff from over 100 securities companies.