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Irish Stock Exchange: Leading Spanish Railway Manufacturer, CAF, Makes Debut Listing On MSM

Date 22/03/2018

Leading Spanish railway manufacturer, CAF, lists for the first time on the Main Securities Market (MSM) of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) with issuance of €25m notes from its €200m Euro Commercial Paper (ECP) programme.

Alfen Celebrates IPO On Euronext

Date 22/03/2018

Alfen (ticker symbol: ALFEN), a specialist in energy solutions for the future,  began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam. The listing follows the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), with a total offering of € 85 million.   

British And Australian Regulators Strengthen Cooperation On FinTech Through Enhanced Cooperation Agreement

Date 22/03/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today signed an Enhanced Cooperation Agreement between their Innovation Hubs to extend their existing agreement of cooperation and coordination on FinTech innovation.  This agreement forms part of the broader Fintech Bridge signed by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Australian Treasurer.

Liquidnet Rolls Out Virtual High Touch Solution For Best Execution Analysis - Best Ex Replay™ Provides Traders With Global And Broker-Neutral Technology For Recalling Market Conditions At The Time Of Execution

Date 22/03/2018

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network today announced the launch of Best Ex Replay, the newest addition to the Liquidnet Virtual High Touch suite powered by data and analytics from OTAS Technologies. 

Women In Finance: Keeping Up The Pressure For Progress - Speech By Megan Butler, Director Of Supervision - Investment, Wholesale And Specialists At The FCA, Delivered To The Women In Finance Summit, London

Date 22/03/2018

Highlights:

• Diversity is a key supervisory issue for the FCA.
• Firms with monocultures are significantly more likely to have governance-related issues.
• We need to keep up the pressure on creating change.
• Targets on gender diversity are an option for firms to consider.

HKEX: Adjustment Of Henderson Land Structured Products, Futures And Options

Date 22/03/2018

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced the arrangements for the adjustment to Henderson Land Development Company Ltd (Henderson Land) structured products, futures and options to account for Henderson Land’s bonus issue.

Bank Of England: Bank Rate Maintained At 0.50%

Date 22/03/2018

Our Monetary Policy Committee has voted by a majority of 7-2 to maintain Bank Rate at 0.50%. The committee also voted unanimously to maintain the stock of corporate bond purchases and UK government bond purchases.

HKEX Hosts Inaugural Biotech Summit

Date 22/03/2018

• HKEX welcomes around 600 delegates at inaugural Biotech Summit
• Changing global biotech landscape, fundraising options among discussion topics
• HKEX signs MOUs with leading biotech industry groups to strengthen ties and cooperationthen ties and cooperation

Visible Alpha Announces HSBC As A New Investor; Launches Research Advisory Board - Visible Alpha Adds HSBC To The Group Of Leading Bank Investors In The Company; Launches Industry Advisory Board

Date 22/03/2018

Visible Alpha, an investment research technology firm founded by some of the world’s leading investment banks, today announced HSBC (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC; HK:0005) is investing in the firm, following a new investment round announced in early 2018. Visible Alpha raised $38 million in January with participation from new investors Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander, Exane BNP Paribas, Macquarie Group, Royal Bank of Canada and Wells Fargo, as well as additional investment from Visible Alpha’s founding investors, Bank of America, Citi, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley and UBS.

ACER Publishes Guidance On Capacity Hoarding In Intraday Electricity Markets That Could Constitute Market Manipulation

Date 22/03/2018

With the aim of ensuring the integrity of valuable EU cross-border trading capacities, ACER publishes today a guidance note on capacity hoarding in intraday electricity markets that could constitute market manipulation under REMIT (EU Regulation on Wholesale Market Integrity and Transparency). Capacity hoarding consists of the acquisition of available transmission capacity without using it or without using it effectively.