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DGCX And IBMC Financial Professionals Group To Hold First UAE Africa Gold Convention

Date 11/12/2018

• Event launched under the leadership of His Excellency Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Hamed
• Convention will bring together business communities between UAE and Africa to strengthen trading and investment opportunities

DFM Organizes Roundtable For Private Businesses About Listing Opportunity On Its “Second Market”

Date 11/12/2018

• HE Essa Kazim: “The “Second Market” offers private companies various benefits of being a listed company and adds value for shareholders’ ownership”
• HE Hamad Buamim: Dubai Chamber is committed to providing businesses with access to new opportunities, knowledge and tools that can help them thrive and grow
• Fahima Al Bastaki: “We actively endeavor to update private companies on the regulatory reforms, as we are looking to further enhance their presence on the market and diversify investment opportunities”    

Vela Wins Best New Market Data Technology Product At FOW International Awards 2018 - Recognised For Integrating Cboe, CME, And CoinMarketCap Cryptocurrency Market Data Into SuperFeed

Date 11/12/2018

 Vela, a leading independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, today announced that the company has won “Best New Technology Product - Market Data” in Global Investor Group’s FOW International Awards.

CESC Publishes Its Latest Belt And Road Participation Report

Date 11/12/2018

China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today published the 2017 Report on Belt and Road Initiative Participation by Listed Companies.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Further Expands Commitment To Sustainability With Appointment Of Head Of Climate Change Investment Research

Date 11/12/2018

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Mark Lewis as Head of Climate Change Investment Research within its Sustainability Centre.  Based in Paris, Mark will join on 7 January.  He will be a member of BNPP AM’s Sustainability Research & Policy team, headed by Helena Viñes Fiestas, and will report to Jane Ambachtsheer, BNPP AM’s Global Head of Sustainability.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange And HKEX Agree On Including Companies Of Different Voting Right Structures As Eligible For Hong Kong Stock Connect

Date 11/12/2018

Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Exchanges have reached a consensus on the specific plan of including companies of difference voting rights structures into the eligible stocks of Hong Kong Stock Connect. This is aimed at further improving the interconnection mechanisms and boosting the coordinated development of the mainland and Hong Kong capital markets. Next, the three exchanges will step up the formulation of relevant rules and make them public after completing necessary procedures. The rules are expected to enter into force in the middle of year 2019.

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed Chairs DIFC Higher Board Of Directors Meeting

Date 11/12/2018

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, yesterday chaired the official meeting of DIFC’s Higher Board of Directors.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Improves Corporate Bond Regulations To Boost Sound Development Of Bond Market

Date 11/12/2018

On December 7, SZSE released the revised Rules Governing Corporate Bond Listing and Rules Governing Private Placement Corporate Bond Transfer by Listing under the unified deployment of CSRC. Compliant with the new Measures on Administration of Securities Exchanges, such revision is a major means for SZSE to enhance the capability of capital market to serve the real economy. It can boost the sound development of the bond market by further normalizing and improving corporate bond listing and transfer by listing, increasing the quality of information disclosure in the corporate bond market, and protecting the legal interests of bond investors.

ASIC Extends Transition Period For Some Fees And Costs Disclosures

Date 11/12/2018

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the transition periods for certain fees and costs disclosures for superannuation funds and managed investment schemes. This is due to upcoming consultation on the proposals arising out of recommendations made in the review of the fees and costs disclosure regime in Report 581 Review of ASIC Regulatory Guide 97: Disclosing fees and costs (REP 581).

Sample Stocks Adjustment Will Be Made To SZSE Component Index, ChiNext Index And SZSE 100 Index

Date 11/12/2018

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. recently announced a regular adjustment made, in line with the index compiling rules, to the sample stocks of SZSE series indexes including SZSE Component Index, SZSE 100 Index, SZSE SME Index, ChiNext Index and SZSE Small/Mid Cap Innovation Index. The adjustment will come into effect as of the first trading day of January in 2019.