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BME Posts A Net Profit Of €153.3 Million In 2017

Date 28/02/2018

• Revenue for the full year stood at €325 million (-0.6%), while Operating Expenses finished the year standing at €110 million
• Improvement in efficiency and financial management ratios, which remain 16 and 10 points above the average of comparables
• The coverage ratio of the cost base with revenues not linked to volumes ended 2017 with a value, for the whole year, of 129%, an increase of 10 points from the end of 2016
• The annual earnings per share was €1.84
• The investment flows channeled through the Exchange in the last year totalled €40 billion, up 39% yoy

HKEX 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements

Date 28/02/2018

HKEX has delivered the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 to the Registrar of Companies as required by section 662(3) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 6 to, the Companies Ordinance and will deliver the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 in due course. 

R.J. O’Brien Wins 2018 CTA Intelligence US Services Award For Best FCM – Client Service For Second Consecutive Year

Date 28/02/2018

Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that for the second consecutive year, the firm won the award for “Best FCM – Client Service” at the CTA Intelligence U.S. Services Awards 2018. 

Presentation By HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li And Group Chief Financial Officer John Killian On 2017 Final Results Announcement

Date 28/02/2018

2017 – A Breakthrough Year for HKEX

• Revenue up 19% and PAT up 28% yoy, largely driven by significantly higher trading volumes
• Reached new milestones for Mutual Market Access - Stock Connect trading volumes at new record high, successful launch of Bond Connect
• Implementing the biggest listing regime reform in 25 years after extensive market engagement
• Strengthened our product suite - USD/CNH gold futures, LMEprecious, iron ore futures
• Published the LME Strategic Pathway, and implemented new fee structures
• Maintained prudent cost management while investing in key strategic initiatives, including strengthening platform and infrastructure capabilities

Securities Commission Malaysia: Bogus Remisier Jailed One Year And Fined RM2 Million For Securities Fraud

Date 28/02/2018

The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today convicted a 67-year-old individual of two counts of defrauding Koperasi Pelaburan Pekerja-Pekerja Proton Berhad (KOPRO) between August 2007 and November 2008.

Deutsche Börse Group Expands Its Cork Presence

Date 28/02/2018

Deutsche Börse Group intends to grow its Cork presence to 600 employees, adding a further 200 jobs over next two years / Expansion driven by product growth in Clearstream’s funds services, product innovation capacities to be added / Company to move to newly built Cork city centre office by March 2019

Call for papers: Financial Stability Board (FSB) And Deutsche Bundesbank Plenary Session At 2018 Annual Meeting Of Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA)

Date 28/02/2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Deutsche Bundesbank are seeking academic paper submissions for a plenary session on the ‘Post-implementation Evaluation of the G20 Financial Regulatory Reforms’ at the 2018 Annual Meeting of CEBRA. The conference is co-organised by the Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe) and will take place at Goethe University in Frankfurt on 20-21 August, 2018.

SWIFT gpi Reduces Cross-Border Payment Times To Minutes, Even Seconds

Date 28/02/2018

• 50% of SWIFT gpi payments are credited in less than 30 minutes
• Payments are being sent across 220 country corridors
• New corridors are being opened every day 
• More than USD 100 billion in gpi payments made per day 

SGX Welcomes OTCex Hong Kong Limited As Derivatives Trading Member

Date 28/02/2018

Singapore Exchange (SGX) welcomes OTCex Hong Kong Limited to its derivatives market as a Trading Member.

FSB Peer Review Of Hong Kong Completes First Round Of Country Reviews

Date 28/02/2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its peer review of Hong Kong. This completes the first round of country reviews of FSB member jurisdictions. A second round, to be undertaken over a longer cycle (corresponding to around three reviews per year) and focusing on topics that support the G20 implementation agenda, will be launched in late 2018.