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HKEX: Exchange Publishes Conclusions From Its Consultation On Capital Raisings By Listed Issuers And Announces Changes To Listing Rules

Date 04/05/2018

• Exchange to amend Listing Rules to restrict highly dilutive capital raisings
• Other issues in capital raising and share issuance transactions are addressed

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Meeting - February 2018

Date 04/05/2018

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC), which is a forum for discussion of the wholesale foreign exchange market. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

RegTek.Solutions Wins ‘Best Solution For SFTR’ AT The 2018 RegTech Awards

Date 04/05/2018

RegTek.Solutions, the global provider of regulatory reporting solutions, is pleased to announce it has been awarded “Best Solution for Securities Financing Transactions Regulation” at the 2018 RegTech Awards. This prestigious accolade provides industry recognition of Validate.Trade for SFTR, the only independent data quality assurance solution for ESMA’s Securities Finance Transactions Regulation (SFTR).

Vivo Energy - Largest UK-Listed African IPO In Over A Decade

Date 04/05/2018

• Vivo Energy shareholders raise £548 million from investors, valuing the company at £1.98 billion
• Largest UK-listed African IPO since 2005 and largest IPO on London Stock Exchange to date in 2018
• First company from LSEG’s Companies to Inspire Africa report to float on London Stock Exchange
• Underlines London’s status as a leading global financial centre and premier funding partner to African issuers

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission Provides Guidance On Use Of Instant Messaging

Date 04/05/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a circular to intermediaries to provide guidance on the statutory and regulatory requirements for the use of instant messaging applications to receive orders from clients.

13 New International Companies Join ELITE, Bringing The Total Number Of Companies To Over 850

Date 04/05/2018

• New businesses join from Europe, Kenya and Mexico
• First Kenyan and Mexican companies join ELITE
• 7 companies graduate from programme
• Brings total number of ELITE businesses to over 850 from across 36 countries, with 150 companies joining in 2018 to date 

ASIC Consolidates Guidance On Market Integrity Rules For Market Participants

Date 04/05/2018

ASIC has today published two regulatory guides that consolidate and replace guidance in seven regulatory guides for securities and futures markets participants.

Solactive Releases New Equity Benchmark Covering Australia

Date 04/05/2018

Solactive is excited to announce the release of the Solactive Australia 200 Index, a new benchmark tracking the performance of the 200 largest companies by market capitalization listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. With this new launch, Solactive expands its range of competitively-priced benchmarks and offers for the first time a broad-market index providing targeted exposure to the largest economy in the Oceanian region.

Joint Statement Of The 21st ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers' And Central Bank Governors' Meeting

Date 04/05/2018

I.     Introduction

1.     We, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN+3), convened our 21st meeting in Manila, Philippines under the co-chairmanship of H.E. Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance of the Republic of Singapore, and H.E. Dong Yeon Kim, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea. The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Director of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the Secretary General of ASEAN, and the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were also present at our m

ASIC Revises Licensing Regime For Domestic And Overseas Market Operators

Date 04/05/2018

ASIC has modernised and updated its regulatory guidance on the licensing regime for financial markets.