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Thai Exchange Reveals SET Awards 2019 Preliminary Nominees

Date 04/04/2019

The Stock Exchange of Thailand, jointly with Money & Banking Magazine, is organizing the 16th SET Awards — an annual event to honor outstanding listed companies and spotlight them as role models for the industry, today announcing a list of 620 listed firms that have passed the preliminary screening for the prestigious awards. The winners of the awards will be announced in November 2019.

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo At The Eurofi Financial Forum, Bucharest, Romania - “A New Vision For EU-US Regulatory And Supervisory Cooperation For Derivatives Markets”

Date 04/04/2019

Good afternoon.  It is my great pleasure to be here again at Eurofi.  I wish to thank David Wright, Didier Cahan and Marc Truchet for organizing once again a great conference.

Update On HKEX Derivatives In Taiwan - 2 Stock Futures Receive Approval In Taiwan

Date 04/04/2019

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (“HKFE”) is pleased to announce Taiwan Futures Exchange has approved the inclusion of the following 2 stock futures in its list of offshore exchanges and contracts for which Taiwan Futures Commission Merchants (“FCMs”) have trading authorization. 

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Concludes Consultation On Securities Margin Financing

Date 04/04/2019

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today released consultation conclusions on proposed Guidelines for Securities Margin Financing Activities (Note 1). Respondents generally supported the SFC’s initiative to provide guidance on the risk management practices expected of brokers when they provide securities margin financing.

MOEX Confirms Its Compliance With IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarks

Date 04/04/2019

Moscow Exchange announces that it has successfully completed an annual assurance review of MOEX indices’ compliance with the Principles for Financial Benchmarks published by the International Organization of Securities Commissions ("IOSCO").

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 04/04/2019

Highlights

Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $33.8 trillion at the end of March 2019, an increase of 2 per cent from $33.0 trillion at the end of February 2019, and a decrease of 2 per cent from $34.4 trillion at the end of March 2018.
• The average daily turnover in March 2019 was $110.6 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $105.7 billion in February 2019, and a decrease of 16 per cent from $131.6 billion in March 2018.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first three months of 2019 was $10.0 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $9.5 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of Debt Securities for the first three months of 2019 was $0.3 billion, an increase of 50 per cent when compared with $0.2 billion for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for March 2019 was $9.3 billion, an increase of 35 per cent when compared with $6.9 billion in February 2019.

Nigel Green, Chief Executive And Founder deVere Group On Brexit: Business Will Welcome Cross-Party Leadership, But Not An Election

Date 04/04/2019

UK and global business will welcome Britain’s political leaders finally beginning to show leadership, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

Medacta Opens IPO-Season 2019 At SIX

Date 04/04/2019

Today, the shares of Medacta Group SA (ticker „MOVE“) were traded for the first time at SIX, opening at CHF 104.00 per share. This corresponds to a total market capitalization of CHF 2.08 billion.

NGM List The First Exchange Traded Product On Litecoin And XRP

Date 04/04/2019

At the end of this week XBT Provider will list exchange traded products with Litecoin and XRP as underlying assets at NGM. Litecoin will start trading as of April 4 and XRP as of April 5, 2019.

LCH Selects genesis To Deliver Solutions To Streamline & Automate Clearing Workflows - genesis’ Proven Ability For Rapid Delivery Was A Key Factor For LCH - All Three Solutions Have Been Delivered Efficiently And To Time In Order To Streamline Workflows And Processes With Smarter, Digital Solutions

Date 04/04/2019

genesis, the international capital markets software firm, has been working with LCH, a leading global clearing house, to design, build and implement three new solutions to automate workflows, which will in turn support business growth.