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OANDA Launches Real-Time Spot FX Rates API For Treasury And FinTech Applications

Date 08/03/2018

A global leader in corporate and consumer foreign exchange solutions, OANDA recently released a new version of its trusted Exchange Rates API, which has been updated to include real-time currency rates. The rates available on the new API are updated every five seconds, providing a more accurate reflection of current market prices. In addition to providing live rates, the new API also offers 96 fixing rates daily – more than any other currency data feed on the market. Available at 15-minute intervals, each fixing rate provides bid, ask, and midpoint rates. Customers also have access to daily and period average rates aligned to their time zone and can now access open and close prices.”

PostFinance Is A New Shareholder Of SIX

Date 08/03/2018

PostFinance, one of the leading retail financial institutions in Switzerland, is a new shareholder of SIX, the operator of the Swiss financial market infrastructure. With PostFinance, the shareholder base of SIX now includes 127 banks and all significant participants of the Swiss financial center.

EU Agencies Joint Declaration On Sexual Harassment

Date 08/03/2018

On International Women's Day, the heads of EU agencies, including ESMA, commit to zero tolerance on sexual harassment in a joint statement.

Thai Stock Exchanges Commit To Help Women Rise Up In Businesses

Date 08/03/2018

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) today signaled its commitment to further promote business practices that give women greater equality and leadership in listed companies. 

TASE’s CEO, Ittai Ben-Zeev, Opened Trading On March 6 At The Sderot Conference, At The Sapir Academic College

Date 08/03/2018

​The CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), Ittai Ben-Zeev said that “we hope that the trend of more and more Israeli companies making an IPO at TASE by raising equity and debt will continue, and that these will be invested in creating employment opportunities – particularly in the north and south of Israel, and not just in Tel Aviv”. He added that “if we look at what is meant by managing a public company and conducting business on the capital market – part of this is that your performance comes under scrutiny every quarter. As a generalization, it can be said that there are many parties in the state of Israel that can learn from the conduct of public companies; whereby not only do policy and strategy have to be reported, but also results have to be presented. As a public exchange, we see considerable importance in economic development and in assisting entrepreneurs and others so that they can continue developing the economy and achieving wondrous things”.

Shanghai Stock Exchange - MI: 1st Domestic New-Economy Enterprise Supply Chain Finance Asset-Backed Securities Product Approved

Date 08/03/2018

MI's supply chain finance asset-backed securities shelf offering of RMB10 billion received a no-objection letter from the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on March 2, making it the 1st asset-backed securities supporting new-economy enterprise supply chain finance in China. The successful launch of this project is an important measure of the SSE to support the new economy development and urge the supply chain finance to serve the real economy under the leadership of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).

JPX Monthly Headlines - February 2018

Date 08/03/2018

JPX group companies undertake various initiatives and disseminate information with the aim of providing the most attractive markets to all users. 

Every month, we showcase the highlights of these efforts in short and concise summaries just for you.

SGX Reports Market Statistics For February 2018

Date 08/03/2018

• Securities daily average value (SDAV) highest since May 2013.
• Good underlying volumes across financial derivatives complex during a traditionally low activity Lunar New Year month.

Qatar Stock Exchange: The Result Of The FTSE Index Semi-Annual Review

Date 08/03/2018

Shanghai Stock Exchange Releases "Detailed Rules On Shareholding Lessening Of Listed Companies' Venture Capital Fund Shareholders"

Date 08/03/2018

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) releases the "Special Rules on Shareholding Lessening of Listed Companies' Venture Capital Fund Shareholders" (the "Special Rules" for short) today. On the same day, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) releases the "Detailed Rules on Shareholding Lessening of Listed Companies' Venture Capital Fund Shareholders" (the "Detailed Rules" for short) to offer differentiated policy support to a venture capital fund to lessen holding of shares held by it before the IPO of the relevant listed company, bring convenience to the venture capital fund to withdraw and engage in other investment, mobilize its investing enthusiasm, promote the capital formation of small and medium-sized enterprises and hi-tech enterprises, and strengthen the Chinese capital market's capacity of serving the real economy.