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European Commission: Opening Remarks By Vice-President Dombrovskis On The Action Plans On Sustainable Finance, FinTech And A Proposal For A Regulation On Crowdfunding

Date 08/03/2018

Good morning.

Let me start by congratulating all women on this important occasion - the International Women's Day. Today we celebrate women and their many achievements. But it is also an important day to continue to pursue the empowerment of women in Europe and around the world.

SET Market Report For February 2018

Date 08/03/2018

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index at the end of February gained 4.5 percent from end-2017 and 0.2 percent from the previous month to 1,830.13 points, bucking the downward trend in Asian markets except Vietnamese stock market. The average daily trading value of SET and Market for Alternative Investment (mai) in February rose 30.4 percent year-on-year to THB 68.1 billion (USD 2.13 billion).

HKEX Presents Stock Connect Awards To Honour Market Participants

Date 08/03/2018

• Awards recognise market participants’ contributions to Stock Connect in 2017
• Shenzhen Connect included for first time

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For February 2018

Date 08/03/2018

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for February 2018 is now available:

For Main Market Statistics click here
For NewConnect Alternative Market Statistics click here
For Catalyst Bond Market statistics click here
For Derivatives Statistic click here

Sustainable Finance Plan Needs To Be Practical And Flexible, Says Invest Europe

Date 08/03/2018

• Legislation on fiduciary duties should reflect breadth and variety of industry
• Risk calibration may not be most effective route to sustainability
• Taxonomy needs to be clear, flexible and based on existing standards

Companies Seeking Out Women For Top Roles To Benefit From Experience, Finds Key Quoted Companies Alliance Survey

Date 08/03/2018

Publicly quoted companies are actively looking to appoint women to top positions to achieve a better boardroom balance and address concerns about diversity in business, as indicated by research for the Quoted Companies Alliance, the independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-size quoted companies.

Bursa Malaysia Securities Sector Update: George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad

Date 08/03/2018

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) has decided to update the classification of sector for GEORGE KENT (MALAYSIA) BERHAD (“GKENT”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Friday, 16 March 2018.

Cboe Europe Approved As Benchmark Administrator Under The EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR)

Date 08/03/2018

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, today announced that Cboe Europe was registered on 5 March 2018 as a Benchmark Administrator under the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). Cboe Europe’s suite of European indices are now BMR compliant.

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.