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SET Ranks World’s Top 10 Stock Exchanges On Sustainability Disclosure Reporting

Date 09/10/2017

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) ranks 10th out of 55 global stock exchanges for the sustainability disclosure reports of Thai listed companies, making it the only Asian stock market to reach the top 10, a substantial jump from the 40th place in 2013, according to the annual research report "Measuring Sustainability Disclosure: Ranking the World’s Stock Exchanges” in 2017 by Corporate Knights.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For September 2017

Date 09/10/2017

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for September 2017 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

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - September 2017 

Date 09/10/2017

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first nine months of 2017 was $82.0 billion, an increase of 21 per cent when compared with $67.8 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first nine months of 2017 was $4.4 billion, an increase of 0.1 per cent when compared with $4.4 billion for the same period last year.
• There were 114* newly listed companies for the first nine months of 2017, an increase of 52 per cent when compared with 75* for the same period last year.

Moscow Exchange Signs MoU With St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange

Date 09/10/2017

Moscow Exchange on 5 October 2017 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). Under the agreement, signed by MOEX CEO Alexander Afanasiev and SPIMEX President Alexey Rybnikov at Russian Energy Week 2017, the two organisations will work together to promote a regulated market for commodities and commodities derivatives.

A2X, SA’s New Stock Exchange, Opens With Three Secondary Listings And Four Leading Brokers On Board

Date 09/10/2017

A2X Markets (A2X), South Africa’s newest stock exchange, made its debut on Friday 6 October with three listings and four of the industry’s leading brokers on board.

SGX Index Edge And FactSet Launch A Series Of Thematic Indices

Date 09/10/2017

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and FactSet today announced the launch of a series of co-branded thematic indices designed to provide investors with exposure to promising regional and global themes.

Bursa Malaysia Seeks Public Feedback On Revamped Corporate Governance Guide

Date 09/10/2017

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today issued a consultation paper seeking public feedback on the proposals to revamp its Corporate Governance Guide (“Revamped Guide”).

SGX Reports Market Statistics For September 2017

Date 09/10/2017

Securities

• Total Securities market turnover value was S$21.8 billion, down 16% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 5% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 20 trading days. There were 22 trading days in August 2017 and 21 in September 2016.
• Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.1 billion, down 8% m-o-m and up 11% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$168 million, down 24% m-o-m and down 22% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of structured warrants was S$1.9 billion, up 16% m-o-m and up 151% y-o-y.
• There was 1 new Mainboard listing during the month, raising S$58.2 million.
• There were 164 new bond listings, raising S$67.4 billion.
• Total market capitalisation value of 754 listed companies stood at S$1.0 trillion as at end-September 2017.

Thomson Reuters Launches Fixed Income Trading Application For African Bond Markets

Date 09/10/2017

Thomson Reuters has launched Fixed Income Callouts, a flexible and transparent App on the Eikon platform that facilitates the negotiations and agreements of fixed income bond trading terms within banks in country and across African markets, improving price discovery, market monitoring, execution and market transparency.

BETTER FINANCE- The Real Return 2017: A Bleak Outlook For European Pensioners As Inadequate Returns Continue To Harm Long-Term Savers

Date 09/10/2017

Today BETTER FINANCE launches the fifth edition of its annual and unique research on the real return of long-term savings (covering 86% of the EU population and a period of 17 years), unfortunately once more drawing attention to the fact that too many pension products are massively underperforming capital markets, and still deliver low or even negative long-term real returns, despite very good returns for both equity and bond markets since 2011. No wonder that pensions and investments remain ranked at the bottom of all consumer products covered by the EU Consumer Scoreboard.