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Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review From 26 August 2017 To 30 August 2017

Date 30/08/2017

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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 30/08/2017

As previously advised in the circular (Ref.: MO/DT/126/17) dated 14 August 2017, capital adjustments as a result of the Special Dividend will be made to the positions of China Mobile Ltd. (“CHT”) Futures Contracts which exist after the market close on 30 August 2017, i.e. the business day immediately before 31 August 2017. 

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Issues Restriction Notices To Three Brokers To Freeze Client Accounts Linked To Suspected Market Manipulation

Date 30/08/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued restriction notices to Caitong International Securities Co., Ltd, Pacific Foundation Securities Limited and Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (the brokers), prohibiting them from dealing with or processing certain assets held in client accounts which are related to suspected market manipulation in the shares of GME Group Holdings Limited on 22 February 2017.

BTL Group Announces Launch Of Interbit In Beta, Update On Energy Project And Filing Of Q2 Financials

Date 30/08/2017

BTL GROUP LTD. (TSX Venture: BTL) ("BTL" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful launch of the DX Beta version ("Beta") of its proprietary blockchain platform, Interbit. The Beta sets the goal of demonstrating the developer experience of interacting and building applications directly on Interbit and brings the platform one step closer to being launched in a live commercial environment. Beta is being distributed to a number of selected partners who will be providing critical feedback.

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With A Special Public Holiday

Date 30/08/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Monday, 4 September 2017, in conjunction with a special public holiday as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak today. The announcement was made following Malaysia’s excellence performance at the 2017 SEA Games.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Publicly Censures Yeung Wing Yee And Imposes A Cold Shoulder Order For Breach Of The Takeovers Code

Date 30/08/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has publicly censured and imposed a 24-month cold shoulder order against Yeung Wing Yee for breaching the mandatory general offer obligation of the Takeovers Code.

SIX Achieves Strong Results In The First Half Of 2017

Date 30/08/2017

• SIX posts operating income of CHF 929.7 million for the first half of 2017. Adjusted for special effects in the first half of 2016 (CHF 29.9 million), operating income is up by 4.8%.
• Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) adjusted for special effects rose by 14.7% to CHF 164.0 million.
• Group net profit was CHF 124.5 million. Adjusted for the previous year’s special effects, this equates to an increase of 18.5%.
• Successful opening of the Swiss Finance Museum.

Selection Of The Next ACER Director Launched

Date 30/08/2017

The European Commission has launched today the procedure for selecting the next Director of ACER, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, as the second mandate of Alberto Pototschnig, the current Director of the Agency, comes to an end in September 2018. The Agency is based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Peel Hunt Selects Torstone Technology’s MiFIR Solution

Date 30/08/2017

Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces that Peel Hunt, the leading independent corporate broking, advisory and trading house has selected Torstone’s InfernoRC module in order to comply with the transaction reporting obligations of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and its accompanying Regulation (MiFIR).

Dubai Financial Market – Eid Al Adha, Market Closed From Thursday 31 August 2017, Reopens Monday 4 September 2017

Date 30/08/2017

On the occasion of Eid Al Adha, the market will be closed starting from Thursday 31 August 2017 and the work will resume on Monday 04 September 2017.