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HKEX Connect Hall Inaugurated As Trading In Year Of Dog Begins

Date 20/02/2018

• New Hall exemplifies HKEX’s mission in connecting global markets and forging lasting relationships
• Three key principles behind the Hall: Central, Community and Creativity
• Hall is home to HKEX Museum of Finance and has over 30,000 square feet for conferences and other events

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Launches Call For Input On The Use Of Technology To Achieve Smarter Regulatory Reporting

Date 20/02/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it is seeking views on how technology can make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality of the information they provide.

Dubai Islamic Bank Rings Market Bell To Celebrate Listing USD 1 Billion Sukuk On Nasdaq Dubai

Date 20/02/2018

• This latest listing makes the bank the largest UAE debt issuer by value on the exchange
• Collaboration underlines Dubai’s growth as global Capital of Islamic Economy

Kuwait Finance House Goes Live With (ITS) ETHIX-Net - Alkheshnam: “ETHIX-Net Delivers A New Generation Of Online Banking”

Date 20/02/2018

International Turnkey Systems Group (ITS), the market leading provider for comprehensive Islamic financial solutions suite, has announced the successful installation of its pioneering ETHIX-Net internet banking modules for Kuwait Finance House, Bahrain (KFHB), further enhancing the Bank’s ETHIX Islamic finance platform.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Publishes 2017 Conduct Outcomes Report

Date 20/02/2018

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today published its Conduct Outcomes Report for the calendar year 2017, setting out some of the key issues and actions taken by the regulator’s enforcement and supervision teams.

ASIC - Update On Advice Compliance Report: Additional $21.4 Million Compensation Paid To Customers

Date 20/02/2018

Australia's five largest banking and financial services institutions have now paid a further $21.4 million in compensation to customers who suffered loss or detriment as a result of non-compliant conduct by financial advisers.

Phoenix’s Management Opened Trading To Mark The Company’s Inclusion In TASE’s Flagship TA-35 Index

Date 20/02/2018

​This morning (February 18, 2018), the management of Phoenix rang the bell to open trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), to mark the company’s inclusion in TASE’s flagship TA-35 Index.

Dr Michael Josef Lappe To Be New General Counsel At Deutsche Börse AG

Date 19/02/2018

Dr Michael Josef Lappe (60) is to be the new General Counsel at Deutsche Börse AG as of 1 March 2018. Michael Lappe is currently working as a lawyer in the consulting and transaction business and as Senior Counsel has various mandates with international legal consulting firms. Until 2012, he was corporate and M&A partner with a focus on the financial services industry among others for more than 20 years and long-time senior partner at the international law firm Linklaters, which included stints in London, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. There, he was a leading corporate and M&A expert with a focus on the financial services industry.

Bank Of England - Global Liquidity Management (GLM) Workshop Minutes - January 2018

Date 19/02/2018

The first meeting of the RTGS renewal programme: Global Liquidity Management workshop was held in January 2018.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change

Date 19/02/2018

CCP NCC is changing Securities market risk parameters starting from February 20, 2018 according to the tables below.