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Deutsche Börse Partners With Leading FinTechs To Launch FinTech Acceleration Platform

Date 15/05/2018

Deutsche Börse Group and its post-trade services provider Clearstream will partner with Germany-based FinTech figo and Luxembourg-based RegTech start-up Finologee to create a common FinTech Acceleration Platform. The launch is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to regulatory approval.

European Council - Council Of The European Union: General Affairs Council (Art. 50), 14/05/2018

Date 15/05/2018

Main results

The Council, in EU27 format, was briefed by the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier about the ongoing Brexit negotiations. Ministers discussed the state of play in the talks with the UK, in relation to both the completion of the work on withdrawal issues to finalise the draft withdrawal agreement, and to the discussions on the framework of the future EU-UK relations, the outcome of which will be reflected in a political declaration.

The Capital Market Promotes The Belt And Road Initiative To Recapture Fruits - Chinese Consortium And Dhaka Stock Exchange Signed Share Purchase Agreement

Date 15/05/2018

The Chinese Consortium, led by Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and formed with Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), and Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) signed the Share Purchase Agreement in a ceremony held on May 14th, 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Finance Minister Abul Maal A. Muhith, Chairman M. Khairul Hossain of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, Li Guangjun, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Jianjun, President and Chief Executive Officer of SZSE, Pan Xuexian, Chair of Supervisory Board of SSE, and representatives of Bangladesh’s financial sector, SZSE, SSE and DSE attended the ceremony.

European Commission - Speech By Michel Barnier At The EU Institute For Security Studies Conference, Brussels, 14 May 2018, "The Future Of The EU Foreign, Security And Defence Policy Post Brexit"

Date 15/05/2018

Dear Federica,
Ladies and gentlemen,
General, dear Jorge,
Ambassadors,

Our future partnership with the UK must go beyond trade. The European Union has said this many times before.

It should, in particular, include a strong pillar in foreign, security and defence policy.

So, let me thank the EU Institute for Security Studies for this opportunity today to discuss this future cooperation, together with Federica Mogherini. 

Strategic Partnership Between Worldline And SIX Consolidating European Payments - Worldline To Acquire SIX Payment Services - SIX To Hold A 27% Equity Stake In Worldline

Date 15/05/2018

SIX is entering a strategic partnership with Worldline in the cards business (merchant acceptance & acquiring and international card processing). SIX will bring the existing cards business into the partnership and will receive a 27% stake in Worldline. SIX Payment Services and Worldline complement each other very well in terms of geography and product offering. The combined company will be the leading and largest European provider in the payments industry.

Constantly And Steadily Improving Industry Regulation, Shenzhen Stock Exchange Promulgates The Guidelines On Information Disclosure Of Civil Blasting, Jewelry, Software & IT Services Sectors

Date 15/05/2018

Recently, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) promulgated the guidelines on information disclosure of the three sectors of civil blasting, jewelry, and software & IT services (“the Guidelines”). This is another important move SZSE took to fully implement the spirit of the National Financial Work Conference and the 2018 China Securities Regulatory Commission Working Conference, to continuously improve the self-regulatory rule system for a multi-tiered capital market, and to consistently improve the quality of information disclosure of listed companies.

NZX Lodges PDS For Subordinated Notes Offer

Date 15/05/2018

NZX Limited ("NZX") announces an offer of up to $40 million of unsecured, subordinated notes ("Subordinated Notes") to investors resident in New Zealand and institutional investors invited to participate in a bookbuild.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Releases Fourth Authorised Financial Advisers Information Report

Date 15/05/2018

The Financial Markets Authority today published its fourth statistical report on Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) in New Zealand. The FMA requires AFAs to submit an annual information return each year.

Cleansing Notice For NZX Subordinated Notes Offer

Date 15/05/2018

NOTICE PURSUANT TO REGULATION 49G(2)(e) OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS CONDUCT REGULATIONS 2014 – 15 MAY 2018

1. NZX Limited ("NZX") gives notice under regulation 49G(2)(e) of the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014 ("FMC Regulations") that it proposes to make an offer for the issue of unsecured, subordinated notes ("Subordinated Notes"), (the "Offer").

2. Short-form disclosure is being used for the offer of the Subordinated Notes, as the Subordinated Notes rank at least equally with NZX’s existing Shares quoted on the NZX Main Board. NZX’s existing Shares have been continuously quoted on the NZX Main Board over the preceding three months and trading in the Shares has not been suspended for a total of more than five trading days during that three-month period.

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority: Second Company And Director Charged Over FSPR Abuse

Date 15/05/2018

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed criminal charges against a second company and its New Zealand based director for breaching the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act (FSP Act) 2008.