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Quant Insight Completes Funding Round With Key Investors - Expands Further Into The US And Asia Following A 50% Increase In Subscribers In 2018 And The Introduction Of Innovative IP For “Smart Beta” Products

Date 05/07/2018

Quant Insight, the macro analytics firm that applies innovative quantitative techniques to financial markets, today announced the completion of its latest funding round, which included key investments from Alan Howard (Brevan Howard Asset Management) and Jens-Peter Stein (Stone Milliner Asset Management). Over 80% of capital raised came from Qi’s clients in a successful financing round that exceeded the company’s expectations.

Semi-Annual Review Of The OMX Helsinki 25 Index - The New Portfolio Of The OMX Helsinki 25 Index Will Become Effective On August 1, 2018

Date 05/07/2018

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Helsinki 25 index, (Nasdaq Helsinki: OMXH25), which will become effective with the market open on Wednesday August 1, 2018.

The Appraisal Of 2017 Annual Information Disclosure Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange-Listed Companies Is Completed, And The Overall Result Is Good

Date 05/07/2018

Recently, SZSE finished the 2017 annual information disclosure assessment of the listed companies on the Main Board, SME Board and ChiNext Board. The assessment results show that the overall information disclosure quality of SZSE-listed companies is good. In the assessment, 84.06% of the companies get A and B, and 15.94% of the companies get C and D.

Continued Strong Inflow Of New Listings To Nasdaq’s Nordic Market

Date 05/07/2018

• Record number of switches from Nasdaq First North to the Main Market during 1H 2018
• Total number of listed companies across Nasdaq Nordic & Baltic exceeded 1000 for the first time

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Improving Information Service, Assisting Capital Market In Serving The Real Economy

Date 05/07/2018

A special signing ceremony was held on June 28 at the "origin" of China's capital market – Astor House Hotel beside Huangpu River. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shanghai Securities News Agency (SSNA) are to carry out a comprehensive strategic cooperation to share resources and complement each other's advantages, keep enhancing the information service of the Chinese capital market, and assist the capital market in serving the real economy. The SSE and SSNA are of the same origin and now gather again after more than 20 years at Astor House Hotel, the former site of the SSE. Over the past 20 years, the capital market has undergone great changes, developing from the "test field" of the reform into the main battlefield of serving the real economy; and the number of companies in the Shanghai market has increased from the original 8 to the present over 1,400. Now, as the site of China Securities Museum, the Astor House Hotel has witnessed the new chapter of their joining hands to serve the real economy.

ASX Monthly Activity Report - June 2018

Date 05/07/2018

Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

• In June 2018, the average daily number of trades was 2% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $4.8 billion was down 1% on the pcp. 
• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.4% in June up on the previous month (0.3%). 
• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in June was an average of 11.7 (compared to 12.0 in May).

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Individual Falsely Holding Himself Out As Financial Adviser Sentenced To Community Work And Community Detention

Date 05/07/2018

Garry James Patterson has been sentenced to 200 hours’ community work and 3 months’ community detention at the Christchurch District Court after pleading guilty to two charges brought by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

B3: Half-Yearly Results - Issuance Of Corporate Fixed Income Securities Grows 124% In The First Half Of 2018

Date 04/07/2018

In the first half of 2018, corporate fixed income securities (Debenture, Agribusiness Receivables Certificate - CRA, Mortgage-Backed Securities – CRI, Receivables Investment Fund – FIDC, and Commercial Paper) increased 124% in issuance volume compared to the same period in 2017 totaling R$99.2 billion in new registrations, according to a survey conducted by B3’s Securities Unit. Current stocks of these corporate debt instruments amount to R$478.9 billion. The most issued securities during the first half were debentures at R$71.8 billion, 171% higher than in the first six months of 2017. Debenture stocks at the end of the semester totaled R$317.5 billion. Issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates (CRAs) was down by 60% over the same period in 2017 with R$2.1 billion CRAs issued in the first half of this year against R$5.2 billion issued last year. CRA stocks at the end  of the semester totaled R$30 billion.

Ontario Securities Commission Announces Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee Members

Date 04/07/2018

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today the new membership of its Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee (CDAC).

Canadian Securities Regulators Publish MFDA Oversight Review Report

Date 04/07/2018

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released the Oversight Review Report of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA). The report evaluates whether selected regulatory processes were effective, efficient, and were applied consistently and fairly, and whether the MFDA complied with the terms and conditions of its recognition orders.