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UK's Financial Conduct Authority And Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Sign Fintech Co-Operation Agreement

Date 12/05/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today entered into a co-operation agreement with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech) innovation.

VolkerWessels Lists On Euronext - € 575 Million Raised, Market Capitalisation Of Approximately € 1,840 Million

Date 12/05/2017

Euronext Amsterdam today welcomed Koninklijke VolkerWessels N.V. (ticker symbol: KVW), a leading integrated and diversified construction group. The listing follows the company’s successful Initial Public Offering (IPO), with a total offering of € 575 million.

Westpac Selects InsurTech Start-Up Audeamus Risk For Top 200 Businesses Of Tomorrow

Date 12/05/2017

Audeamus Risk, the world's firstBusiness Interruption Insurance trading platform, has been recognised by an independent panel, led by major Australian Bank Westpac, among the top 200 Australian Businesses of Tomorrow.

Multistakeholder Action Needed To Move From Cash To e-Payments

Date 12/05/2017

• With deep smartphone penetration, ASEAN is ripe for a digital payments revolution
• Multistakeholder action is needed to build the necessary infrastructure and ecosystem
• Governments have a key role to play, both as regulator and as user
• For more information on the meeting: wef.ch/asean17

Millennium Exchange Release 9.2 Oslo Børs – Invitation To Technical User Groups In Stockholm And Oslo

Date 12/05/2017

Oslo Børs upgrades Millennium Exchange trading system to release 9.2 in order to be MiFID-compliant in Q4 2017. Important project dates, such as opening of upgraded test environment, customer dress rehearsal and go-live date, will be announced in due course.  

Bulgarian Stock Exchange Main Market Summary April 2017

Date 12/05/2017

Click here to download the statistics for the market performance of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in April, 2017.

Deutsche Börse And Malta Stock Exchange Extend Trading Technology Agreement

Date 12/05/2017

The Malta Stock Exchange is to continue its use of Deutsche Börse trading technology. The two stock exchanges have extended their agreement retroactively from 1 January 2017, for another five years, until 31 December 2021. In this context, the Malta Stock Exchange has also extended its trading hours. Daily trading in a number of products is now possible from 9.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.

London Stock Exchange Welcomes ADES To The Main Market

Date 12/05/2017

• Dubai-based oil and gas production services firm IPO raises $243 million, valuing it at $693 million
• Largest oil and gas services firm to join the market in 2017
• Proceeds will support a planned scale up of ADES’ operations in Africa and the Middle East
• Underlines LSEG’s position as a leading international financial centre

Initial Results Of The 100-Day Action Plan Of The U.S. - China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue

Date 12/05/2017

President of the United States Donald Trump and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping agreed at their Mar-a-Lago meeting to advance U.S. - China economic cooperation with a 100-day action plan under the framework of the U.S. - China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue. Under the leadership of the co-chairs, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross of the United States and Vice Premier Wang Yang of China, both nations have negotiated intensively to make progress on key issues. The three co-chairs reached consensus on initial commitments under the 100-day plan and objectives for next steps. 

BM&FBOVESPA: Provision Of Services To Other Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 12/05/2017

According to the External Communication available below, BM&FBOVESPA has submitted to public consultation, for comments and review by its participants and other interested parties, the rules, operating procedures and commercial conditions that will govern the access by other financial market infrastructures to the following services:

• clearing and settlement, in the capacity as central counterparty, of transactions in the cash equity market related to trades originated in other FMI (CCP Services); and 
• central depository, in relation to equity securities that are cleared and settled through other FMI (CSD Services).