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Court Of Appeal Dismisses Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission’s Appeal Against MMT Decision

Date 28/04/2017

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) against the Market Misconduct Tribunal’s (MMT) findings that two former executives of Asia Telemedia Limited (ATML) (now known as Reorient Group Limited), Mr Yiu Hoi Ying and Ms Marian Wong Nam, had not engaged in insider dealing.

Solactive Awarded Index Provider Of The Year 2016 At The ETF.com Europe Awards

Date 28/04/2017

Solactive, the innovative German index provider, is proud to announce that another award has been added to the company’s growing collection. On Thursday 27th of April, Solactive and MSCI tied for Index Provider of the Year 2016 in occasion of the ETF.com Europe Awards, an event organised by ETF.com and Inside ETFs.

Thomson Reuters Reports First-Quarter 2017 Results

Date 28/04/2017

Thomson Reuters (TSX /NYSE: TRI) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017.

• Reported revenues were up 1%, compared to down 1% in the prior-year period
  • Before currency, revenues were up 2%, compared to up 1% in the prior-year period
• Operating profit increased 43%, from $310 million to $444 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA increased 17%, with the margin increasing 430 basis points to 31.1%
• Diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $0.41, an increase of 21%, or $0.07 per share
  • Adjusted EPS was $0.63, an increase of 37%, or $0.17 per share
• The company repurchased 6.8 million shares at a cost of $284 million
• The company re-affirmed its 2017 full-year outlook

HKEX Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions

Date 28/04/2017

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions
(As at 28 April 2017)

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Releases Report On Retail Futures Brokers

Date 28/04/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published its Report on the fact-finding exercise on retail futures brokers which aimed to understand the business profiles and major risk management controls and practices of 10 major local futures brokers (the Reporting Firms).

Tokyo Commodity Exchange To Launch Cash-settled Oil Futures Contracts On May 8

Date 28/04/2017

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., announced today the receipt of regulatory approval from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as well as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to launch the Cash-settled Oil Futures contracts. The new market will start trading on May 8.

Putting An End To Financial Abuse - Better Finance Calls For Better Enforcement And EU-Wide Collective Redress

Date 28/04/2017

Almost ten years have passed since the beginning of the financial crisis and individual investors and consumers in the EU are still far too often suffering from unscrupulous issuers and providers of financial services, including:

• the Foreign Exchange scandal,
• Volkswagen’s Dieselgate, hurting investors as well as car owners,
• retail clients / investors in bailed-out or bailed-in banks such as Natixis, Bankia, Fortis, Dexia and the leading Slovenian banks,
• pension scheme participants such as the 450.000 trapped in the CREF (now COREM),
• and the not-so-variable-rate mortgage loans in Spain, etc.

CESC Monthly Index Report - March 2017

Date 28/04/2017

CESC issues an index report every month to provide an update of the development of its indices and other A-share related products.

FSB Publishes Thematic Peer Review On Corporate Governance

Date 28/04/2017

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a peer review on corporate governance. The peer review takes stock of how FSB member jurisdictions have implemented the G20/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance for publicly listed, regulated financial institutions. In so doing, it identifies effective practices and areas where good progress has been made while noting gaps and areas of possible weakness.

LCH Ltd Opens Norwegian Krone Account With Norges Bank

Date 28/04/2017

• Provides LCH’s UK entity with access to liquidity at the Norwegian central bank
• LCH Ltd now maintains central bank accounts in six currencies