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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

SONIA Recommended As The Sterling Near Risk-Free Interest Rate Benchmark

Date 28/04/2017

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Catella Launches The First Swedish Real Estate Fund Listed On Nasdaq Stockholm

Date 28/04/2017

Catella’s Property Investment Management unit is launching Property Income 2017, an alternative investment fund that will invest in investment properties with stable cash flows and high dividend capacity. The fund’s AIF manager is Plain Capital Asset Management Sverige AB, and the fund’s depositary is SEB. The listing on Nasdaq Stockholm is scheduled for the end of May.  

UBS's First-Quarter 2017 Results - 1Q17 Net Profit Up 79% To CHF 1.3bn

Date 28/04/2017

Adjusted profit before tax CHF 1.9bn, up 42% YoY, with all business divisions up

Adjusted return on tangible equity 12.6%, 17.4% excluding DTA; diluted EPS CHF 0.33

Fully applied CET1 capital ratio 14.1% and leverage ratio 3.55%

Total loss-absorbing capacity CHF 74bn

CHF 1.1bn combined adjusted profit before tax in global wealth management

Investment Bank 24% annualized adjusted return on attributed equity

Sustainable investing funds for gender diversity and renewable energy launched

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Labour Day

Date 28/04/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Monday, 1 May 2017, in conjunction with Labour Day. 

Japan Exchange Group Candidates For Directors, Etc

Date 28/04/2017

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) and its subsidiaries have nominated candidates for directors, etc. JPX and its subsidiaries will put forth the following candidates for approval at their respective annual general shareholders meetings and general meeting of members to be held on June 16, 2017. 

Bursa Malaysia To Recognise Top Brokers And Market Intermediaries At Bursa Malaysia Excellence Awards 2016 Gala Nite

Date 28/04/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) will host the “Bursa Malaysia Excellence Awards 2016 Gala Nite” to recognise the outstanding performance of brokers and market intermediaries in 2016. This event will be held on 3rd May 2017 and will be graced by Finance Minister II, Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.