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ADX Conducts A Successful Evacuation Exercise

Date 20/12/2016

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has conducted an evacuation exercise for its headquarters in cooperation with the Civil Defence General Directorate (CDGD) and Abu Dhabi Police (ADP).

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs/ETPs Listed Globally Reached A New Record High Of 3.445 Trillion US Dollars At The End Of November 2016

Date 20/12/2016

ETFGI, the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high of US$3.445 trillion at the end of November 2016.  

Contego Acquires Working Status Ltd, Adding Enhanced Automated ‘Right To Work’ ID Document Checks To The Contego Platform

Date 20/12/2016

Contego, the RegTech platform, providing multi-source identity verification and compliance checks, today announced the acquisition of Working Status Ltd, the comprehensive software solution for Right-to-Work compliance and Human Resources management. The acquisition will accelerate Contego’s current growth, which may well include further acquisitions of RegTech technologies whose capabilities contribute to the Contego vision of providing a single global platform to verify and risk-score people, ID documents and companies in onboarding, monitoring and investigation processes.

Nasdaq Stockholm: Semi-Annual Review Of The First North 25 Index - New Portfolio Of The First North 25 Index Will Become Effective On January 2, 2017

Date 20/12/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the semi-annual review of the First North 25 Index (Nasdaq Stockholm: FN25) which will become effective with the market open on Monday, January 2, 2017.

Bursa Malaysia Recognised At Malaysia-Asean Corporate Governance Transparency Index, Findings And Recognition 2016 - Exchange Bags Four Awards For Good Corporate Governance Practices And Disclosures Culture

Date 20/12/2016

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the exchange”) today announced that it was recently awarded “Excellence Award for Top Corporate Governance and Performance” (overall category), “Excellence Award for Long-Term Value Creation”, “Merit Award for CG Disclosures” and “Merit Award for Best AGM” (overall category) at the Malaysia-Asean Corporate Governance Transparency Index, Findings and Recognition 2016. 

JPX Published An English Version Of JPX Working Papers, Vol.17 “Investigation Of Frequent Batch Auctions Using Agent Based Model”

Date 20/12/2016

JPX Working Papers highlight research and studies on changes in the market and regulatory environment with the aim of raising competitiveness. Conducted by officers and employees of JPX, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as outside researchers, JPX Working Papers are intended to draw comments widely from academia, research institutions, and other market participants and observers.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Notice Of Releasing “Format Instruction On Information Disclosure For Temporary Reports Of Corporate Bonds”

Date 20/12/2016

In order to further standardize the information disclosure of corporate bonds and protect investors’ legitimate rights and interest, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has formulated the “Format Instruction on Information Disclosure for Temporary Reports of Corporate Bonds” (see attachment) according to the “Securities Law of the P.R.C.”, the “Management Measures on Issuance and Trading of Corporate Bonds”, the "SSE Corporate Bonds Listing Rules", the “SSE Provisional Measures on Business of Non-public Issuance of Corporate Bonds” and other regulations. The format instruction is hereby released and implemented.

Japan Exchange Group: JGB Futures Deliverable Bonds/Conversion Factors

Date 20/12/2016

Statement On Legal Proceedings In France Relating To The Managing Director

Date 19/12/2016

Mr. Gerry Rice, Director of Communications at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today relating to Managing Director’s legal proceedings in France:

“The Executive Board has met on previous occasions to consider developments related to the legal proceedings in France. It is expected that the Board will meet again shortly to consider the most recent developments.”

CFTC Staff Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief For Derivatives Clearing Organizations And Other Reporting Entities From Certain Obligations On Cleared Swap Reporting

Date 19/12/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC ) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today announced time-limited no-action relief to derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) and reporting entities for certain swaps reporting obligations amended by a CFTC Final Rule published June 27, 2016 (Cleared Swap Rule Final Rule). Today’s action relieves DCOs of their obligations to report original swap terminations as required by the Cleared Swap Rule for up to six months or until DCOs can sufficiently test required changes to their reporting systems. This action also relieves all swaps reporting entities of obligations to report new primary economic terms (PET) data fields added by the Cleared Swap Rule for up to three months or upon the acceptance of such PET data fields by swap data repositories (SDRs).