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‘London Fundraising Token Manifesto’ Aims To Distinguish London As A World Leader In Cryptocurrency Investment - An Ethical Framework Signed By Finance & Technology Industry Veterans Will Set Out Guidelines To Better Serve Investors In Token/Coin Sales

Date 23/10/2017

A new ‘London Fundraising Token Manifesto’ created by Professor Michael Mainelli’s  Z/Yen Group is being launched today with the backing of the Long Finance community. The Manifesto is a voluntary code of conduct which has been created in collaboration with finance industry and blockchain technology leaders. It seeks to establish new standards for Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and Initial Token Offerings (ITO), the fundraising mediums that allow investors to back companies using cryptocurrency.

FCA Fines Merrill Lynch 34.5 Million For Failing To Report Transactions

Date 23/10/2017

Merrill Lynch International (MLI) has been fined £34,524,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to report 68.5 million exchange traded derivative transactions between 12 February 2014 and 6 February 2016.

DFM International Investor Roadshow In New York Delivers Strong Indication Of Growing Appetite Towards Securities Market In Dubai - The Event Attracted 24 New York-Based Funds With US$ 1 Trillion Of Assets Under Management

Date 23/10/2017

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “Roadshow gained further success due to the global reputation of the national economy, DFM’s world-class infrastructure and the diversification of its opportunities”
• DFM’s efforts to attract foreign investments raised foreign investors’ ownership from 12% of the Market Cap in 2010 to 22% in 2016
• Amit Jain: “the roadshow was an important platform to highlight Emaar’s strong fundamentals”
• Adel Al Ali: “The roadshow plays a fundamental role in supporting listed companies to attract new investment and growth opportunities”

Moscow Exchange: The Additional Trading Session Starts Later For Derivatives On 2, 9, 15, 16, 23, 27 And 30 November 2017

Date 23/10/2017

Please note that the Derivatives Market evening trading session will begin five minutes later, i.e. at 7:05 pm MSK, on 2, 9, 15, 16, 23, 27 and 30 November 2017, as these are the last trading days for options contracts (in accordance with clause 7.2 of the Rules of organized trading for the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market).

Fintech Startup, Trade Ledger, Launches World-First Tech To Help Banks Fight Off Global Tech Giants

Date 23/10/2017

Career technologists, Martin McCann and Dr. Matthias Born, are launching a world-first lending tech for banks and traditional lenders that will help to equip them against competition from tech giants such as Facebook, Tencent, and eBay wanting to enter financial services.

EquiChain To Build Ground-Breaking Cryptographic Securities Exchange

Date 23/10/2017

• EquiChain joins Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Regulatory Laboratory (‘RegLab’)
• EquiChain  launches  “EquiChain  Exchange”  (EQX),  a  proposed  Recognised Investment Exchange for regulated cryptographic equities
• This innovation creates a new asset class for investors that complies with securities regulation
• Working closely with the ADGM-FinTech team, EquiChain will now scale its EQX prototype to enterprise grade.

Management Of FOX Group Opened Trading To Mark The 15TH Anniversary Of Its TASE Listing

Date 23/10/2017

​Fox Group management rang the bell to open trading today (19 October), marking the 15th anniversary of its TASE listing.

EEX And CBEEX Enter Into Strategic Partnership For Carbon Market Development In China

Date 23/10/2017

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and China Beijing Environment Exchange (CBEEX) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last Friday in order to form a strategic partnership for the joint development of the Chinese carbon market.

ADX And Nasdaq Dubai Sign An Index License Agreement To Launch ADI Futures

Date 23/10/2017

• Nasdaq Dubai intends to expand its futures offering with the addition of ADI futures on its derivatives platform
• The two exchanges agree on further collaboration in market development and awareness programs for local and regional investors.

Yunnan Finance Department Continues Issuing Local Government Bonds On Shanghai Stock Exchange For The 1st Time

Date 23/10/2017

On October 19, the continuous issuance of the 2017 phases IX and XI Yunnan Provincial Government General Bonds is carried out on a trial basis on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), which marks the successfully continuous issuance of the first kind of local government bonds in China. It is a beneficial attempt of the SSE to positively cooperate with the local finance department for innovating and reforming the local government bonds issuance system according to the requirement of actively exploring to establish the continuous issuance mechanism mentioned in the “Notice of Properly Carrying out the Work of 2017 Local Government Bonds Issuance” (Cai Ku [2017] No. 59 Document) and by implementing the relevant work deployments made by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, which contributes to taking a major step for further improving the liquidity of the local government bonds' secondary market.