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EGX Chairman Participates In The Annual Summit For Capital Markets

Date 21/02/2018

Mohamed Farid, EGX Chairman, participated in the 3rd Annual Capital Markets Summit, attended by Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment & International Cooperation, Mr. Mohamed Abd El Salam, Chairman of Misr for Central Clearing, depositary and registry company, and Dr. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary General of the Arab Stock Exchanges’ union.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Consults On Regulations To Require OTC Derivatives To Be Traded On Organised Markets

Date 21/02/2018

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued for consultation today proposed regulations to require the trading of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives on organised markets, to help improve market transparency.  This requirement will complete MAS’ implementation of the G20 OTC derivatives reforms.

CESC Index Report For January

Date 21/02/2018

Highlights

• Hong Kong stocks saw strong trading with CES HKMI rising 13.8 per cent from the previous month 
• Southbound capital under Stock Connect pushed CES SCHK50 up 10.7 per cent from the previous month 
• Macau’s gaming revenue exceeded expectations and CES G10 was up 9.3 per cent in January 
• RMB from onshore for Stock Connect said to be under HKMA consideration 
• Increased Sino-British financial strategic cooperation expected to facilitate launch of Shanghai-London Connect in 2018 
• SZSE launched first Belt and Road panda bonds 

Siam Commercial Bank Adopts Thomson Reuters Wealth Management Solutions To Power Its Business In Thailand

Date 21/02/2018

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has adopted a suite of wealth management tools and digital solutions from Thomson Reuters to power its business in Thailand.

Jane Street’s Systematic Internaliser Now Available Via QuantHouse’s qh API Ecosystem - Connecting QuantHouse’s Community Of Clients And Partners To Jane Street’s Systematic Internaliser (SI) Via A Single API

Date 21/02/2018

QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API-based technologies, today announced the addition of Jane Street Financial’s systematic internaliser (SI) to its qh API Ecosystem.

Moscow Exchange: IMOEX – The New Ticker Of MOEX Russia Index

Date 21/02/2018

On March 26, 2018 the ticker for the MOEX Russia Index will be changed across all Moscow Exchange data and trading systems. The new ticker - IMOEX - will replace MICEXINDEXCF.

SET’s Board Appoints Pakorn Peetathawatchai As 13th President

Date 21/02/2018

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s Board of Governors today appoints Pakorn Peetathawatchai as the exchange’s 13th president, with a four-year term running from June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2022.

Japan Exchange Group: Candidates For Directors And Executive Officers

Date 21/02/2018

We hereby announce that Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) decided on candidates for directors and executive officers effective from April 1, 2018 as follows.

1. Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX)

Retiring Executive Officer (effective on March 31, 2018)

Senior Executive Officer Yoshinori Karino

Japan's Financial Services Agency- Stewardship Code: 221 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of February 19, 2018

Date 21/02/2018

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code) on February 27, 2014.

Confluence And ICE Data Services To Help Firms Meet SEC Modernization Reporting Requirements

Date 20/02/2018

Confluence, the global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, today announced an agreement with ICE Data Services, which is part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), to help asset managers meet their compliance obligations with respect to SEC Modernization and other regulatory reporting requirements.