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Bursa Malaysia Registers Profit After Tax And Minority Interest (“PATAMI”) Of Rm56.6 Million In First Quarter Of 2017

Date 26/04/2017

Key Financial & Market Highlights
(1Q2017 vs 1Q2016) PATAMI at RM56.6 million, increased by 13.4%

• Annualised ROE at 26%
• Earnings per share at 10.6 sen
• Operating revenue at RM134.7 million, up 6.8%
• Operating expenses at RM63.8 million, up 0.8%
• Cost-to-income ratio at 45%
• Average daily trading value for Securities Market’s On-Market Trades at RM2.4 billion, up 20.0%
• Market capitalisation as at 31 March 2017 at RM1.8 trillion, up 5.5%
• Velocity at 34%
• Average daily contracts traded for Derivatives Market at 62,076 contracts, up 7.3%
• Average daily trading value for BSAS at RM17.4 billion, down 7.0%

Nasdaq Files Form 8-K with Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2017 and Announcement of Quarterly Dividend

Date 26/04/2017

On April 26, 2017, Nasdaq filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attaching press releases announcing the (i) financial results for the first quarter of 2017 and (ii) declaration of a quarterly dividend.  The Form 8-K can be accessed on Nasdaq's website at http://ir.nasdaq.com/sec.cfm and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. 

HKEX: Poll Results Of The 2017 Annual General Meeting And Changes In Directorate

Date 26/04/2017

Please click here to download the HKEX Poll Results of the 2017 Annual General Meeting and Changes in Directorate.

Nasdaq Reports Record Quarterly Earnings - Announces 19% Increase In Quarterly Dividend

Date 26/04/2017

• Net revenues1 were $583 million in the first quarter of 2017, an increase of 9% compared to the first quarter of 2016. Subscription and recurring revenues2 in the first quarter of 2017 represented 75% of total net revenues.

Bank Of England: New UK Money Markets Code Launched

Date 26/04/2017

​Press release

BME Starts BME 4Companies

Date 26/04/2017

• This initiative groups together and  organises all the services and products offered by BME to companies in order to promote the opportunities that the securities market offers.
• More than 500 companies, listed and non-listed, will be able to benefit from this initiative.

Nasdaq Announces 19% Increase In Quarterly Dividend To $0.38 Per Share

Date 26/04/2017

The Board of Directors of Nasdaq, Inc (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share on the company's outstanding common stock, an increase of 19% from the prior $0.32 per share quarterly dividend. 

Irish Stock Exchange Lists World's Largest Ever Sukuk Issuance With $9bn Saudi Arabia Bonds

Date 26/04/2017

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through KSA Sukuk Limited, has listed the world's largest ever sukuk issuance through two listings on the Main Securities Market of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) raising US$9 billion.  The listings by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia follow its inaugural US$17.5 billion issues which listed on the ISE in October 2016.

EEX New Participant: Energy Supply EOOD

Date 26/04/2017

Energy Supply EOOD has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures/Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures/Options, French Financial Power Futures/Options, Italian Financial Power Futures/Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures/Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures and
Romanian Financial Power Futures. 

The FCA's Regional FinTech Engagement - Speech By Christopher Woolard, Executive Director Of Strategy And Competition At The FCA, Delivered At Leeds Digital Festival

Date 26/04/2017

Highlights:

• Project Innovate aims to tackle regulatory barriers to allow firms to innovate in the interest of consumers. Demand from firms for our support continues to be high.
• As a forward-looking regulator, we are constantly evolving our approach. To reflect the growing reach of our work, Project Innovate is now entering a new phase.
• We see the emergence of regional FinTech hubs especially in Leeds / Manchester and Edinburgh / Glasgow
• We are committed to support the emergence of these hubs by offering more and better local assistance