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Thomson Reuters Reports Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2016 Results

Date 09/02/2017

Thomson Reuters (TSX /NYSE: TRI) today reported results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016.

Kristin Forbes To Finish Her Term On The Monetary Policy Committee Of The Bank Of England On 30 June

Date 09/02/2017

Kristin Forbes, an external member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, will complete her three year term on the committee on 30 June. Professor Forbes retained her academic affiliation with the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during her term and will return to her role full-time as the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics this autumn.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited $1.6 Million

Date 09/02/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited (GMOHK) $1.6 million for deficiencies in its order execution and slippage handling procedures, and failures in its electronic trading system for leveraged foreign exchange contracts.

Dutch King And Queen Visit EEX

Date 09/02/2017

Today, the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visited the headquarters of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in Leipzig. Together with a delegation consisting of the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich, the Saxon Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Dulig, and the Minister for Foreign Trade of the Netherlands, Lilianne Ploumen, the King and Queen were informed about power trading on the exchange and, among other subjects, discussed the role of power and CO2 markets in reaching the European energy and climate targets.

London Stock Exchange Group Launches Guidance For ESG Reporting

Date 09/02/2017

• Detailed recommendations showing how issuers should integrate ESG factors into investor reporting and communication
• Investors demanding more consistent reporting of ESG data
• ESG considerations increasingly part of investment decision - has moved from niche to mainstream
• Guidance builds on Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures and UN Sustainable Development Goals
• LSEG plays central role in the investment chain and capital raising ecosystem

ESMA Publishes 2017 Supervisory Convergence Work Programme

Date 09/02/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2017 Supervisory Convergence Work Programme (SCWP), which details the activities and tasks it will carry out to promote sound, efficient and consistent supervision across the European Union.

Five Central Securities Depositories Go Live In T2S Wave 4 Using SWIFT - CSDs In Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Slovakia And Slovenia Successfully Migrate To T2S Using SWIFT’s Value Added Network Solution

Date 09/02/2017

SWIFT announces the successful migration of OeKB CSD (Austria), Clearstream Banking (Germany), LuxCSD (Luxembourg), Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR (CDCP) (Slovakia) and KDD - Centralna klirinško depotna družba (Slovenia) and their respective communities to live operations on T2S using its Value Added Network (VAN) Solution for T2S.

Deutsche Börse: New SME Segment To Be Named Scale

Date 09/02/2017

Deutsche Börse's new segment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be named Scale. This is the result of a naming competition that Deutsche Börse CEO Carsten Kengeter had opened up to the public in November 2016. Over 550 suggestions were submitted. Scale will be launched on 1 March and will replace the Entry Standard for equities and corporate bonds.

Opening Bell Ceremony With Trendline Information & Communication Services Management To Celebrate Its 25-Year Listing On TASE

Date 09/02/2017

SET Market Report For January 2017

Date 09/02/2017

• SET Index closed at 1,577.31 points, up 2.2 pct from end-2016.
• Average daily securities trading value at THB 58.39 bln, rising 31.64 pct y-o-y
• Market cap at THB 15.9 trillion, a 2.25 pct rise from end-2016
• Foreign investors were net buyers with trading in Thai shares at THB 6.20 bln.