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HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - June 2016

Date 07/07/2016

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first six months of 2016 was $67.5 billion, a decrease of 46 per cent when compared with $125.3 billion for the same period last year.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Message From The President & CEO Updated

Date 07/07/2016

Brexit has become a reality and global financial markets are in turmoil. The world economy is increasingly uncertain and is experiencing continued weakness in production and exports. Emerging economies, oil producers and other resource producing countries dependent on resource production have falling revenues and are stagnating. Such instability places Japan’s Abenomics-led recovery in a less certain position. 

HKEX: Change In The Holding Of An Executive Office Approved

Date 07/07/2016

Reference is made to the announcement of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) dated 15 June 2016 in relation to the appointment of Mr Lee Kwok Keung, Roger as the Chief Executive of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (“Announcement”).

Summary Of June 2016 Activities At Tokyo Commodity Exchange - TOCOM June Volume Averaged 115,305 Contracts Per Day, Up 5.% - Volume For Fiscal Q1 (April-June) Gained 24.6% Y-o-Y

Date 07/07/2016

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that average daily volume for June 2016 was 115,305 contracts, up 5.0% month over month. TOCOM’s most active contracts had higher volume; Gold Standard increased 20.1% to 41,588 contracts and Gold Rolling Spot rose 9.5% to 18,869 contracts. This helped overcome decreases in contracts such as Dubai Crude Oil, which was down 16.1% to 20,487 contracts.

EBS BrokerTec And ICAP Information Services Launch The EBS CNH Benchmark - EBS CNH Benchmark Is The First Fully Electronic, Trade-Backed Reference Rate For The CNH Market

Date 07/07/2016

EBS BrokerTec, ICAP's market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business and ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, announce today that they have launched the ‘EBS CNH Benchmark’, the first fully electronic, trade-backed reference rate for the offshore Chinese renminbi (CNH) market. The benchmark has been launched following considerable interest from a number of major Chinese banks and senior onshore authorities.

Semi-Annual Review Of The OMX Helsinki 25 Index - The New Portfolio Of The OMX Helsinki 25 Index Will Become Effective On August 1, 2016.

Date 07/07/2016

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Helsinki 25 index, (Nasdaq Helsinki: OMXH25), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, August 1, 2016.

Abu Dhabi Global Market And Paris EUROPLACE Announce A New Partnership To Foster Joint Financial Activities And Innovation

Date 07/07/2016

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Paris EUROPLACE, the organisation in charge of developing the Paris financial marketplace, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable closer collaboration on possible joint financial activities and common interests that support the growth and development in both financial ecosystems in France and Abu Dhabi.

First Euro STOXX 50 ETF To Be Listed In Australia

Date 07/07/2016

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the EURO STOXX 50 Index has been licensed to ANZ ETFS Management (ANZ ETFS) to serve as the underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Australia that will be available later this month. ANZ ETFS is a partnership between Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) and ETF Securities, providing ETF product solutions to Australian investors.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Studies, Implements Requirements At CSRC Working Meeting

Date 07/07/2016

On July 5, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held an expanded meeting of the SSE Party Committee to study the speech delivered on July 1 by General Secretary Xi Jinping, convey the requirements of the working meeting of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and make arrangements for its major work in the second half of 2016.

Taiwan Stock Exchange Launches Stewardship Principles For Institutional Investors

Date 07/07/2016

The Corporate Governance Center of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), directed by the Financial Supervisory Commission (the FSC), in conjunction with the Taiwan Depository Clearing Corp., the Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association, and the Taiwan Financial Services Roundtable collectively, launched the “Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors” (hereafter, “the Principles”) on 30 June.