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Presentation By HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li And Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy On 2016 Interim Results Announcement

Date 10/08/2016

Click here to download a resentation by HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy on 2016 interim results announcement.

TAIFEX Monthly Newsletter- August 2016

Date 10/08/2016

Click here to download TAIFEX Monthly Newsletter for August 2016.

Millennium Exchange Release 9.1 Oslo Børs – New Timeline

Date 10/08/2016

In connection with the announced implementation of Millennium Exchange Release 9.1, London Stock Exchange and Oslo Børs have together reviewed the present implementation plan. Based on the analysis made, the conclusion is that there is a need to change to the original schedule. 

MNI Russia Consumer Sentiment Indicator: Russia Consumer Sentiment Ticks Up In July- Business Conditions For Big Ticket Purchases Fuel Sentiment

Date 10/08/2016

Consumer sentiment in Russia improved further in July, moving back to levels seen before the series low recorded in May.
 

HKEX 2016 Interim Results

Date 10/08/2016

• Revenue and other income for the six months ended 30 June 2016 (1H 2016) was 18 per cent lower than the six months ended 30 June 2015 (1H 2015). The significant drivers of the Group’s revenue during the period were:

1. Subdued activity on the Cash Market in Hong Kong and commodities trading on the LME
2. Increased trading of derivatives contracts on the Futures Exchange, which reached a half-yearly record high in 1H 2016.

• Operating expenses overall increased by 7 per cent against 1H 2015. However, excluding the effect of a non-recurring recovery of $77 million from the liquidators of Lehman Brothers Securities Asia Limited in 1H 2015, core operating expenses increased by only 2 per cent compared to the prior year.
• The EBITDA margin of 70 per cent for 1H 2016 was 7 per cent lower than 1H 2015 reflecting the decline of trading income as compared to the prior period.
• Profit attributable to shareholders decreased by 27 per cent against 1H 2015 where exceptionally high trading income delivered record high profits for the Group. Nevertheless, notwithstanding difficult trading conditions, the 1H 2016 profit attributable to shareholders compares well with pre 2015 results and was 26 per cent higher than the equivalent period in 2014.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 8 August , 2016, Issue 27

Date 10/08/2016

CSRC said on August 5 that it was speeding up the development of revised regulations on the major asset restructuring of listed companies, which will curb speculative backdoor listings. According to the previous draft for public comments, the revised regulations set out five main indexes to judge whether an acquisition is in fact a major asset restructuring instead of only looking at whether the assets of the unlisted acquiring company were greater than those of the listed one. CSRC said that the commission was studying suggestions from the public and will promulgate the regulations later.

SGX Welcomes ZICO Capital As Accredited Issue Manager And Catalist Full Sponsor

Date 10/08/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome ZICO Capital as an accredited Issue Manager for Mainboard listings and a Full Sponsor on Catalist, SGX’s sponsor-supervised board.

Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date July 29, 2016

Date 10/08/2016

At the end of the settlement date of July 29, 2016, short interest in 2,335 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 7,662,477,758 shares compared with 7,875,755,447 shares in 2,329 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 15, 2016. The end-of-July short interest represents 5.06 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.89 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE, NYSE ARCA And NYSE MKT Short Interest Reports

Date 09/08/2016

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 29, 2016.

CFTC Charges California Residents Frank J. Collins And Gerard Suite And Their Company, STA Opus NR LLC, With Fraud, Misappropriation, And Failing To Register With The CFTC - CFTC Alleges Defendants Fraudulently Solicited At Least $1.6 Million, While Misappropriating At Least $1.25 Million Of Customer Funds

Date 09/08/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, charging Defendants Frank J. Collins of Garden Grove, California, and Gerard Suite of Irvine California (who is known by numerous aliases, including Rawle Gerard Suite, Jerry Suite, and Jerry Snead), and their Delaware limited liability company, STA Opus NR LLC (STA Opus), with fraudulently soliciting at least $1.6 million from at least 30 customers to operate a commodity pool and misappropriating approximately $1.25 million of customers’ funds for their own benefit.