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ETFs/ETPs Listed Globally Have Gathered 10.80 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets In February 2016, According To ETFGI

Date 14/03/2016

ETFs/ETPs listed globally have gathered US$10.80 in net new assets in February 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s February 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed globally have now gathered net inflows for 25 consecutive months.

Moscow Exchange: Futures And Options - Final Settlement Schedule, March 2016

Date 14/03/2016

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands Unicorn Securities Company Limited And Fines It And Its Former Responsible Officer $3.2 Million

Date 14/03/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Unicorn Securities Company Limited (Unicorn Securities) and fined it and its former responsible officer, Mr Chan Hoi Shu, $3 million and $200,000, respectively, relating to failures in handling clients’ money and securities.

Deutsche Börse Venture Network Passes 200-Member Mark - Sharp Rise In Number Of Foreign Participants - Investor Networking For The First Time In London And Once Again In The US

Date 14/03/2016

Deutsche Börse Venture Network, Deutsche Börse’s programme to fund young growth companies, has passed the 200-member mark nine months after its launch. The Network has gained 31 investors and 10 growth companies since the beginning of this year. Specifically the number of participants from outside Germany, currently at 81, has seen a particularly large increase. In total, there currently are 60 growth companies and 142 investors active in the Deutsche Börse Venture Network.

Koris International Grants An Exclusive License Of The TrackInsight A-List To Turquoise For The Creation Of A Trading Segment Dedicated To European Highest Rated ETFs

Date 14/03/2016

Koris International (“Koris”), an investment advisory firm, today announces the signing of a cooperation agreement granting Turquoise Global Holdings Limited (“Turquoise”)  an exclusive license of the TrackInsight A-list for the creation of a dedicated Turquoise TrackInsight™ ETF trading segment.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Will Close On Children's Day And Tomb Sweeping Day

Date 14/03/2016

TAIFEX will be closed for trading on April 4 and April 5 for Children's Day and Tomb Sweeping Day.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Ng Hongs For 10 Months

Date 14/03/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Ng Hongs, a former account executive of China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited (CMSHK), from re-entering the industry for 10 months from 12 March 2016 to 11 January 2017 for breach of the SFC’s Code of Conduct.

HKEX: Risk Management Arrangements In Respect Of The Easter Holidays

Date 14/03/2016

The Traded Options Market will be closed for business from 25 to 28 March 2016. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risk that may arise during the aforesaid periods when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to adopt the following risk management measures:

China Exchanges Services Monthly Index Report - February

Date 14/03/2016

Highlights

• Hong Kong and Mainland stock markets rebounded. CES A80 was among the best performing indices in Hong Kong and the Mainland. 
• Valuation levels of CES Stock Connect Hong Kong Select 100 Index (CES SCHK100) and CES China HK Mainland Index (CES HKMI) were at record lows. 
• Stock markets declined generally.  Under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Southbound trading continued to outpace Northbound trading as Mainland capital continued to flow into Hong Kong. 
• Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said it would not include Ashare indices as underlying assets of leveraged and inverse ETFs for the time being.

Virtus Partners Goes Live With Misys FusionBanking Loan IQ In Three Months To Deliver Market-Leading Administration Service To Lenders

Date 14/03/2016

Misys, the leading financial software company, today announced that Virtus Partners (Virtus) has successfully implemented Misys FusionBanking Loan IQ as its full-service agency administration and bank portfolio loan administration platform. The installation was completed in approximately three months. FusionBanking Loan IQ is the world’s leading solution for servicing commercial loans including: structured, project, syndicated, bilateral, asset-based, commercial real estate, agricultural, Islamic and niche lending.