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Securities Commission Malaysia Invites Public Feedback On Implementation Of Corporate Governance Blueprint

Date 31/03/2014

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today released an Interim Progress Survey (Survey) to gather market opinion and perception on some of the corporate governance efforts and initiatives implemented under the Corporate Governance Blueprint (CG Blueprint). 

HKEx Publishes Online Fact Book For 2013

Date 31/03/2014

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published its annual fact book on the HKEx website.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Intensifies Efforts To Promote Supervisory And Regulatory Information Transparency

Date 31/03/2014

Shenzhen Stock Exchange has been disclosing weekly updates for its supervision over listed companies via official Micro-blog and WeChat platform since February 24, giving public access to regulatory information with the focus on ex post reviewing of information disclosure by listed companies, provisional trading suspension, risk warnings, supervision measures and irregularities punishments.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority To Investigate How Firms Deal With Risk Benchmark Manipulation

Date 31/03/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans to look into how firms can reduce the risk of traders manipulating key benchmarks as a central part of its Business Plan for 2014/15, which was published today.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Suspends Pat Siu Mei Yee

Date 31/03/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended Ms Pat Siu Mei Yee for six months from 29 March 2014 to 28 September 2014.

Euronext Announces Three New Senior Appointments

Date 31/03/2014

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today announced the appointment of three leaders for its financial derivatives, commodities and cash businesses with effect from 1st April 2014.  

In New Research, EDHEC-Risk Institute Cautions Institutional Investors On Portfolio Diversification

Date 31/03/2014

In a new publication entitled “Improved Risk Reporting with Factor-Based Diversification Measures,” EDHEC-Risk Institute encourages institutional investors to look carefully at the effectiveness of their portfolio diversification. CACEIS supports the research chair on “New Frontiers in Risk Assessment and Performance Reporting” in which this research was produced.

DFM Holds International Investor Roadshow In London On 28 – 29 April In Collaboration With Goldman Sachs International

Date 31/03/2014

• Senior management of 13 listed companies to attend one-on-one meetings with world’s largest international investment institutions
• Foreign investors accounted for 42.8% of DFM trade value in 2013 with net in-flow of AED 1.7 billion
• His Excellency Essa Kazim: “ Significant improvement in market performance supported by sound economic fundamentals continues to stimulate investor demand”

Investors Set To Profit Strongly From IPOs As New Listings Market Heats Up In The UK

Date 31/03/2014

• IPOs outperforming the market 10.5% in first year
• 70% of listed companies see value rise on debut day, with average price rise of 5.7% across board
• Performance wanes over longer term – margin of outperformance offset by greater chance of underperforming
• Three quarters of companies still listed 10 years after IPO

Aquis Exchange Hires Attew As Regulatory Head - Joins From NYSE Euronext-Owned SmartPool

Date 31/03/2014

Aquis Exchange, the subscriptions-based European equities exchange*, today announced that it has appointed David Attew as its new head of regulation. He joins from NYSE Euronext’s SmartPool**. David replaces Jennifer Wood, who is expected to remain a consultant to Aquis Exchange following a period of maternity leave.