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Japan Financial Services Agency: Trends In High-Speed Trading

Date 31/03/2023

The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act was amended in May 2017 (enforced April 2018) to require financial instruments business operators who engage in high-speed trading to register.

Bursa Malaysia Introduces New Transfer Of Listing Framework From Leap Market To ACE Market - With Expanded Pool Of Sponsors/Advisers To Include Recognised Approved Advisers

Date 31/03/2023

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today issued amendments to the ACE Market Listing Requirements (“ACE LR”) in relation to the transfer of listing framework from the LEAP Market to the ACE Market (“LEAP Market Transfer Framework”), which will facilitate eligible LEAP Market listed corporations to graduate to the ACE Market. The amendments also include the introduction of a recognised approved adviser framework (“Recognised Approved Adviser Framework”), which will expand the pool of Sponsors/Advisers in the ACE Market in respect of the transfer of listings and permitted corporate exercises.  

Response To The Japan Financial Services Agency’s Consulation On The Proposed Amendment Of The Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines For Financial Instruments Business Operators, Etc. Regarding ESG Investment Trusts

Date 31/03/2023

1.Results of Public Comment

The FSA compiled and published the draft partial amendments to "the Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc.” between December 19, 2022 and January 27, 2023.
The FSA received 323 comments on the draft from 56 individuals/entities. The FSA greatly appreciates those who submitted comments on the proposal. Please see Attachment 1 for the comments received and our response to them.

Investor Communications Japan And Broadridge To Launch New Service For Electronic Proxy Voting Platform

Date 31/03/2023

Investor Communications Japan (ICJ), a joint venture by global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR),  and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE), announced today that they agreed to launch a new digital vote execution service that significantly accelerates end-to-end automation of proxy voting to Japanese issuers.

Hedge Fund Launches Increased Heading Into 2023 As Macroeconomic, Financial Risks Surged - Liquidations Steady To Conclude Volatile 2022 - Fund Managers Position For Volatility & Risk In 2023

Date 31/03/2023

New hedge fund launches were on the rise in 4Q 2022 as the industry headed into 2023, rising from the lowest level since 4Q 2008 in the prior quarter as investors positioned for increased likelihood of economic recession and prior to a sharp rise in financial risks in banks associated with the sharp increase in interest rates over the past year, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure Report, released today by HFR®, the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry.

Lawflash .. UAE Securities and Commodities Authority’s Official Guidance On Marketing Of Foreign Funds In Mainland UAE: Five Key Takeaways

Date 31/03/2023

In collaboration with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), we set out below a summary of the forthcoming official guidance on marketing of foreign funds in the UAE mainland and outline five key takeaways for the promotion of foreign funds in the UAE mainland.

Appointments To Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Committees

Date 31/03/2023

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is pleased to announce new appointments and reappointments to the following committees with effect from 1 April 2023:

Euronext Publishes Its 2022 Universal Registration Document

Date 31/03/2023

Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announced it has filed its 2022 Universal Registration Document, prepared in ESEF format (European Single Electronic Format), including the 2022 Annual Financial Statements and Directors’ Report to the Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten (the “AFM”), on 30 March 2023, as competent authority under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC Transaction In Own Shares

Date 31/03/2023

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each on the London Stock Exchange through its corporate stockbroker Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Citi) as part of the third tranche of its share buyback programme, as announced on 20 March 2023:

Brainstorming Ideas For Development And Making Concerted Efforts For Better Ecology: 2023 Symposium On Sci-Tech Innovation Investment Institutions Held In Shanghai

Date 31/03/2023

On March 27, 2023, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shanghai Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau jointly organized the 2023 Symposium on Sci-Tech Innovation Investment Institutions. As one of the important events of Shanghai Comprehensive Service Week of the SSE Capital Market, the symposium was co-organized by the Asset Management Association of Shanghai (AMAOS), hosted by Shanghai Technology Venture Capital (Group) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd., and attended by representatives from 14 investment institutions, 3 sci-tech innovation incubators and 2 results transformation institutions.