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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. 

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice On Market Risk During 2023 Qingming Festival Holiday

Date 31/03/2023

During 2023 Qingming Festival Holiday, givenmany uncertainties affecting commodity price, all members are required to send risk alerts to the clients, strengthen risk awareness and intensify market risk prevention.

ASIC And IOSCO Report On Combatting Retail Market Misconduct

Date 31/03/2023

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has today published a report calling for greater international collaboration and cooperation to combat cross-border scams, greenwashing, misconduct, and fraud.

Launch Of Cross-Border QR Code Payments Connectivity Between Singapore And Malaysia

Date 31/03/2023

• NETS-DuitNow QR is now connected: Travellers can scan merchant QR codes to make payments between Singapore and Malaysia
• Person-to-person (P2P) fund transfers will be ready by year-end

FTSE Equity Country Classification – March 2023 Interim Update Announcement

Date 30/03/2023

The March 2023 FTSE Equity Country Classification Interim Update Announcement has been published and is available via the following link: FTSE Equity Country Classification - March 2023

SEC Charges Hedge Fund Trader And Broker-Dealer Partner In Multi-Million Dollar SPAC Insider Trading Scheme

Date 30/03/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against Sean Wygovsky, a former trader at a Canadian asset management firm, and Christopher Matthaei, a former partner at a U.S. broker-dealer, for using nonpublic information in advance of at least seven merger announcements involving Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to earn illicit profits of more than $3.4 million.

US Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Establishes Office Of Financial Technology

Date 30/03/2023

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced the establishment of its Office of Financial Technology and the selection of Prashant Bhardwaj to lead the office as Deputy Comptroller and Chief Financial Technology Officer, effective April 10, 2023.