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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Holds Bell-Ringing Ceremony For Gender Equality

Date 09/03/2021

Shenzhen Stock Exchange is proud to join over 100 other exchanges in ringing the bell for gender equality. Ms Wang Hong, Vice President of SZSE, leads the bell ringing ceremony. She says that female staff account for 50% of SZSE’s workforce and play a crucial role in the exchange’s development. She emphasizes that the exchange provides a broad platform and diverse opportunities for female staff’s career development. Shenzhen Stock Exchange now has 50% female representation on the management board.

Top Egyptian Bank Selects Temenos To Transform Digital Banking In Egypt

Date 09/03/2021

• Powered by Temenos Infinity, Suez Canal Bank to reimagine the digital customer experience for its retail, corporate and Islamic banking services
• Temenos’ digital banking platform will help Suez Canal Bank drive sustainable growth and financial inclusion in country where more than 40 million are unbanked

Former Chairman Of Nordic Eye Launches Tradeworks.vc Boutique - New Logistics Technology-Focused Venture Capital Firm Has Raised $1.5 Million To Back First Ventures

Date 09/03/2021

Niklas Holck, the former Chairman of Nordic Eye Venture Capital, has launched his own boutique VC firm, based in Singapore. Tradeworks.vc is an investment syndicate that aims to build an ecosystem of “Digital Trade Enablers”, with the purpose of driving trade and economic development through innovation in Logistics primarily, crossing into e-Commerce.

Qatar Stock Exchange Celebrates International Women's Day

Date 09/03/2021

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) today celebrated the International Women's Day and organized a bell-ringing ceremony to commemorate gender equality and recognize women for their role in the fighting against COVID-19.

NZX Annual Meeting 2021

Date 08/03/2021

NZX advises that the following documents have been released today:

FINRA Promotes Stephanie Dumont To Head Market Regulation And Transparency Services

Date 08/03/2021

FINRA announced today that it has promoted Stephanie Dumont, formerly Senior Vice President and Director of Capital Markets Policy for FINRA's Office of General Counsel, to the role of Executive Vice President and Head of Market Regulation and Transparency Services, effective immediately. Dumont will report to President and CEO Robert W. Cook and join FINRA’s Management Committee.

SIFMA: Senior Security Act Would Enhance Efforts To Protect Senior Investors

Date 08/03/2021

SIFMA today submitted a letter to Congressional leadership expressing support for H.R. 1565, the Senior Security Act of 2021, introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.). This bipartisan bill creates a “Senior Investor Taskforce” within the Securities and Exchange Commission charged with identifying problems senior investors encounters.

Cyber-Attack On The European Banking Authority - Update 2

Date 08/03/2021

The EBA investigation is still ongoing and we are deploying additional security measures and close monitoring in view of restoring the full functionality of the email servers.

United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative - New Data On Women In Top Corporate Positions

Date 08/03/2021

On the occasion of International Women’s Day the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative (UN SSE) releases today (8th March 2021) brand new data on gender equality on the boards of the top 100 issuers on 22 major G20 stock exchanges as well as an overview of the number of female chairs and CEOs that lead these companies. 

CME Group Announces New Micro E-mini Equity Index Futures Trading Volume Records

Date 08/03/2021

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Micro E-mini Equity Index futures reached record trading volume of 5.1 million contracts on March 4 across all four indexes – the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average Indexes. These new highs surpassed the prior record of 4.4 million contracts set on February 26, 2021.