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UK Financial Conduct Authority - Capital Market Regulation And Coronavirus, Speech By Mark Steward, Executive Director Of Enforcement And Market Oversight, Delivered At The ShareSoc Webinar: Building Market And Investor Confidence

Date 07/08/2020

Highlights

• Capital markets work well when investors have confidence that there are effective rules or standards directed to tackling distortions and unfairness. Our secondary market surveillance capability gives us visibility over trading in the market so that we can more readily identify and probe potential suspicious activity and distortions in the market. 
• In cases of market abuse, investor confidence is encouraged when companies take effective internal remedial steps, such as over their governance and oversight structures. Compensation to affected shareholders will play an important part in addressing the consequences of market abuse.
• The FCA has introduced many temporary measures to address the difficulties faced by capital markets during coronavirus (Covid-19). We continue to actively monitor these measures to ensure our markets continue to work well and safely bridge between pre-coronavirus and post-coronavirus worlds.

Bursa Malaysia Announces Strategic Collaboration To Expand Its Regional Digital Offerings Through The Launch Of DiBots

Date 07/08/2020

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) today launched a new strategic collaboration with World’vest Base Inc (“WVB”) to offer value-added data solutions. WVB is a company with expertise in the relational database of financial, statistical and market information. Under the collaboration, Bursa Malaysia will provide relevant Malaysia market data, while WVB will provide international financial and company-specific fundamental data. Both data sets will be made available on a new platform called “DIBots”, which will be offered to the industry through subscription. 

July Monthly Figures At Eurex And EEX

Date 07/08/2020

HKEX: Exchange Publishes Consultation Paper On Review Of Disciplinary Powers And Sanctions

Date 07/08/2020

• Proposals to enhance disciplinary regime, to promote market quality
• Key focus on individual misconduct
• Market feedback sought during two-month consultation period

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Calls On Finance Companies To Moderate FY2020 Dividends

Date 07/08/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) has urged finance companies incorporated in Singapore to cap their total dividends per share (“DPS”) for FY2020 at 60% of FY2019’s level. The finance companies are also encouraged to offer shareholders the option of receiving the dividends to be paid for FY2020 in scrip in lieu of cash.

Shanghai Gold Exchange Data Highlights, July, 2020

Date 07/08/2020

The monthly report of data highlights (July, 2020) is now available online.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Announces List Of Regulation And Service Matters To Promote "Transparent Supervision And Customer-Friendly Services"

Date 07/08/2020

In order to thoroughly implement the new securities law, effectively carry out the requirements in “streamlining procedures, delegating power, and improving services”, and comprehensively enhance the transparency of supervision and services, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has recently summarized and compiled a list of matters concerning self-regulation and market services, which has been announced to the public. At the same time, in accordance with the principles of "open standards, concise rules, customer-friendly services", the SSE has continued to formulate, revise, and abolish business rules, constantly optimized the system of rules, disclosed regulatory standards, and streamlined the handling procedures. Releasing matters concerning self-regulation and market service as well as handling basis in the market aims to completely eliminate possible problems such as "pocket policies"(i.e. policies not published or clearly defined as if hidden in the pocket) and "hidden thresholds", promote "sunshine supervision and transparent regulation", and provide market participants with convenience for business and stable expectations.

Cai Jianchun Appointed As Deputy Party Secretary And President Of Shanghai Stock Exchange

Date 07/08/2020

The CPC Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission has decided to appoint Mr. Cai Jianchun as Deputy Party Secretary and President of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Jiang Feng no longer serves as Deputy Party Secretary and President of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and will be appointed to another post.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security AFLT

Date 07/08/2020

Please follow the links below to access the information:

REPO risk parameters change for the security AFLT
REPO risk parameters change for the security AFLT

Corrected: NRI Introduces NRI/IU Crypto-Asset Reference Price, Appraisal Price Of Crypto-Assets

Date 07/08/2020

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, announced today that it has developed and provided price estimation for crypto-assets, called the “NRI/IU Crypto-Asset Reference Price, in coordination with Intelligence Unit LLC (IU). This new offering became available to domestic and international institutional investors, financial information vendors, and crypto exchanges beginning July 1st, 2020 through NRI’s financial information database (IDS).   This offering follows NRI and IU’s announcement of the NRI/IU Crypto-Asset Index which has served as a benchmark index to the crypto-assets market since its February of 2020 launch. In addition to the needs for the objective benchmark to the crypto-assets market, institutional investors and crypto exchanges have demanded a reference price to provide context and allow them to estimate the best price for each asset.